Title:
Women in Front of the Ohashi Family's Welexum Bar, circa 1936
Description:
According to an interview with Komatsu Ohashi, they started the "beer parlor" to pay off inherited debts. The name was Tsimshian for "big." In the end, it was not much help paying the debt and soon became a liquor store.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums, KM 2012.2.1.1
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Ohashi's Welexum Bar on Stedman Street
Ohashi's Welexum Bar on Stedman Street