Ketchikan is…

Digital image file
Exhibits 19
Ketchikan is…
Water in Abundance Makes Us Fearless
... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.274
Little kids in raingear on the steps of White Cliff School
White Cliff School kids, April 1929 These first graders pose on the steps of the school with small bottles of milk, having just returned from a field trip to the Model Dairy. Old Exhibit label: White Cliff kids discover the source of milk In Ap... View Full Record
Digital image
L2018.4.12.1
Overflow at Ward Lake, 2017
Digital photograph by Allison Neterer titled "Overflow at Ward Lake", 2017. Tom Field is standing on a picnic table in a flooded picnic site.... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1341
The Potts Family aboard their boat, May 16, 1953
The Potts Family aboard their boat, May 16, 1953 Ketchikan Daily News photo caption (2003.2.63.1341), 5/16/1953 "Family of Six Here After Long Boat Trip After twenty years of waiting, Joseph Potts returned to Alaska with his family (above). They... View Full Record
Digital Image
L2018.4.5.2
Charcoal Point Road
Charcoal Point Road, circa 1916 Location = few buildings North of the Tew House at 1410 Tongass. It was not until 1916 that a continuous roadway, now called Tongass Avenue, ran along the shore from Newtown to Charcoal Point. Sections of the ro... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
92.2.22.2
Jones Yeltatzie carving working on a wooden salmon
Jones Yeltatzie carving / painting a large wooden salmon, circa 1963 Ketchikan Daily News article, 6/4/1963 "KING SIZED KING - Jones Yeltatzie, veteran Haida carver, puts the finishing touches on a king-sized king salmon which will be displayed a... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1577
Ketchikan Creek during a winter flood, 1955
Ketchikan Creek during a winter flood, 1955 Note the fish ladder... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 20
Ketchikan is…
Can't Escape the Land
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Print, Photographic
76.10.1.2
Beach Front Houses on Tongass Avenue
Residences north of Newtown in the 1400 block of North Tongass, circa 1912 ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
79.12.21.1
Inman Shingle Mill and waterwheel on Creek Street, circa 1910
Inman Shingle Mill and waterwheel on Creek Street... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
69.2.4.40
Mahoney Heights in winter the future Deermount Street
Mahoney Heights in winter, circa 1912 The walkway in this photo is now Deermount Street. The photographer was near Stedman. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
69.7.2.2
Main Street circa 1903
Main Street, showing the McIlravie building, The Mining Journal, the School (later the Catholic Church), and the Methodist Church. Illustrated Annual, The Mining Journal, January 1907, Vol. 7 no. 5.: Neil McIlravie builds and owns the Red Man's B... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
96.2.4.8
Charcoal Point Road, circa 1916
People walking and riding a bike on the wooden Charcoal Point Road, along the waterfront, circa 1916 The Tew family house, 1410 Tongass, is at left. It's there today, though with a different roofline. When the Charcoal Point Road was completed... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
75.11.8.68
Dock Street with the Sideboard sign
Dock Street, circa 1916 Mike Martin's Sideboard saloon is at left, perched on the Dock Street right-of-way. His house, one of the first substantial residences built in Ketchikan, is visible at the Dock and Main intersection, where the Wells Farg... View Full Record
Compass, Ship's
2015.2.16.1 A
Troller's compass and box
Troller's compass and box... View Full Record
Bag, Ditty
L2018.4.1.1
Ditty bag
Ditty bag... View Full Record
Bucket
L2018.4.1.5
Tool bucket
Tool bucket... View Full Record
Fid
L2018.4.1.6
Wood fid
Wood fid, oak?... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
70.9.7.21
Wreck of the Bangor on Mary Island
Barge Bangor ashore at Mary Island, circa 1912-1918 The date of this stranding is unknown, but such incidents were not rare. The 511-ton, 165-foot Bangor was built as a four-masted schooner at Eureka in 1891. After a stranding on Vancouver... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
91.1.7.23
Woman in a hard hat diving suit, circa 1920
Woman in a hard hat diving suit, circa 1920... View Full Record
Helmet, Diver's
98.2.18.3
Deep sea diving helmet
Deep sea diving helmet Hard hat diving helmet. Three windows, valves. Two air hose connections on back of helmet. Century - 20... View Full Record
Pump, Diver's
FIC 84
Diving apparatus / dive pump
Diving apparatus / dive pump, circa 1906-1909 Manufactured by A. J. Morse & Son Two flywheels, two handles, and two nuts are removable Serial number 1015, model #1 two cylinder pump... View Full Record
Pipe, Water
80.6.2.1
Coupling for water main
Coupling for water main Section of the original water main which came from Monroe Street between 2nd and 4th. Wooden water pipe coupling used by Ketchikan City Water Department. It was made from Fir, (usually Cypress) Coated with tar impregnated... View Full Record
Adz, Metal
62.12.1.32
Adze with iron blade and wood handle
Adze with iron blade and wood handle Period - NWC... View Full Record
Shingle
2017.2.63.2
Shingle from Ketchikan Lumber & Shingle Company
Partial wood shingle from Ketchikan Lumber & Shingle Company. Made of red cedar. Partial company stamp is visible on one side of the shingle.... View Full Record
Basket, NWC Native
85.1.105.1
Basket woven of strips of salmon skin twine
Basket woven of strips of salmon skin twine A hand bag style weave. Strips of salmon skin leather tanned by his secret process. Dark brown and blackish in color Century - 20... View Full Record
Basket, Haida
2018.2.15.1
Spruce root basket with spider web design
Spruce root basket with spider web design made by Delores Churchill.... View Full Record
Photograph, Color
KMD 29.1
Delores Churchill preparing Spruce Root
Delores Churchill preparing Spruce Root on a Totem Heritage Center Spruce Root Gathering trip, circa 1990s... View Full Record
Basket, Haida
2018.2.15.2
Spruce root basket with snail trail design
Spruce root basket with snail trail design made by Delores Churchill.... View Full Record
Transparency, Slide
81.30.14
Selina Peratrovich teaching Spruce root weaving
Selina Peratrovich teaching during a 1981 Spruce root basketry class at the Totem Heritage Center. Note: Class was taught by both Selina Peratrovich and Delores Churchill... View Full Record
Shredder, Bark
70.9.12.2
Stone Cedar Bark Shredder
Stone cedar bark shredder Crescent shaped gray stone tool with a hand hole on the center. One side on the has a warn ends on top, identified as a Crescent Shaped Stone Cedar Bark Shredder... View Full Record
Maul, Stone
98.2.50.1
Ground stone stirrup maul
Ground stone stirrup maul Base chipped two nipples on top, both chipped on two sides. This item appears to have been buried for some time due to the coloration. NWC ... View Full Record
Maul, Stone
L2003.4.29.1
Stone Maul
Green stone sculptured sloping handle hand maul with high fluted back Overall 22.5 cm x 16 cm x 9.1 cm base. Sloped handle with a fluted upright, and flat end opposite. Base is oval in shape. The item's surface is quite smooth. The handle has a... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 21
Ketchikan is…
Where the Sea Returns to Land
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Print, Photographic
75.11.8.118
Salmon jumping falls on Ketchikan Creek
Salmon jumping falls on Ketchikan Creek... View Full Record
Adz, Stone
70.6.1.1
Stone adze head
Stone Adze head with two grooves for attaching to wooden haft. Period - Haida... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.1.266
Ketchikan buildings along Thomas Basin tidal flats,1897
Ketchikan buildings along Thomas Basin tidal flats,1897 Scene taken from opposite bank at low tide. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
86.1.35.161
Fidalgo Island Packing Company, 1912
Fidalgo Island Packing Company as viewed from Inman Hill,1912 ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.470
Inspecting the webbing of a floating fish trap
Three men preparing to brail a floating fish trap / inspecting the webbing of a floating fish trap In 1933, Elliot Fisher produced a series of photographs depicting every stage of the salmon packing process, from activities on a fish trap to load... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
76.1.3.108
New England Fish Company three female cannery workers operating machinery designed to dump the cooler trays
New England Fish Company three female cannery workers operating machinery designed to dump the cooler trays ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
76.1.3.110
Tootsie Berry, Grace Hagiwara, (Kayhi class of 1941), and Florence Avey foreground, (Kayhi class of 1938) operate salmon can reforming machines.
Tootsie Berry, Grace Hagiwara, (Kayhi class of 1941), and Florence Avey foreground, (Kayhi class of 1938) operate salmon can reforming machines. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
96.2.31.16
Dressing The Fish
Dressing The Fish Men on the slime men cleaning fish at Sunny Point Cannery. Century - 20... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.617
Patching table and crew in a Ketchikan cannery
Patching table and crew in a Ketchikan cannery Three women at a patching table filling salmon cans. Century - 20... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
68.7.7.19
Carl Cordell with a decorated truck in the Fourth of July Parade
Carl Cordell with a decorated truck in the Fourth of July Parade, 1917... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
74.6.10.28
Four Men with 87 lb King Salmon
Four men standing next to a 87 lb king salmon caught at Tree Point by Con E. Giebel. The salmon is hanging by tail. Sign reads: "King of King salmon, 87# Red. Caught by Con E. Giebel, Launch "Goldwyn". Using hook and line, 5/31/21. Tree Point SE... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.453
Counting Salmon on Anan Creek
Counting Salmon on Anan Creek weir, circa 1930 The first U.S. Bureau of Fisheries weir in Alaska Territory was built on Anan Creek, known for its large runs of pink salmon. Annual counts were made to determine the health of the pink salmon popula... View Full Record
Sorter, Egg
74.8.5.10
Egg Sorter From Fortmann Hatchery
Egg Sorter from Fortmann Hatchery Rusted wire mesh egg sorting pan used at Fortmann Hatchery at Heckman Lake near Loring, Alaska. Century - 20 Period - Territorial... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
76.1.3.71 a
Seiner brailing herring from a seine net, circa 1929
Seiner brailing herring from a seine net, circa 1929 Text from album: "LITTLE FISHES After these HERRING are caught, they will be BAIT. The herring fishermen operating this herring outfit, consisting of two seine boats, catch an average of over... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
69.2.4.32
Trollers and Seiners at City Float
Trollers and Seiners at City Float, circa 1915 Until Thomas Basin was developed in the 1920s, City Float was the town's only public moorage. The wear and tear on boat hulls as they jostled together in the crowded moorage must have been phenomenal... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
76.9.4.26
Four men hand hauling a seine net on the back of a fishing boat
Four men hand hauling a seine net on the back of a fishing boat ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.449
Halibuter 'Albatross' Unloading fish at NEFCO, circa 1930
The Albatross unloads fish at NEFCO. Most of the boats that landed halibut in Ketchikan came north each year from Seattle and other Washington and Oregon ports. They delivered their catch to New England Fish and Ketchikan Cold Storage, where the h... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
93.2.15.651
Bo Smith in fish hold
Bo Smith picking up a big fish from a fish box, circa 1971... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 22
Ketchikan is…
When Industries Emerge
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Skiff
95.2.29.1
Davis Boat
Davis Boat Double-ended skiff with yellow canvas sail.... View Full Record
Oar
99.2.82.1 A&B
Spruce oars
Pair of spruce oars purchased from Henry Henn's hardware store, The Exchange, in 1954. Dark brown color, revarnished several times. Missing original brass tips.... View Full Record
Net, Brail
98.2.1.12 TEMP
Brailing Net
Brailing net on a galvanized ring with rope attached in 3 places Century - 20... View Full Record
Winch
81.2.2.5
Wood wench with hand crank
Wood winch with hand crank used for fish trap spiller lines Century - 20... View Full Record
Hook, Halibut
84.1.72.26
Halibut hook with Devilfish, Man and Bird design
Halibut hook with devilfish, man and bird design. Twine ties, curved barb. Tied with commercial twine. Lanyard pokes through man's belly on side opposite the barb.... View Full Record
Plane, Molding
99.2.44.8 A&B
Set of Two Molding Planes
Set of two wood and metal molding planes. The blade, or iron, is secured in the body of the plane with a wooden wedge. At the bottom is a semi-circular rounded groove 0.25" wide. Marked on the sides with "1/4"" and "51." Used to cut decorative or com... View Full Record
Hook, Halibut
84.1.72.33
Halibut hook fragment, Raven and Wolf design
Halibut hook fragment, Raven and Wolf design One-half of a halibut hook with carvings of a Raven and Wolf. No barb or cord. Century - 20 Period - NWC... View Full Record
Fishhook
75.10.2.36
Copper halibut hook
Hook: Copper Halibut U shaped copper halibut hook: with barb, hole drilled through one side. 1990 inventory description reads: "halibut hook made from rifle lever brazed to barb"... View Full Record
Fishhook
85.1.105.18
Iron hook
Iron hook with nail lashed on to it, large Century - 20... View Full Record
Hook, Halibut
72.9.15.1
Halibut Hook
Wooden halibut hook with carved crab claw design and a bone barb and lanyard. Century - 20 Period - NWC... View Full Record
Hook, Halibut
62.12.1.31
Halibut hook
Wooden halibut hook with carved figure and a nail barb. Carving of man in hat holding a copper. Century - 20 Period - NWC... View Full Record
Hook, Halibut
84.1.72.24
Halibut Hook with Octopus Design
Halibut hook with octopus design on side opposite of the barb. The barb is a steel nail; barb lashed with cedar twine and base with manufactured twine.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
71.9.10.147
Halibut Schooner Scandia in heavy weather viewed from the wheel house
Halibut Schooner Scandia in heavy weather viewed from the wheel house... View Full Record
Spoon, Fishing
81.2.2.20
Fishing spoon with hoook
Copper colored fishing spoon with rusty hook on one end and swivel on the other... View Full Record
Spoon, Fishing
77.11.2.5
Brass blank used in forming trolling spoons
Brass blank used in forming trolling spoons Century - 20... View Full Record
Form, Spoon
77.11.2.1
Wood block used in making trolling spoons
Wood block used in making trolling spoons. Die for forming salmon trolling spoons out of brass. Block of wood with form carved on top. Century - 20... View Full Record
Hammer
75.10.2.34
Hammer: Ivory Head with Copper Pipe Handle
Handmade hammer with ivory (killer whale tooth) head on a piece of copper pipe which is threaded on tooth end and flattened at the other. Remarks on loan sheet read: "Killer Whale tooth - one whole tooth made to shape a trolling spoon a nail throug... View Full Record
Hammer
77.11.2.3
Wooden Hammer used in working brass spoons with forming die
Wooden Hammer used in working brass spoons with forming die. Wood small round point on one end of the head, and chisel shaped on other. Both head and handle are wooden. Century - 20... View Full Record
Hammer
77.11.2.2
Wooden hammer used in working brass spoons with forming die
Wooden hammer used in working brass spoons with forming die. Both head and handle are wooden. Century - 20... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
71.9.10.44
Ketchikan Iron Works
Ketchikan Iron Works as seen from the water looking toward Nob Hill, 1914 From 1913-1937, Ketchikan Iron Works provided black-smithing and machinist services to the commercial fishing fleet, canneries, and other businesses. In 1914, they began to... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1423
Carl Holmberg building a 16' skiff in his shop
Carl Holmberg building a 16' skiff in his shop on Nadeau street, 1953 Ketchikan Daily News article, 1953 "Boat builder Carl Holmberg adjusts clamps as he planks a new skiff in his Nadeau Street shop. Ketchikan Photographer Paul Saari caught thi... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
71.9.10.134
Saling vessels Louisiana and America
Barges Louisiana and America The Daily Miner, 12/18/1913 "The Tug Tatoosh arrived last night from Convenient Cove with the Barge Louisiana in tow. The barge is laying at the A.W. Thomas Company wharf today loading 275 tons of salt hering." Th... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
69.4.7.12
Aerial view of Mary Island Light Station, October 11, 1966
Aerial view of Mary Island Light Station, October 11, 1966... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
68.10.4.67
Passengers from S.S. Mariposa abroad the S.S. Dispatch
Passengers from S.S. Mariposa abroad the S.S. Dispatch, Arthur Bryant top row center, 1915. The Daily Progressive Miner, 10/9/1915 "Mariposa' is Lying on Beach Struck Bottom When About Fifty Feet From Shore WILL BE SUBMERGED AT HIGH TIDE A Pass... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
78.6.10.39
Guard Island Lighthouse Station, August, 8, 1929
Aerial view of Guard Island Lighthouse Station looking to the northwest, August 8, 1929... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
99.2.9.24
Guard Island Light Station
Guard Island Light Station... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
71.9.10.199
Wreck of the four-masted bark Lunsman
Wreck of the four-masted bark Lunsman... View Full Record
Lens, Lighthouse
97.1.1.1
Fresnel lighthouse lens from Tree Point Light Station
Fresnel lighthouse lens from Tree Point Light Station Handmade beehive Fresnel lighthouse lens that came from Tree Point Light Station, mounted on stand... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 23
Ketchikan is…
Noble Vice
... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.3.20
Mountaineer Saloon on July Fourth
Mountaineer Saloon on July Fourth, circa 1905 Men standing in front of the Mountaineer Saloon at Hopkins Alley on the 4th of July. Sam Gowen, proprietor, stands to the right of picture. Other identified people are Nels Gibson (second from left), Mr.... View Full Record
Figurine
75.6.10.302 A&B
Turtle Nymph figurine
Turtle Nymph figurine Two part turtle shell, bottom half has girl holding her face with legs and arms, when lid is lifted one sees her behind exposed, girl is wearing nickers, but behind is exposed. Century - 19 A. Body B. Lid... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
67.12.2.273
Front Street with Grand Theater and Sideboard Bar, circa 1915
Front Street with Grand Theater and Sideboard Bar, 1915 View of Front Street showing the water side with the Grand Theater and the Sideboard Bar. The Broken Coin (1915) is playing at the theater. Note from old finding aid: The "Sideboard Bar" a... View Full Record
Tray, Food Service
68.10.4.52
Metal Tray "Malt Rainier", Red & Gold
Metal Tray "Malt Rainier", Red & Gold Royal Saxony Art plate no. 106 Phantasie. Enameled metal with woman dressed in green holding stem of white lilies on red and gold background. From advertising department of Seattle Brewing & Malting Co. Free... View Full Record
Photograph
2017.2.8.1
Sideboard Saloon with Mike Martin behind the bar
B/W photograph of Sideboard Saloon with Mike Martin behind the bar.... View Full Record
Fan, Hand
68.10.4.6
Ostrich feather fan
Silver colored fan with ostrich feathers. Brass loop at pivot. Ribbon... View Full Record
Mirror, Hand
2006.2.40.1
Hand mirror, with advertising for Mike Martin, 1915
Hand mirror, "Compliments of M.E. Martin For 1915 Ketchikan, Alaska" Small hand mirror with wire handle and circular beveled glass. Back has head and shoulder portrait of a woman with her brown hair down. The woman is facing right, red hat and dr... View Full Record
Needlework
2007.2.7.3
Handiwork sampler made from multicolored silk cigar ribbons
Handiwork sampler made from multicolored silk cigar ribbons These ribbons are vibrant colors of: red, orange, blue, green, yellow, cream, and white. Ribbons are stitched together with black fancy embroidery work and backed with cotton fabric. Ne... View Full Record
Dice
89.1.9.2 A-C
Ceramic dice
Three white ceramic die with black details. Century - 20... View Full Record
Machine, Slot
98.1.1.33 TEMP
Slot machine
Slot machine The Mills Novelty Company slot machine has a wooden case with a round top and has a metal frame bolted to the top. Both ends have decals that read: "MILLS NOVELTY CO. CHICAGO U. S. A." Trade mark with an Owl in the center. "GENU... View Full Record
Game
2007.2.19.2
Easy Pickins game
Easy Pickins game Game of chance. The game is mounted on a green steal wire and consists of a number of folded papers with numbers and standard playing cards with silver white and blue foil labels sewn to each card. No idea how it was played. ... View Full Record
Opener, Letter
2006.2.26.30 A&B
Alligator Letter Opener with Pencil in Mouth
Plastic or celluloid alligator holding a thin pencil with the head of a black person on the end which fits into the alligator's open mouth and down into its body. A novelty or souvenir. Most likely serves as a letter opener. A. Holder B. Pencil... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
69.2.7.7
Five ladies with bottles on the beach at south side of Vallenar Bay
Five ladies with bottles on the beach at south side of Vallenar Bay... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.3.82
Ladies with Baby Carriage, Front Street,1913
Ladies with Baby Carriage, Front Street,1913 Alice Kincaid, sister Julia and friend in foreground at Front Street looking from Heckman Wharf. Note from old finding aid: This is a picture of my mother, older sister - first wife of Roy Jones, and m... View Full Record
Lamp, Electric
2003.2.4.2
Light fixture from Dolly's House
Light fixture from Dolly's House on Creek Street Metal with green enamel... View Full Record
Table
2017.2.53.1
Wood card table with star inlay
Wood card table originally owned by Thelma Baker. Star inlay on table top. Two folding side flaps or leaves. When flaps are open, the table has an oval shape. Four feet. Paper label attached to the underside reads, "STAR HOUSE/ THELMA BAKER/ #5 CREEK... View Full Record
Kimono
2017.2.62.1
Kimono
Black silk kimono with colorful chrysanthemum print. Red silk liner.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.5.170
William Duncan Memorial Church with Group, 1907
William Duncan Memorial Church with Group, 1907 Methodist church at Metlakatla with a large group of people standing on porch and steps. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
86.1.35.152
Metlakatla: Church Interior During Funeral
The interior of St. Paul's church at Metlakatla during Father William Duncan's funeral, September 1, 1918 ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
80.1.5.150
Sudio image of early Ketchikan settlers including Martin, Inman, Campbell, East, McDonald, and Bawden
Studio image of Mike Martin, A. J. Inman, James Campbell and Daughter, James East, Mrs. Frank McDonald, and James Bawden, 1891 L to R standing: Jas. Campbell and Daughter, A. J. Inman, Jas. East, Jas. Bawden L to R seated: Mike Martin, Mrs. Frank... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
75.11.8.53
Funeral procession on Main Street for Mike Martin
Funeral procession on Main Street for Mike Martin... View Full Record
Negative
73.3.16.42
Cannery workers with a decorated July 4th Tree, 1909
Cannery workers with a decorated July 4th Tree, 1909 Three cannery workers at the Alaska Packer Association Cannery in Loring, Alaska standing next to a decorated Fourth of July tree in the cook house. The tree is decorated with various cups and b... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
71.9.7.2
Joe Diamond and Dalmatian Fire Dog on a Ketchikan Fire Department Fire Truck
Joe Diamond in passenger seat with a dog in a fire hat with a cigar in dogs mouth in the drivers seat of the Ketchikan Fire Department 's 1922 American LaFrance Fire Truck. Notes: In 1922 the City of Ketchikan purchased an American LaFrance - Br... View Full Record
Digital Image File
RC 2010.0.5.11
Ketchikan Police Patrol on Main street, circa 1925
Ketchikan Police Patrol on Main street, circa 1925... View Full Record
Badge, Law Enforcement
81.3.6.5
Alaska Territorial Police hat badge
Alaska Territorial Police hat badge Silver police hat badge police # 2. Eagle looking right, shield with a five point star in a ring, banner reading "police", cut out "2". Screw post fastener. Century - 20 Period - Territorial... View Full Record
Badge, Law Enforcement
81.3.6.4
Ketchikan Police Department patrolman badge
Badge: Silver, Patrolman for Ketchikan Police Department Silver badge eagle holding banner reading patrolman shield banner reading: "Ketchikan" [State of Alaska Seal logo] [banner] "POLICE SAFETY" Badge has a pin type fastener C... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2000.2.13.3
Spawn of the North opens at the Coliseum, August 24, 1938
Spawn of the North opens at the Coliseum, August 24, 1938... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1921
The Channel Club Entertainers, 1955
The Channel Club Entertainers, 1955 Woman sitting atop, while playing, a piano and man playing a bass fiddle... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2009.2.9.3
Front Street Ketchikan, 1970
Front Street Ketchikan, 1970 Helen's Piano Bar, Frontier Bar, Pioneer Liquor Stor, Western Airline, Schallerer's, Tunnel... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.951
Hattrick's Mens Shop at night
Hattrick's Mens Shop at night, April 4, 1953 ... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.880
Beta Sigma Phi presents baby incubator to Ketchikan General Hospital, December 19, 1953
Beta Sigma Phi presents baby incubator to Ketchikan General Hospital, December 19, 1953 Mayor George H. Beck accepts the new incubator. Making the presentation is Marrie Johanson, of Beta Sigma Phi. Sorority members Marian Towle, Mary Lee Ellis,... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2012.2.1.1
Two women in front of the Ohashi Family's Welexum Bar, 223 Stedman, Ketchikan, circa 1936
Two women in front of the Ohashi Family's Welexum Bar, 223 Stedman, Ketchikan, circa 1936. Note: per a conversation with Terri Burr, 1/5/2012, "Welexum" is a Tsimshian word meaning "Big" something of size, large quantity, substantial, etc. Note... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2003.2.52.3
Mrs. Margaret Ridley with her students at the B.I.A. School, circa 1933
B.I.A. School at Ketchikan, 1930's, upper grades, Mrs. Margaret Ridley, teacher and 11 students sitting on chairs. ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
86.1.38.27
St. Agnes Mission School with teachers and students
St. Agnes Mission School with teachers and students, circa 1898 ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
86.1.35.56
Students at St John's Indian School
Students at St. John's Indian School, circa 1910... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
87.1.12.59
Exterior view of view of the Haida Chief Weah's house called "The Big House"
Exterior view of view of the Haida Chief Weah's house called "The Big House" Century - 20... View Full Record
Chair, Rocking
97.1.1.76 Temp
Carved rocking chair
Hand carved wooden rocking chair Arm rests have a face carved in the front, and an eagle; the seat is rawhide strips woven around the frame. Quoted from an Alaska Sportsman Magazine article Oct.1953, p 27. "A unique chair, relic of the vanishin... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 24
Ketchikan is…
An Island Mind
... View Full Record
Negative, Glass Plate
2018.2.30.62
Ketchikan Mike Martin grocery store
Ketchikan Mike Martin grocery store... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
75.9.8.6
School teacher in her Gravina School house
School teacher at desk in front of chalk board inside Gravina Island School House, circa 1902. A government school opened on Gravina Island in the fall of 1899 (2). On July 5, 1904, a fire destroyed the sawmill, the store and more than half of the d... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
85.1.112.1
Front Street looking north from Dock Street, circa 1900
Front Street looking north from Dock Street Front street circa 1900 in front of Dr. Dickenson's drug store. Two men E. Erving (right) and B. Morgan (left) lean against the building and handrail. There is a Cigar shop, and a Meat market on the wate... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
75.11.8.41
Old Main School
Old Main School house as seen from Main Street Century - 20... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
76.3.12.4
Tsimshian basket seller at Metlakatla, Alaska, summer 1913
Busy scene at Metlakatla on boardwalk Tsimshian basket seller at Metlakatla, Alaska, summer 1913 ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
65.11.1.310
California Grocery store on December 24, 1930
California Grocery store from street on December 24, 1930 Century - 20 Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, January 24 1925 "GROCERY FIRM EQUIPPED WITH LATE DEVICES Store Wiped Out by Fire Reestablished in New Building on Larger Scale The California Gr... View Full Record
Register, Cash
2008.2.16.1 A-F
Ohashi Cash Register
National Brand Cash Register Model #: 52 1/4 (aka extended-base candy store register) Serial #: 580913 Bronze finish with the Dolphin Pattern Created 7-26-1907 for "Fujita Yamanoto & Kuramoto - Ketchikan Alaska" The register was used at the Oh... View Full Record
Negative, Sheet Film
2012.2.11.22
Flora Hillard, another woman, and young Alice Hillard on the back porch of a house
Flora Hillard, another woman, and young Alice Hillard on the back porch of a house (Flora more slender woman?). House is likely Lot 16 Block 1 in Newtown. Circa 1912 ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
85.1.103.2
Charcoal Point School: Celia Tuttle Wellington's Classroom, Grades 4 and 5, circa 1930
Charcoal Point School: Celia Tuttle Wellington's Classroom, Grades 4 and 5, circa 1930 Black & white copy photograph of Charcoal Point School Grades four and five, Celia Tuttle Wellington, teacher. All seated inside classroom about 1930. Gladys Klo... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.2.68
Methodist church organizers at Palace Cafe, 1901
Methodist church organizers at their first meeting that took place at W. H. Ireland's Palace Cafe on Dock Street, 1901 First meeting to organize a Methodist Church, Ireland's Cafe, 1901. From Left: Albert Frost, (?) Kerchel, Billy Ireland, Unknown,... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.558
First commercial passenger charter flight from the states to Alaska
First commercial passenger charter flight from the states to Alaska From Don Dawson notes: "March 20, 1929 - Ketchikan. Just before departure for Juneau after completing the first commercial passenger charter flight from the states (Seattle) to... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
75.6.10.150
Unidentified woman and Ruth Jackson sitting on a hillside above the Schwahn house at Moser Bay.
Unidentified woman and Ruth Jackson sitting on a hillside above the Schwahn house at Moser Bay. The garden is visible between the house and the hillside.... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1400
Marlyn Billingsley reading to Mary Ida Henrikson who is holding the kitten
Marlyn Billingsley Reading to Mary Ida Henrikson, circa 1953 "The girl reading is Marlyn Billingsley, Mary is holding the kitten, Marlyn's family ran a dairy below our house where the trailer court and A&P are now, we grew up with her." ...Nancy D... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.2732
Hedi Richmond with a Salmon
Hedi Richmond with a Salmon on the Ketchikan Cold Storage Co., dock, August 4, 1951... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1315
Dancing in the street, June 30, 1958
Dancing in the street, June 30, 1958 Alaskans danced in the streets until midnight when the U.S. Senate passed the Alaska Statehood Bill. The center of the Ketchikan festivities was the intersection of Front and Mission Streets. June 30, 1958... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.2203
Musicians examining a violin made by Charles Gengler
W. Emerson Scott along with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Olsen examine the violin made by Charles Gengler, February 26, 1953 Ketchikan Daily News Article, February 27, 1953 "Music Group Rehearses For Rotary Local Hand-made Violin Displayed Last evening a... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 25
Ketchikan is…
Where We Gather
... View Full Record
Drum
2010.2.22.1
Thunderbird Drum by Donnie Varnell, 2010
Thunderbird Drum by Donnie Varnell, 2010 Drance drum, painted by the artist with original Thunderbird design evolved from the traditional Northwest Coast style. Materials: laminated red cedar drum frame (maker unknown); deer hide, acrylic paint... View Full Record
Basket
2016.2.48.1
Trick or Treat basket by Kathryn Rousso, 2015
"Trick or Treat" is a basket woven by Ketchikan artist Kathryn Rousso in 2015. The basket synthesizes Ravenstail and Taaniko (a twining technique of the Maori people of New Zealand) textile weaving styles with the form of Panamanian chacaras (net bag... View Full Record
Pouch, Spruce Root
2006.2.30.41
Spruce root and leather pouch
Spruce root and leather pouch. Weaving has a false embroidery design in the shape of a whale on one side and a stylized face on the other. Leatherwork at top of pouch has beadwork on each side.... View Full Record
Transparency, Slide
2003.2.63.2873
Tongass Tlingit Dancers at the Elks Club, circa 1957
Tongass Tlingit Dancers at the Elks Club, circa 1957 Paul notes this event was the first that Native group allowed to be photographed. See Alaska Sportsman Magazine, July 1957... View Full Record
Boot
L2018.4.7.1 A&B
Dance boots
Dance boots made by Alvina Martinez. Made of smoked moose hide and seal skin with red flowers.... View Full Record
Tunic
2006.2.22.2
Tlingit dance tunic
Tlingit robe danced by Mathew Dewitt, circa 1948 The robe has a design taken from the Thunderbird House from Juneau on the front (see the photo from the state museum web site), and one on back of a brown bear. Front design consists of two "black bi... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.2.210
Ketchikan Native Band, 1905
Ketchikan Native Band, 1905 23 members of the Ketchikan Native band with two drums and horns: Frank G. Baldauf; Charlie Sheat; Peter Williams; Billy Dale; Philip McKay; Johnny Harry; Andrew Wells; Ceorge Carle; Sam Hinry; George Keagen Williams; Pet... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
74.7.4.7
Basketry gathering with Selina Peratrovich
1974 Basketry gathering with Selina Peratrovich; Flora Mather, Bea Starkweather; Erma Lawrence, Ruth King, Ann Carlson, Karen Smith, and Nan Taro... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2008.2.7.2
Men sitting along the docks in downtown Ketchikan
Men lined up sitting on the edge of the dock, facing away from the water towards the camera. The dock is near Ketchikan Cold Storage & Marlyn Fish Company in downtown Ketchikan. Circa 1930's... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.2.137
Queen Esther Girls at the Methodist Church, circa 1912
Queen Esther Girls at the Methodist Church, circa 1912 From Left: Ludella Wakefield, Aliana Kirshbaulm, Margaret Clemensen, Gertrude Hendrickson, Irene Chesney, Belle Hood, Eilene Hendrickson, Gathering Blodget, Alice Heath, Amy Hunt, Flossie Cop... View Full Record
Quilt
81.7.1.1
Crazy Quilt for Baby Carriage
Crazy Quilt for Baby Carriage Crazy patchwork design, embroidered, beaded and applique techniques. Red velvet border. Note: see pictures 68.3.5.29 & 68.9.2.45 for image of the quilt on display at the Ktn Fair... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.2.128
July Fourth Speeches at the Clark house, 1901
July Fourth speeches at the corner of Front and Dock Street in front of the Clark House, 1901 View from back of crowd on the corner of Front and Dock Streets in front of Devoe's Furnished Rooms. Flags decorate porch. Chalkboard with handwritten menu... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.896
Damnit the Donkey at the Thomas Basin Rooms, December 20, 1951
Dammit the Donkey at the Thomas Basin Rooms, December 20, 1951 Dammit is being readied for a trip to the second floor. He is trussed and laying on a tarp Note: see mutlimedia link for June Allen article on Dammit the Donkey... View Full Record
Photograph
2006.2.28.2
Tug of war on Dock Street, Fourth of July 1901
Tug of war conpetition on Dock Street, Fourth of July 1901 between a native team and a team of white miners. View of Dock Street from Main to Front Streets.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2003.2.53.1
Child actors in costume on stage, 1928
Child actors in costume on stage, 1928 A few identities are written on back of photograph: Bob Race; Left side, crown; Mary Gaffney; Anna Marie Horwald - queen crown; Jessie; Al Hagevig - center of 3 boys... View Full Record
Tablecloth
96.2.59.1
Embroidered Signature Tablecloth, Gertrud Schrader's
Embroidered signature tablecloth, Gertrud Schrader's White linen table cloth with 1093 embroidered names Gertrud embroidered over the signatures of the people who came to dinner at her Mountain Point house from 1956 to 1995. Century - 20... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
2003.2.22.11
Gertrud Schrader carving husband's grave marker
Gertrud Schrader carving wooden marker for the grave of her husband Chris Schrader, writing on back, 5.00 x 4.00 inches... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
76.7.9.2
Ketchikan greets the Rotarians on S.S. Alaska at dock
Ketchikan greets the Rotarians on S.S. Alaska at dock with The Key to The City, July 2, 1932 A large group of Rotarians standing on the dock next to the S. S. Alaska with The Key to The City Century - 20... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1574
Labor Day Boat Races, September 7, 1953
Labor Day Boat Races, September 7, 1953 Note two hydroplanes on Ryus Float Ketchikan Daily News article, 9/8/1953 "Dick Kelly Only Racer To Finish Of five entrants in the B-hydro event in the Labor day races yesterday, only one finished. Richar... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
71.7.14.34
Robots on parade on Stedman Street
Parade with robots and robot control car near the Preysbyterian Church on Stedman Street, circa 1931-1935... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.292
Boy Scouts aboard U.S.C.G. Cutter Cygan, circa 1930
Boy Scouts of America leaving on aboard U.S.C.G. Cutter Cygan, May 28th for their summer camp at White River, near Ketchikan, Alaska. Harris G. Clark fields executive of Seattle, in charge of the camp. Century - 20... View Full Record
Trophy
76.8.6.1 A&B
K.H.S. 1934 Southeastern Basketball Championship Trophy
1934 Ketchikan High School Southeastern Basketball Championship Trophy. Basketball sits on wooden base. Wooden base is turned with hollow for ball on top and green felt on bottom brass plaque on base basketball is signed. Names of coaches, official... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
63.9.10.15
Women's basketball team, circa 1904
Women's basketball team, circa 1904 Ketchikan woman's basketball team picture, around 1904. Players are Cora Russell, Nora King, Zilpah Hopkins, May Bagg, Harriet Hunt, Anna Karasek (teacher), Miss Margie Henry (teacher of basketball), Mrs. Charles... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
63.9.10.13
Ketchikan Baseball team and grandstands over near mouth of the Creek
Ketchikan Baseball team and grandstands over near mouth of the Creek, 1909 Ketchikan ball team and grandstands over near mouth of the Ketchikan Creek in the area where the Federal Building was later constructed. Baseball games in the tide flats h... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
81.9.5.184
Boxing ring at Dock and Main streets, 1940
Boxing ring at Dock and Main Street. Rodger Elliot vs. a Filipino man with Haold Blanton refereeing. July 3,1940 ------------------------ Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle, 7/3/1940 "Pros Feature Of Tonight's Boxing Card Golden Gloves Champ And O... View Full Record
Shirt, Bowling
99.2.57.2
Bowling team shirt for The Pioneer Bar
Bowling team shirt for The Pioneer Bar. Red with blue and white accents and embroidery. Short sleeves have bands of blue and white bias tape trim at bottom and bands of blue and white knit trim where sleeves meet the body of the shirt, yoke, patc... View Full Record
Shirt, Bowling
99.2.57.1
Bowling team shirt for Marrie's Wigs
Bowling team shirt for Marrie's Wigs. Pink, short notched sleeves with black flocked design and letters, also embroidered letters, circa 1968. Bright pink with one patch pocket on left side, 7 matching pink plastic buttons, collar.... View Full Record
Desk, School
75.9.10.5
School Desk
School desk. The school desk and seat combination is a runner type with wooden seat, back and top. There is a cast iron ornamental frame which folds up fold up seat. The top has been broken and reglued at some point. The seat has two different... View Full Record
Chalkboard
FIC 87
Blackboard / chalkboard
Sterling Lifelong blackboard / chalkboard Writing on blackboard: "Vacation starts tomorrow! Tree had to be taken down, so why not take your decorations home (*smudged*) for your tree" "Book Reports due today!" "helpers Debbie Jack Gi... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 26
Ketchikan is…
Where the Trees Come to Dance
... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
71.9.10.282
Miner at tunnel portal
Young miner in overalls standing to the left at the opening to a mine tunnel. Shovel leaning upright in mouth of tunnel, circa 1898-1920. Century - 20... View Full Record
Hammer, Rock
70.10.6.3
Miner's Pick with Wooden Handle
Miner's pick with wooden handle Century - 20 Period - Early 20th Century... View Full Record
Negative
73.3.16.30
Crew eating lunch on the Naha, 1908
Loring crew eating lunch, 1908 Text from Loring album, page 16: "Often when the seine boats are loaded the tide is too low to allow them to pass safely trough some of the narrows and a lunch of salmon bellies boiled in a coal oil can whit spuds a... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
70.7.25.100
Rudyerd Bay looking down from a cliffside
Rudyerd Bay looking down from a cliffside, circa 1912-1922... View Full Record
Scale, Assay
97.2.15.48 A-X TEMP
Assayer's Scale
Assayer's Scale in glass cabinet with two drawers and accessories Century - 20 A. Cabinet and Scale B. Door C- D. Glass dishes E-F. Silver-colored ore G. Left drawer H. Business card I1-2. Pieces of wood J. Tweezers K1-3. Small boxes L.... View Full Record
Balance
98.2.32.1 A
Folding balance
Folding balance, circa 1900 This small folding scale is made of brass, and consists of a balance arm on a pivot which has two pans suspended from the ends by three pieces of small chain. The pivot has a brass ring for holding the balance. The bala... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
81.9.5.341
Salt Chuck copper mine
Salt Chuck copper mine as seen from the water HISTORY of MINES and PROSPECTS, KETCHIKAN DISTRICT, PRIOR to 1952 By JOHN BUFVERS DIVISION of MINES and MINERALS DEPARTMENT of NATURAL RESOURCES STATE of ALASKA "The Salt Chuck Mine, at the hea... View Full Record
Counter, Geiger
99.2.55.1 A
Detectron Model Dg 2 Electronic Detector (Geiger Counter)
Detectron Handheld Electric Geiger Counter Detector Model # DG-2. Machine uses 2 D cell batteries and 2 # 455 Eveready Batteries. Century - 20 A. Geiger counter B-C. Batteries... View Full Record
Helmet, Miner's
2005.2.42.1 A&B
Mining helmet with detachable carbine head lamp
Miner's helmet with detachable carbine head lamp. Lamp is labeled on the base: Manuf'd by Shanklin MFG Co. Springfield Ill USA. Top of the lamp is labeled: Guy's Dropper Pat. 5-2-12 5-26-14 9-19-16 11-2-20 2-10-25 7-21-25. There is no identi... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1780
Mr. Vincent Boucher on his Gravina Island farm, April 1955
Mr. Vincent Boucher on his Gravina Island farm, April 1955... View Full Record
Hat, Cedar bark
2015.2.31.2
Cedar bark hat cover
Cedar bark hat cover woven by Selina Peratrovich... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 41
Old Groaner skull and metal display frame
Old Brown Bear skull of "Old Groaner" from the Unuk River and metal frame by Rich Stage, 2018 ... View Full Record
Hat
2007.2.22.1
Fur trapper's hat worn by Jack Johnstone
Fur trapper's hat worn by Jack Johnstone. Jack trapped, tanned, and sewed the hat. The hat is handmade and features ear flaps and a brim. The fur is unplucked beaver and the lining a faded red satin material with the initials JJ stitched in yellow... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
68.12.3.16
Dirty Jack at W.S. Balcom Fish Company's Bond Bay Fish Trap
Dirty Jack is taking a break inside the trap shack at the W.S. Balcom Fish Company Fish Trap that was located near Ketchikan, Alaska in Bond. Century - 20 See Alaska Sportsman June 1949 page 30... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
62.4.4.168
Hotel Hadley, Prince of Wales Island, 1904
Hotel Hadley, Prince of Wales Island, 1904 ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
99.2.13.12 TEMP
Loggers on springboards in tree
Two loggers with a crosscut saw standing on springboards in a tree. ... View Full Record
Springboard
97.2.15.21 TEMP
Wooden springboard
Wooden spring board with iron toe plate Very dry, the bottom has been beveled on ... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
77.11.8.33
Logger with chainsaw working on tree
Logger with chainsaw working on tree Southeast Alaska logger, Patrick O. Byron, with chainsaw is working on tree while standing in front of a cut. Century - 20 Logger was identified in 2019 as being Patrick O. Byron who was a Bull Buck for the... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1354
Ketchikan Pulp Company logging camp at Hollis, Alaska
Ketchikan Pulp Company logging camp at Hollis, Alaska, 1955... View Full Record
Negative, Sheet Film
2003.2.69.123
Ketchikan Spruce Mills saw shop
Ketchikan Spruce Mills saw shop, circa 1986 Interior view of the saw shop, Note the large saw blades on the floor... View Full Record
Sign
2012.2.6.1
Sign painted on plywood "Sierra Club Members Not Welcome No Trespassing"
Sierra Club sign from the former Gateway Club Sign reads: Sierra Club Members Not Welcome No Trespassing Phone book listings: 1964-1967 Gateway Club & Liquor Store (8 Mile) 1968-1995 Gateway Bar & Liguor S... View Full Record
Apron
2007.2.3.1
Carpentar waist apron with Ketchikan Spruce Mill logo
Carpentar waist apron, canvas with logo for the Ketchikan Spruce Mills, 44.7 cm x 22.3 cm. Given to donor by her father, Edward Decker, who worked at KSM in the 1950's.... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
77.11.8.30 B
Logger climbing a tree
Logger is climbing a tree with a saw and an ax using climbing harness and climbing spurs. Century - 20... View Full Record
Transparency, Slide
78.9.5.407 A&B
Tuxekan School April 1968, Karen Eakes teacher
Tuxekan School April 1968, Karen Eakes teacher ... View Full Record
Transparency, Slide
78.9.5.1099
Gildersleeve logging camp kids on float camp with life vests
"M. Gildersleeve's-float camp-life jackets enforced" handwritten on slide 4 young kids on float, wearing life jackets ... View Full Record
Sign
98.2.30.6
Sign From Ketchikan Pulp Locomotive
Aluminum sign from the Ketchikan Pulp Corporation locomotive. The sign has scalloped sides, and is painted on the face with a stylized totem pole, on a yellow field. The text on the sign is in large green block letters with black outlines and reads... View Full Record
Boot, Rubber Caulk
2001.2.30.1 EDUC A&B
Rubber caulk boots
Rubber caulk boots worn by Jim Pype A: Left boot B. Right boot... View Full Record
Ax, Felling
2001.2.56.2
Falling axe
Felling axe marked "Suger Chemical Axe 1947" on axe head. These items came from the Terry Wells Estate, and were used in Southeast Alaska in the latter part of the 20th century, possibly at the family's Unuk River Homestead, or in his log salvaging... View Full Record
Tin
74.5.1.1
Excelsior Blend High Grade Coffee tin
Excelsior Blend High Grade Coffee tin, 1908 Large rusted square coffee tin, red in color labeled, Excelsior Blend High Grade Coffee Century - 20... View Full Record
Box, Salmon
2006.2.32.2
Meteor Brand canned pink salmon crate
Meteor Brand canned pink salmon crate A.P.A. packed at Loring, Alaska ... View Full Record