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This town really needed a movie theater in 1907
This picture totally cracks me up. It's basically the entire population of Fairbanks, circa 1907, standing on the banks of the river watching the ice go out. Yes: in 1907, ice floes were a popular spectator sport! XD
... I guess the paint drying championships must have been next week.
(Possibly-interesting note for non-Fairbanksans: The building at top left, on the far bank of the river, that says "Machinery" and "Samson" is Samson's Hardware, which is still there and still in business. About a block behind it, in the away-from-river direction, is where the present-day News-Miner building is located, where I work.)
... I guess the paint drying championships must have been next week.
(Possibly-interesting note for non-Fairbanksans: The building at top left, on the far bank of the river, that says "Machinery" and "Samson" is Samson's Hardware, which is still there and still in business. About a block behind it, in the away-from-river direction, is where the present-day News-Miner building is located, where I work.)