BOOM TOWN : Ketchikan in the 1950s
Title:
Archery at the Civic Center, February 1955
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
The Archery Club, which met at the Civic Center on Wednesday nights, had 17 senior members and 8 juniors at that time.

Ketchikan Daily News, February 16, 1955 photo caption (photo 2003.2.63.786)
"Archers on the Firing Line Archery, one of the recreational activities carried on at the civic center, is gaining popularity in Ketchikan. The Archery club has 17 senior members and 8 juniors now signed up with membership expected to reach over 30 by the end of the month. A group of bowmen are pictured above taking aim on the targets Wednesday night."

Man on far left identified, by Bill Hendricks, as Mark Bussanich
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.786
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