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Gordon Green slides

Guide to the Gordon Green slides
1952-1964
An Alaska Historical Society collection

Collection number: HMC-1454-AHS.
Creator: Green, Gordon.
Title: Gordon Green slides.
Dates: 1952-1964.
Volume of collection: 0.02 cubic feet.
Language of materials: Collection materials are entirely in English.
Collection summary: Slides of a downtown Anchorage resident, including scenes from Valdez, parades, a statehood celebration, and Fur Rendezvous.

Biographical note:
Gordon Green was born in Iowa in 1927. He moved to Alaska with his wife Viola from Minnesota in 1952. A World War II Army veteran and recent college graduate, Green followed a family member up and settled in downtown Anchorage. The Greens had two children. In 1974, they opened “The Gallery,” an art gallery on 7th Avenue. Gordon Green died in 2017 in Arizona.

Collection description:
This collection contains color 35mm slides depicting downtown Anchorage, Valdez, Fairbanks, 4th of July parades, an Alaska statehood celebration, President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s visit to Alaska, and the 1961 Fur Rendezvous.

Arrangement: This collection is in the original order in which it arrived at the Archives.

Digitized copies: This collection has not been digitized. For information about obtaining digital copies, please contact Archives and Special Collections.

Rights note: The Alaska Historical Society holds copyright to this collection and has granted the Archives authority to grant use permission.

Preferred citation: Gordon Green slides, Archives and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska Anchorage.

Works used in preparation of inventory:

“Gordon Green Obituary.” Legacy.com. Last accessed March 26, 2024: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/adn/name/gordon-green-obituary?id=12550448

Acquisition note: This collection was donated to the Alaska Historical Society in 2020 by Lynne Green, Gordon’s daughter-in-law.  The Historical Society retains ownership of the collection and placed it on deposit in Archives and Special Collections in 2020.

Processing information: This collection was described by Becky Butler in 2024.

Container list:

Slides numbers are constructed by processor based on order in collection. Captions are transcribed from the slides.

Item Caption Date
1 Jan. ’53 East Fireweed Lane Anch., AK 1953 Janaury
2 Jan. ’53 Seward Hwy, 3 Miles So. Anch. 1953 January
3 Parade July 4th, 1954 1954 July 4
4 Portage Glacier Ice Bergs ‘54 1954
5 Lake Eklutna, Alaska undated
6 Seward Hwy. Fall. ‘53 1953
7 Sept – 1955 “SHEEP MT” Coming up! 1955 September
8 Sept. ’55 to Valdez [illegible] 1955 September
9 Sept – 1955 – Dad’s buggy – Chitna 1955 September
10 Sept – 1955 “Chitna,” Alaska 1955 September
11 Sept – 1955 – Copper Center, Alaska 1955 September
12 Sept. 1955 Valdez Road 1955 September
13 Sept – 1955 Chitna, Alaska 1955 September
14-16 blank undated
17 July 4th, ‘58 1958 July 4
18-20 blank undated
21-22 Parade 7-4-‘52 1952 July 4
23 “Rescue Truck” Parade July 4, 1952 Anch., Alaska 1952 July 4
24 Parade 7-4-‘52 1952 July 4
25 Colored Smoke Bomb Parade July 4, ’52, Anch. Aaa 1952 July 4
26-27 Parade 7-4-‘52 1952 July 4
28 Bridge North of Fairbanks Bus. Dist. Vac. – ‘53 1953
29 U. of A. campus Vac. – ‘53 1953
30 Valdez, Alaska Vac. – ‘53 1953
31 Mile 180 Vac. – ‘53 1953
32 Depot. Fairbanks Vac. – ‘53 1953
33 1st Alaska R.R. Vac. – ‘53 1953
34 7th Ave Looking East undated
35 1/23/’55 Fourth Ave. Looking East Anchorage, Alaska 1955 January 23
36 E.M.P Aug. ‘53 1953 August
37 Rich. Hwy. Vac. – ‘53 1953
38 E.M.P Aug. ‘53 1953 August
39 9th Avenue – East Anch. Alaska ’53 winter 1953
40-47 Blank undated
48-49 Statehood ‘58 1958
50 “Ike” 1960
51 “Ike’s” Visit 1960
52-55, 57, 59, 61-66, 68-71 ’61 Rondy 1961
56, 58, 60, 67 1961 Rondy 1961
72 Jolly Vi’s Rest. Seward Hwy. circa 1962
73-75 blank circa 1964

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