Back to the Fifties : More Ketchikan Photos by Paulu Saari
Title:
Grand Opening of the Wingren Supermarket, February 25, 1954
Photographer:
Paulu T. Saari
Description:
Paul Wingren cuts into a cake made in the shape of the Wingren Court Apartments and Wingren Supermarket at the public opening of his new grocery store. Carl Crawford waits for the first slice. Wingren was a partner in developing the Wingren Court Apartments (now the Marine View Condominiums,) which also opened in 1954. The attached former super-market space was later occupied by McPherson Music.
Collection:
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.1290
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Wingren Supermarket Grand Opening, 1954Wingren Supermarket Grand Opening, 1954