Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.09.001
Accession#:
2005.09
Credit Line:
Museum Purchase.
Object Name:
Poster
Title:
"This is Alaska" Alaska Line Poster
Date:
01/01/1930
Year Range to:
1930
Description:
Lithograph poster of a Sydney Laurence painting with logos for the Alaska Line Steamship Company. Image is dominated by sky, with mountains, fjords, and a steamship. Framed in black metal frame, by Gallery of the North around 2000.
Notes:
This Alaska Steamship Company lithograph poster used "Along Alaska's Sheltered Seas," a painting by Sydney Laurence to advertise the rugged beauty of the Inside Passage.
The Alaska Steamship Company was founded in 1894. Over the next 35 years they moved passengers and freight throughout Alaska . In 1930 the company was purchased by Pacific Steamship and gradually began moving more freight and fewer people. In 1954 they ended passenger service altogether and shut down completely in 1970.
The Alaska Steamship Company was founded in 1894. Over the next 35 years they moved passengers and freight throughout Alaska . In 1930 the company was purchased by Pacific Steamship and gradually began moving more freight and fewer people. In 1954 they ended passenger service altogether and shut down completely in 1970.
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Alaska Pacific Steamship Company, Lithograph Poster
Alaska Pacific Steamship Company, Lithograph Poster