Sustaining Community
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Ketchikan Quilt, 1981
Various Artists

This quilt, sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard Officer's Wives Club, depicts Ketchikan industry, history, art, and important communal places. Coast Guard families often make Ketchikan home for two to three years before being reassigned to their next base. Despite the transient nature of military assignments, many of these families make every effort to become involved in the community and make this place "home".

Left to right, top to bottom:
1. Main School - Dorothy Bell, Vera Foss
2. Ketchikan Rainbird - Carole Taylor
3. Ballet Dancer - Audrey Gilbert, Ketchikan Theater Ballet
4. Church of Christ - Lynda Baker
5. Alaskan Ferry - Mamie Markle
6. Basket Weaving - Sonny Breed
7. Fish Pirate's Daughter - Sandra Ensley
8. Dolly's House - Jean Keene, Anneliesa Tallman, Barbara Learned
9. Killer Whale - Renna Clark, Killer Whale Swim Team
10. Football - Loretta Wolfe, Kay Huff, Ketchikan Youth Football League
11. Pulp Mill - Lettie Dukes
12. Deer Mountain - Susie Efird, Senior Haven
13. Alaska Map - Maude Downs, V.F.W. Auxiliary
14. Salmon - Stella Makie, 7th Day Adventist Church
15. Ketchikan General Hospital - Arleen Hornbaker
16. Totem (Love Bird) - Nancy Nelson
17. Trees, Bear, Eagle - Joan Begalka, Alaska Women in Timber
18. Alaska Flag - Hilda Durbin, Home Topic Homemakers
19. Blueberries - Carole Hoefer
20. Girl Scouts - Sonny Breed, Tongass Alaska Girl Scouts Council
21. Log Cabin - Pam Hamlin
22. Ketchikan Tunnel - Nikki Murray Jones
23. Alaska State Seal - Diana Thomas
24. Flowers - Marianne Noss, Ketchikan Garden Club
25. Totem (Raven) - Dorica Jackson
26. Float Plane - Mimi Starks
27. Raven - Janice Johnson
28. Cape Fox Dancers - Dorothy Williams
29. Eagles - Katie Sutton, Mary Dunn, V.F.W. Auxiliary
30. U.S. Coast Guard - Renna Clark, Coast Guard Officer's Wives

Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 81.7.10.1
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Ketchikan QuiltKetchikan Quilt
Back of quiltBack of quilt
Main School blockMain School block
Ketchikan Rainbird blockKetchikan Rainbird block
Ketchikan Theatre Ballet blockKetchikan Theatre Ballet block
Church of Christ blockChurch of Christ block
Alaskan ferry blockAlaskan ferry block
Basket weaving blockBasket weaving block
Fish Pirate's Daughter blockFish Pirate's Daughter block
Dolly's House blockDolly's House block
Killer Whale Swim Team blockKiller Whale Swim Team block
Ketchikan Youth Football League blockKetchikan Youth Football League block
Ketchikan Pulp Mill blockKetchikan Pulp Mill block
Deer Mountain and waterfront blockDeer Mountain and waterfront block
V.F.W blockV.F.W block
Jumping salmon blockJumping salmon block
Ketchikan General Hospital blockKetchikan General Hospital block
Lovebirds blockLovebirds block
Alaska Women in Timber blockAlaska Women in Timber block
Alaska flag blockAlaska flag block
Blueberries blockBlueberries block
Girl Scouts blockGirl Scouts block
Log cabin blockLog cabin block
Ketchikan tunnel blockKetchikan tunnel block
Alaska state seal blockAlaska state seal block
Ketchikan Garden Club blockKetchikan Garden Club block
Formline Raven blockFormline Raven block
Float plane blockFloat plane block
Raven and fishing boat blockRaven and fishing boat block
Cape Fox Dancers blockCape Fox Dancers block
Eagles in nest blockEagles in nest block
US Coast Guard blockUS Coast Guard block