You can’t seem to escape Alaska these days. Senator Stevens
found guilty. Palin’s
“wardrobe malfunction.” So why not go back to 1961 when people wanted to escape
to Alaska. This is an ad for Alaska Airlines’ “Gold Nugget Jet Service.” Also check out their website’s
cool high-res gallery of photos (including
this shot of their first stewardesses in 1945). Clickity-click.
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| Alaska Airlines advertisement. The Argus, 1961. Thrill to the real Alaska… An Alaska Airlines Golden Nugget Adventure Visit is your passport to vacation adventureland. For in no other place in the world are the ingredients of fun and adventure so fant astically and so generously blended as in Alaska — the Great North Land. It is a breathtakingly big land… a land of sharp contrast… modern cities and picturesque villages… lending to the excitement of a new adventure. Be sure to extend your trip to Century 21 this spring to include Alaska. |
The 60′s Golden Samovar uniforms are sooo groovy!
Even here I cannot escape pointless politics. Depressing really.
What’s next? Red shirts and blue shirts – and soon brown?
Kind of funny they completely cut off southeastern Alaska — including the state capital! Makes sense for space reasons, though.
Did their livery really say “Fly Alaska” back then?
BTW, “Salmon-Thirty-Salmon” is dorky.
True confessions – for the longest time (up to just a couple of years ago) I thought the guy at the tail of the Alaska Airlines planes wasn’t wearing a fur-rimmed parka but simply had a big afro.
As for what’s next, I was thinking tea-stained, burnt edge vintage 80′s photos from her beauty pageants. Feel free to post and complain.
Re: The groovy Golden Samovar outfits: I want one!
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while in florida last month i saw a old VW bus that said alaska airlines..golden nugget service on the side…it must have been what carried the luggage to the plane