Skagway Cigar Totem
Monday, July 21st, 2008
Next, we flew to the small historic town of Skagway, Alaska, where hoards of cruise ship passengers filled the tiny streets wandering to and fro, enjoying the well kept town. Here we are posing in front of an old building with carved wooden totems, the one on the left is a classic American folk art cigar store indian, and on the right is a colorful carved wooden totem pole representing the culture of the indians who dwell in Southwest Alaska. We behaved just like all the other tourists and helped strangers take photos of themselves, then asked them to use our camera to photo us. I was able to get help in locating useful material for future paintings by working with the Klondike Gold Rush Historic National Park Historian, Karl Gurcke. Thanks Karl!
More tomorrow,
Gail Niebrugge, Painter of Alaska historic structures
