MEDIA ADVISORY

TO:                    Community News Editors

FROM:                Alaska and Polar Regions Department

SUBJECT:           Historical Photograph Reprint Sale

DATE:                 Friday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

LOCATION:         UAF Wood Center Ballroom

Thousands of historic Alaskan photographic reprints from the UAF Rasmuson Library's Alaska and Polar Regions Department will be available at the annual holiday historical photograph reprint sale, Friday, Dec. 15.

Photograph sizes start at 5"x7" and prices start at $4. Also new for this year, check out "Treasures from the Vault," which include reproductions from rare maps, books and other items from the archives for sale. Limited numbers are available.

The sale takes place in the UAF Wood Center Ballroom from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Proceeds benefit the historic preservation work of the Alaska and Polar Regions Department.

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CONTACT: Ron Inouye, UAF Rasmuson Library, Alaska and Polar Regions Department (907)-474-6344 or (907)-474-7261

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