A history of Teller,
since 1963
Postcards, papers and photographs of Teller from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The Inupiat had a fishing camp called Nuuk 32 km (20 mi) south of Teller in the early 19th century. The 1825-28 Beechey expedition found three camps with a total of some 400 inhabitants and a winter camp site with burial grounds in a roughly 10-mile (16 km) radius around the later site of Teller on September 1, 1827.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Teller’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewMen and freight on the wharf at T…, c. 1899: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Teller, decade by decade
1990s
1 historic place in Teller
1 place in Teller is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.
Where they are
When they were listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Men and freight on the wharf at Teller, Alaska, ca. 1899 (c. 1899) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.