BOOM TOWN : Ketchikan in the 1950s
Title:
"Montana Belle" and "The Texas Bombshell," December 27, 1953
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
Hometown entertainment at the Stedman Company Christmas Party. Man on left identified as Clyde Henley & the man on the right is identified as Chef Ed Pippin.

Ketchikan Daily News photo caption (similar image), December 30, 1953 "Employees, friends, and gate-crashers were guests of the Stedman company Sunday evening at the Totem Room at its annual Christmas party (above). With the advent of live entertainment in Ketchikan, it was possible to import nationally known entertainers from the states, Montana Belle and the Texas Bombshell, shown below doing their dance act."
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.787
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Entertainment at a Stedman Company Christmas partyEntertainment at a Stedman Company Christmas party