Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Spared by Disaster in Alaska -- Arriving in Detroit after surviving the Alaskan earthquake are Mrs. Rubin Tikka, her six children and a niece, Gretchen Sipes, 15. The Tikka home in Anchorage was destroyed. The Tikka children are: Danali, 1, held bij her mother, and (from left to right) boys are Arne, 3; Peter, 5; Erik, 7; Matthew, 8; and Gregory, 9. The 31-year-old mother brought her children to stay with relatives in Detroit. She says they will return to Anchorage "just as soon as they have a place to stay."
Spared by Disaster in Alaska -- Arriving in Detroit after surviving the Alaskan earthquake are Mrs. Rubin Tikka, her six children and a niece, Gretchen Sipes, 15. The Tikka home in Anchorage was destroyed. The Tikka children are: Danali, 1, held bij her mother, and (from left to right) boys are Arne, 3; Peter, 5; Erik, 7; Matthew, 8; and Gregory, 9. The 31-year-old mother brought her children to stay with relatives in Detroit. She says they will return to Anchorage "just as soon as they have a place to stay."
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Spared by Disaster in Alaska -- Arriving in Detroit after surviving the Alaskan earthquake are Mrs. Rubin Tikka, her six children and a niece, Gretchen Sipes, 15. The Tikka home in Anchorage was destroyed. The Tikka children are: Danali, 1, held bij her mother, and (from left to right) boys are Arne, 3; Peter, 5; Erik, 7; Matthew, 8; and Gregory, 9. The 31-year-old mother brought her children to stay with relatives in Detroit. She says they will return to Anchorage "just as soon as they have a place to stay."

Associated Press · [ca. March 1964]

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