Back to the Fifties
More Ketchikan Photos by Paulu Saari
In Ketchikan, the 1950s were years of promise, prosperity, growth, and change. The community's economy went through a major shift as the pulp mill came on line. Population grew by more than twenty percent. Business boomed!
Throughout the Fifties, photographer Paulu Saari captured the images of the notable and the mundane of Ketchikan life - businesses openings, construction projects, lodge meetings, dances and parties, sports and recreation, comings and goings, etc. Many of his images were displayed at the Tongass Historical Museum in 2005, in an exhibit called "Boom Town." In this show, we offer an entirely different selection of Paulu Saari's Ketchikan photos.
Join us, as we go BACK TO THE FIFTIES.
