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First Aerial Mapping of Early Strawberry Point, Alaska Settlement.
- Date: 1929
- Description: Very rare photo of Strawberry Pt. by first team of NOAA mappers. Only existing road extends from Abraham L. Parker's homestead on west side of Good River to Bill White, Sr. homestead east side of Salmon River. Harry Hall's, Leslie Parker's, & Simpson structures can also be seen.
- Source: NOAA
- Collection: Greg Streveler
- Reference#: 20251
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First Aerial Mapping of Early Strawberry Point, Alaska Settlement.
- Date: 1929
- Description: Very rare photo of Strawberry Pt. by first team of NOAA mappers. Only existing road extends from Abraham L. Parker's homestead on west side of Good River to Bill White, Sr. homestead east side of Salmon River. Harry Hall's, Leslie Parker's, & Simpson structures can also be seen.
- Source: NOAA
- Collection: Greg Streveler
- Reference#: 20251
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Letter To Secretary of War Stimson From Charles L. Parker.
- Date: 12/26/1943
- Description: Homesteader Charles Parker's handwritten letter to Secretary of War offering his strategic plan for an Air Base, his Gustavus 3000' airstrip & silver mine in Excursion Inlet to the U.S. Government. He describes local area as a protected lifeline in defense of the United States.
- Source: Charles Lincoln Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20250
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Letter To Secretary of War Stimson From Charles L. Parker.
- Date: 12/26/1943
- Description: Homesteader Charles Parker's handwritten letter to Secretary of War offering his strategic plan for an Air Base, his Gustavus 3000' airstrip & silver mine in Excursion Inlet to the U.S. Government. He describes local area as a protected lifeline in defense of the United States.
- Source: Charles Lincoln Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20250
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Homesteader Glen Parker's Birds Eye View of His Early Alaskan Life.
- Date: 1941
- Description: Glen Parker's handwritten "Bird eye" view of his Skagway birth, move to Douglas, then Strawberry Point, Alaska homesteading in 1917 at age 8. Documents comings & goings & marriage (1938) until 1941.
- Source: Glen & Nell Parker
- Collection: Marguerite (Parker) Neyens
- Reference#: 20249
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Homesteader Glen Parker's Birds Eye View of His Early Alaskan Life.
- Date: 1941
- Description: Glen Parker's handwritten "Bird eye" view of his Skagway birth, move to Douglas, then Strawberry Point, Alaska homesteading in 1917 at age 8. Documents comings & goings & marriage (1938) until 1941.
- Source: Glen & Nell Parker
- Collection: Marguerite (Parker) Neyens
- Reference#: 20249
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"Uncle" Pearl Haynes Inquiring About Strawberry Point Hometsteaders.
- Date: 1945
- Description: "Uncle" Pearl's handwritten letter from Cedar, Kansas trip inquiring about Glen & Charlie Parker, Marvin Chase, and Jake Hall at the "Pant" (Point). Signs himself as "Old Man From The Sea". Pearl Haynes lived off & on at Strawberry Pt. & was Edith Parker's brother.
- Source: Glen & Nell Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20247
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"Uncle" Pearl Haynes Inquiring About Strawberry Point Hometsteaders.
- Date: 1945
- Description: "Uncle" Pearl's handwritten letter from Cedar, Kansas trip inquiring about Glen & Charlie Parker, Marvin Chase, and Jake Hall at the "Pant" (Point). Signs himself as "Old Man From The Sea". Pearl Haynes lived off & on at Strawberry Pt. & was Edith Parker's brother.
- Source: Glen & Nell Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20247
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Newspaper Announcement Gustavus Grown Parker Beef; Juneau, Alaska.
- Date: 08/01/1935
- Description: Abraham Linclon Parker & sons meat counter operation in partnership with the already established Corner Market Grocery on Willoughby Avenue in Juneau. Featuring Parker's own locally Gustavus grown & raised tender baby steer beef as well as Gustavus' "wild cattle".
- Source: Daily Alaska Empire
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20234
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Newspaper Announcement Gustavus Grown Parker Beef; Juneau, Alaska.
- Date: 08/01/1935
- Description: Abraham Linclon Parker & sons meat counter operation in partnership with the already established Corner Market Grocery on Willoughby Avenue in Juneau. Featuring Parker's own locally Gustavus grown & raised tender baby steer beef as well as Gustavus' "wild cattle".
- Source: Daily Alaska Empire
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20234
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Parker's Beef Display Ad 1 Week After Grand Opening; Juneau, Alaska.
- Date: 08/09/1935
- Description: Newspaper ad thanking Juneau for successful grand opening & promoting Parker's Gustavus "grown & fattened" exceptional quality beef "with no middleman costs". "Butch" Cornforth, local butcher behind counter operation. Meat transported Gustavus to Juneau by Parker "Edith A" boat.
- Source: Daily Alaska Empire
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20233
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Parker's Beef Display Ad 1 Week After Grand Opening; Juneau, Alaska.
- Date: 08/09/1935
- Description: Newspaper ad thanking Juneau for successful grand opening & promoting Parker's Gustavus "grown & fattened" exceptional quality beef "with no middleman costs". "Butch" Cornforth, local butcher behind counter operation. Meat transported Gustavus to Juneau by Parker "Edith A" boat.
- Source: Daily Alaska Empire
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20233
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1916 Marriage Announcement Inez "May" Parker & William "Bill" White
- Date: 09/29/1916
- Description: Announcement of the "ring ceremony" marriage of Abraham & Edith Parker's daughter Inez "May" to William C. White, machinest from Thane, Alaska. Event & dinner held in A.L. Parker's Douglas, Alaska home 1 yr. before moving his family (1917) to Strawberry Point to homestead.
- Source: Douglas Island News
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20229
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1916 Marriage Announcement Inez "May" Parker & William "Bill" White
- Date: 09/29/1916
- Description: Announcement of the "ring ceremony" marriage of Abraham & Edith Parker's daughter Inez "May" to William C. White, machinest from Thane, Alaska. Event & dinner held in A.L. Parker's Douglas, Alaska home 1 yr. before moving his family (1917) to Strawberry Point to homestead.
- Source: Douglas Island News
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20229
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George Bush Letter To Charles Parker Re: Gustavus, Alaska Airport.
- Date: 02/19/1954
- Description: Letter from Brigadier General, Chief of Staff George E. Bush in reply to Charles L. Parker's Jan. 13, 1954 inquiry re: property needed involving Gustavus airport. Airport declared excess to military requirements in 1947 & now under control of Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).
- Source: Charles Lincoln Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20228
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George Bush Letter To Charles Parker Re: Gustavus, Alaska Airport.
- Date: 02/19/1954
- Description: Letter from Brigadier General, Chief of Staff George E. Bush in reply to Charles L. Parker's Jan. 13, 1954 inquiry re: property needed involving Gustavus airport. Airport declared excess to military requirements in 1947 & now under control of Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA).
- Source: Charles Lincoln Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20228
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Christmas Program 1938 Gustavus, Alaska Community & School.
- Date: 12/1938
- Description: Opening song in 1938 program performed at the Gustavus Schoolhouse was "The Star Spangled Banner". Also sung "Old Santa Clause" (tune of Yankee Doodle), Jingle Bells, etc. Please click on "Fact Of The Matter" December 2006 for complete list of participants and story.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20227
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Christmas Program 1938 Gustavus, Alaska Community & School.
- Date: 12/1938
- Description: Opening song in 1938 program performed at the Gustavus Schoolhouse was "The Star Spangled Banner". Also sung "Old Santa Clause" (tune of Yankee Doodle), Jingle Bells, etc. Please click on "Fact Of The Matter" December 2006 for complete list of participants and story.
- Source: Leslie & Bonnie Parker
- Collection: Lee & Linda Parker
- Reference#: 20227
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Short Story By Homesteader Ruth Matson: A Vacation Gone Wrong!
- Date: 1940 - 1949
- Description: Wonderful account of Ruth talking to her cabbage patch to make it grow and Fred Matson declaring a holiday to Juneau to celebrate their anniversary. Anticipated delights trumped by engine trouble, drifting in Icy Straits, a rigged contraption "cure" & bailing for all they were worth!
- Source: Fred & Ruth Matson
- Collection: Aimee Youman
- Reference#: 20226
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Short Story By Homesteader Ruth Matson: A Vacation Gone Wrong!
- Date: 1940 - 1949
- Description: Wonderful account of Ruth talking to her cabbage patch to make it grow and Fred Matson declaring a holiday to Juneau to celebrate their anniversary. Anticipated delights trumped by engine trouble, drifting in Icy Straits, a rigged contraption "cure" & bailing for all they were worth!
- Source: Fred & Ruth Matson
- Collection: Aimee Youman
- Reference#: 20226
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