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Waterfront of Chena, 1905. Steamboats include the Seattle No. 3, in foreground.
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FAIRBANKS - It’s hard to believe that over 100 years ago two towns were fighting for Interior Alaska dominance within 10 miles of each other. Only Fairbanks would survive and ultimately thrive and...
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This early photograph of the view eastward along Second Avenue from near its intersection with Cushman Street is from the Alaska State Library collection in Juneau. Probably taken in the mid-1920s, before streetlights and pavement, the view shows Lavery & Bailey’s House of Quality, the Fairbanks Airplane Corp., the Tanana Bakery, Imperial Cigar Store, Nordale Hotel, Model Cafe´and a dozen other early businesses downtown.
— Candy Waugaman
We probably shouldn’t run pictures twice, but it has been 57 years since this photograph appeared in the Daily News-Miner, which means most Fairbanks residents have never seen it. A Mother’s Day celebration at the Eagles Hall on May 8, 1955, honored several women, including Mrs. Vesta McCarthy, mother of J. Ellsworth McCarthy, Fairbanks High School principal and the oldest mother at the celebration. This picture shows six daughters in the front row, from left to right: Mona Johnson, June Woods, Charlene Burtchin, June Rowan, Donna Rust and Vivian Christie. The mothers being honored behind them are, left to right: Mrs. Virginia Johnson, Mrs. Vesta McCarthy, Mrs. Tilly Link, Mrs. Evelyn Brandt, Mrs. Clara Rust, Mrs. Nita Carter and Mrs. Bruce Barber. Photo courtesy Francine Mears, daughter of Tilly Link.
— Candy Waugaman
The Episcopal Church raised funds to build St. Matthew’s Hospital on First Avenue in Fairbanks. Called the Bishop Rowe Hospital Building Fund in 1904, monies were raised quickly and St. Matthew’s Hospital was opened near the present day church on First Avenue. Dr. Sutherland was one of the few doctors in Fairbanks at that time, transferring here from Dawson City in 1904 to work out of St. Matthew’s and St. Joseph’s hospitals. St. Matthew’s was still open in 1913 when it had a successful annual fair to raise funds.
— Candy Waugaman
