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Far North Hit By Modernism. FAR NORTH HIT BY MODERNISM ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 18. (/P)—America's last frontier is going modern, says Joe Freeman, veteran arctic traveling hardware salesman, who arrived in town Sunday. "Civilization is making deep inroads in the far north. Airlines all ove...
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ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/86604 2023-05-15T15:06:37+02:00 Northwest History. Aviation 8. Commentaries, United States. Spokane Chronicle 1937-10-18 Far North Hit By Modernism. 1937-10-18 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86604 English eng nwh-s-8-24-11 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/86604 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History Aviation box 8 modernism Anchorage Alaska frontier Joe Freeman hardware salesman civilization chromium gadgets Windsor's boudoir Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Aviation Text Clippings 1937 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:16:36Z Far North Hit By Modernism. FAR NORTH HIT BY MODERNISM ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 18. (/P)—America's last frontier is going modern, says Joe Freeman, veteran arctic traveling hardware salesman, who arrived in town Sunday. "Civilization is making deep inroads in the far north. Airlines all over the territory are visiting remote outposts soliciting hardware orders. Fifteen years ago interior folks used glass knobs whenever they needed drawer handles. But now they demand most modern of chromium gadgets of the trickiest design. "Alaskans also want colored glass knobs to fit their color scheme. It's even gone so far that old corrugated roofs are not wanted. They are now demanding hexagon designs in prepared shingles with a color scheme planned as carefully as the duchess of Windsor's boudoir," Freeman said. "When traveling fifteen years ago, I rarely had a call for a padlock. Old-timers never locked anything. Today, Alaskans buy all kinds of locks. They lock their cabins, caches, tool chests and sometimes even the outhouses," he said. Text Arctic Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Anchorage Arctic Pacific |
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Far North Hit By Modernism. FAR NORTH HIT BY MODERNISM ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Oct. 18. (/P)—America's last frontier is going modern, says Joe Freeman, veteran arctic traveling hardware salesman, who arrived in town Sunday. "Civilization is making deep inroads in the far north. Airlines all over the territory are visiting remote outposts soliciting hardware orders. Fifteen years ago interior folks used glass knobs whenever they needed drawer handles. But now they demand most modern of chromium gadgets of the trickiest design. "Alaskans also want colored glass knobs to fit their color scheme. It's even gone so far that old corrugated roofs are not wanted. They are now demanding hexagon designs in prepared shingles with a color scheme planned as carefully as the duchess of Windsor's boudoir," Freeman said. "When traveling fifteen years ago, I rarely had a call for a padlock. Old-timers never locked anything. Today, Alaskans buy all kinds of locks. They lock their cabins, caches, tool chests and sometimes even the outhouses," he said. |
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