Thursday, June 27, 2019

If this is Thursday it must be postcards, 405, part 2







First day of issue envelope commemorating the 30th anniversary of the installation of the Prospector statue at the Pioneer Home in Sitka, Alaska

My Dad’s friend, Max Lewis, son of the Sculptor, Alonzo Victor Lewis, sent the card together with inserts telling about the statue and the artist.  Although not a postcard it is connected to the Thursday postcard, part 1, and since I often include stamps ithis seemed appropriate to include as a part 2.




The two inserts that arrived with the first day of issue envelope.  The text was written by Max Lewis, the son of the artist, Alonzo Victor Lewis.  To enlarge the cards and read the text click on the image.




 The Prospector with the Sitka Pioneer Home


Front view of the Prospector, with body of George Washington Carmack


The back view showing all the gear he needed and carried--gold pan, pick axe, shovel, coffee pot, pack,  and staff


Side view


Rifle stock with places carved into the wood


Head of Skagway Bill Fonda

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