Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Crary-Henderson Collection, AMRC-b62-1-2218

The downtown section of Cordova, seen here in early 1900s, was destroyed by fire on May 2, 1963. Looking south down Main Street in this photograph, the only place left standing was the Bowling Alley, Davis Grocery, Standard Station, the shell of the Times Building and the building next to it.