BOOM TOWN : Ketchikan in the 1950s
Title:
Ketchikan Celebrates Passage of the Alaska Statehood Bill, June 30, 1958
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
Mayor J.E. Winston addresses a crowd during the spontaneous celebration that took place at Mission & Front Streets. Other civic leaders present: (behind Winston, left to right) Larry Franks, Junior Chamber of Commerce President; Robert Sharp, City Manager; R.E. Ellis, Territorial Senator; Robert M. Ziegler, Territorial Representative; Charles Cloudy, Alaska Chamber of Commerce President; Victor P. Guns, Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce President.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.1312
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Celebrateing the passage of the 1958 Alaska Statehood BillCelebrateing the passage of the 1958 Alaska Statehood Bill