Artifact of the Month

Spoon
68.6.6.1
Handmade brass spoon
Spoon: Brass, Handmade Handmade brass spoon or ladle. Somewhat crudely made. Accession sheet reads: "Found in ruins of China House near Boca de Quadra Cannery"... View Full Record
Placemat
86.1.11.1
Reub's 25th Annual Alaska Game Dinner Placemat, 1986
Reub's 25th Annual Alaska Game Dinner placemat, 1986. The placemat is made of white paper with black text and drawings of various animal tracks.... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 58
Hip Abduction Brace
Artifact of the Month - July 2022, High School Memories. Ketchikan High School yearbooks, RC 2021.0.8... View Full Record
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Exhibits 57
Hip Abduction Brace
Artifact of the Month - June 2022, Hip Abduction Brace. Includes brace (2019.2.40.85) and photograph (2019.2.40.84)... View Full Record
Photograph, Black-and-White
2019.2.24.2
Wingren's United Groceries at 344 Front Street, circa 1938- 1939
B/W photograph of the interior of Wingren's United Groceries at 344 Front Street. Four men in light-colored smocks are behind the counter at the center of the store. Using the identifications in 2019.2.24.1, the men are L-R: Cy Steers, the donor's fa... View Full Record
Menu
99.2.74.5
Poodle Dog Grill Menu
Menu: Poodle Dog Grill, Ketchikan, with flower cover Embossed cover with pink grapes and leaves design, 4 printed pages of menu inside plastic [?] protectors, with local advertisements inside front and back covers also under protective sheets. Egg p... View Full Record
Photographic Collection
96.2.48 Album
Album created by Mabel Becker, during 1947-1955
Album created by Mabel Becker, during 1947-1955. When guests visited Mabel and Beck at their logging camp, Mabel noted it in her album and included some pictures on numerous pages. Many of the guests also signed the album. The album / log book has... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 56
Ketchikan's Notorious Melodrama
Artifact of the Month - February 2022 Ketchikan's Notorious Melodrama. Includes image of Fish Pirate's Daughter cast image and 1966 program.... View Full Record
Card, Lobby
2016.2.36.4
Cry Vengeance Lobby Card #8
One of four lobby cards for the 1954 movie "Cry Vengeance" set in Ketchikan. As their name suggests, lobby cards were typically located in the lobby or foyer of a cinema. Their purpose was to highlight key plot elements of a movie and showcase its st... View Full Record
Crate, Shipping
2020.2.92.1
Japanese Mandarin Crate
Wooden Japanese mandarin crate for approximately 30 pieces of fruit. Small and rectangular-shaped. Originally was a closed crate with six sides. One of the top slats was removed. A paper label is partially attached to one short end. The label reads,... View Full Record
Robe, Ravenstail
96.2.67.1 EDUC
"Mother Robe" Ravenstail Garment
"Mother Robe" Ravenstail Garment Ravenstail robe woven with thigh-spun warp and commercially spun weft in Merino sheep wool, trimmed on top in sea otter, four bands of designs, with three bands of design on black. Fringe on sides and bottom. The des... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 46
Slices of Ketchikan Life
Artifact of the Month - October 2021 Slices of Ketchikan Life. Images from Marie (Eines) Hellyer photo album, KM 2021.2.14 album.... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 43
Unpacking Mary A. C. Gibson's Story
Artifact of the Month - August 2021 Unpacking Mary A. C. Gibson's Story. Includes image of Gibson's editorial in The Saturday Mail newspaper 11/7/1914.... View Full Record
Quilt
81.7.1.1
Crazy quilt for baby carriage
Crazy quilt for baby carriage Crazy patchwork design, embroidered, beaded and applique techniques. Red velvet border. Note: see pictures 68.3.5.29 & 68.9.2.45 for image of the quilt on display at the KTN Fair... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 42
July is for Shipping Salmon
Artifact of the Month - July 2021 July is for Shipping Salmon. Includes 2017.2.19.1 unformed salmon can and 98.2.66.4 page 2 album image.... View Full Record
Periodical
TC 891
Loud and Queer! Vol 1. Issue 1, Spring 2021
Publication (or zine), "Loud and Queer!" Vol 1. Issue 1, Spring 2021... View Full Record
Can
2018.2.4.1 A&B
8th grade survival can, used
Used 8th grade survival can painted black with black plastic lid and attached wire handle. A- can B- plastic lid... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 40
Arthur Yates Memorial Hospital
Artifact of the Month - April 2021 Arthur Yates Memorial Hospital. Includes images KM 62.4.3.45, KM 2009.2.7.21, THS 80.2.9.14... View Full Record
Bag, Flight
78.9.5.118
Pacific Northern Airlines flight bag
Blue Pacific Northern Airlines flight bag with white piping and lettering, metal zipper and feet, plastic and metal handle. Tape near handle & on bottom for reinforcement. Century - 20... View Full Record
Cart, Shopping
2020.2.34.2 A&B
Child's Shopping Cart from Tatsuda's IGA
Miniature or child-sized shopping cart from Tatsuda's grocery store at 633 Stedman Street. The cart is also known as a "Kiddie Cart" by the manufacturer Good L Corporation. The setup includes a zinc-finished cart and a removable red plastic basket wi... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 18
Selina Peratrovich basket and image
Artifact of the Month - January 2021 Selina Peratrovich basket and image (combined records) THS 87.1.17.7 and KM 81.30.14... View Full Record
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Exhibits 17
Jean Howard felt ornaments
Artifact of the Month - December 2020 Jean Howard Ornaments (combined records) KM 2019.2.17.1-6 and KM 2020.2.2.1-6... View Full Record
Camera, Digital
2020.2.54.1
Nikon D1H Digital Single-Lens Reflex (DSLR) Camera
Nikon D1H digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) camera belonging to Hall Anderson from Ketchikan Daily News. Made by Nikon Corporation and introduced in 2001. It featured a 2.7-megapixel image sensor, 4.5-frames-per-second continuous shooting, and accept... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 37
Ryus Drug Company
Artifact of the Month - October 2020 Ryus Drug Company, THS 76.3.2.43 (pillbox) and THS 62.4.3.125 (photograph)... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
96.2.55.42
Company C, 14th Infantry Division at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, August 1918
Company C, 14th Infantry Division at Camp Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, circa 1918 Framed Panoramic Photo # C1070-1-IA... View Full Record
Knife
2020.2.27.1 A-C
"Pieces of Our Past," 2020
Composite forge-made knife named, "Pieces of Our Past" by Jake Beimler of Bifrost Blacksmithing and his apprentice Joron Whitton, 2020. The knife blade started out as a roller bearing assembly from the M/V Columbia. The bearing was cut in half and ha... View Full Record
Bear, Teddy
TC 772
Nurse Cares-A-Lot Teddy Bear, 2020
Nurse Cares-A-Lot teddy bear with sign, related to the COVID-19 pandemic. To create fun for children and their families during quarantine community members created a Facebook group Ketchikan Kids Kruising Scavenger Hunt. The group encouraged locals t... View Full Record
Box, Baby
2017.2.56.1 A&B
Baby Box with Designs by Ken Decker, Circa 2015- 2017
Cardboard baby box given to new mothers in Ketchikan from PeaceHealth Medical Center. The box is manufactured by Safe and Sound Innovations and features a Northwest Coast design on all sides created by Ken Decker. The main design features a Bear at t... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.263
Navy Flyers from the search for Paddy Burke, November 1930
Navy Flyers from the search for Paddy Burke, November 1930 Personnel of Navy flyers search for Pat Renshan. Left to right: 2nd Pilot I.P. Moragne, Radioman L. E. Gesell, Lieutenant-in-command C. F. Greber, Chief Radio Electrician Claude Alexander (... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 36
Northbird
Artifact of the Month - April 2020 Northbird, KM 2001.2.39.1 (model) and THS 84.1.85.181 (photograph)... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 35
Cannery records
Artifact of the Month - February 2020 Peratrovich Packing Co. cannery in Klawock, KM 2019.2.5... View Full Record
Bag, Devilfish
2018.2.7.1
Wil Uks T'aa Medik or "Cape Chacon," 2017
Devilfish bag titled, "Wil Uks T'aa Medik" or "Cape Chacon" by Kandi McGilton (Mangyepsa Gyipaayg), 2017. Bag is made out of a dark purple wool blend outer shell, pink and purple cotton batik lining, and trimmed with white double sided bias tape. The... View Full Record
Pan, Aebleskiver
69.11.12.1
Aebleskiver pan, circa 1900
Aebelskiver pan, 65 years old (at the time of donation in 1969) Aebelskiver - a Danish dessert, like doughnut holes, but sweeter and much better traditionally served with glogg during the Advent. Cooked in a cast iron pan that resembles an egg poac... View Full Record
Helmet
2010.2.23.1 A&B
Tlingit War Helmet
Tlingit War Helmet by Matt Helgesen, 2010 Helmet: Alder wood war helmet carved and painted in the Tlingit style to represent the Killer Whale crest. A stylized killer whale head, including operculum shell "teeth," is surmounted by dorsal fin, to... View Full Record
Compote
87.2.54.1 A&B
Compote and lid decorated with Norwegian Rosemaling designs, 1987
Compote and lid decorated with Norwegian Rosemaling designs. The interior of the bowl and lid is a mustard yellow color. The exterior is painted with floral designs on the lid and leaf designs on the base. The base color has an orange color overlayin... View Full Record
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Exhibits 39
Emma Williams moccasins
Artifact of the Month - September 2019 Emma Williams moccasins. Includes KM 86.2.2.1 A&B (moccasins) and KM 2018.2.48 (receipt)... View Full Record
Photograph
2017.2.8.1
Sideboard Saloon with Mike Martin behind the bar
B/W photograph of Sideboard Saloon with Mike Martin behind the bar.... View Full Record
Document
2002.2.32.16
Daily Time Card from the Fidalgo Island Packing Company
Daily Time Card from the Fidalgo Island Packing Company Time card is blank and lists the date as "191_" ... View Full Record
Magazine
66.11.1.2
Alaska Sportsman, March 1953
Alaska Sportsman Magazine... View Full Record
Print, Photographic
61.8.1.230
Children Sledding on Main Street
Children sledding on Main street looking up Main from Dock Street Text on back of image: Coasting on Main Street Hill, Ketchikan, Alaska A condition so unusual that editorial comment was made and the police closed intersecting streets to allow th... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 34
Cookbooks
Artifact of the Month - November 2018 Cookbooks. Includes KM 2018.2.46.9 through .13.... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 33
Ketchikan Lumber & Shingle Company shingle
Artifact of the Month - October 2018 Ketchikan Lumber & Shingle Company shingle. Shingle is KM 2017.2.63.2 and photograph is RC 2017.0.24.3.... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 38
Prince George
Artifact of the Month - September 2018 SS Prince George. Includes KM 2013.2.40.1 (bell) and THS 72.1.3.1 (image)... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 32
M/V Crane coffee mug
Artifact of the Month - August 2018 M/V Crane coffee mug. Mug is KM 2018.2.17.1 and photograph is courtesy of Terry Richardson.... View Full Record
Book
2016.2.34.1
The Diary of a Tour Conductor: A Record of 1940 Berry Tour To Southeastern Alaska, by Carl G. Ossman, 1940
"The Diary of a Tour Conductor: A Record of 1940 Berry Tour To Southeastern Alaska" by Carl G. Ossman, 1940.... View Full Record
Tablecloth
96.2.59.1
Embroidered Signature Tablecloth, Gertrud Schrader's
Embroidered signature tablecloth, Gertrud Schrader's White linen table cloth with 1093 embroidered names Gertrud embroidered over the signatures of the people who came to dinner at her Mountain Point house from 1956 to 1995. Century - 20... View Full Record
Computer, Aerial Dead Reckoning
98.2.43.1 A-C
Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer
Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer U.S. Army Air Corps Aerial Dead Reckoning Computer, Type E-6B with leather case. Brown leather case holding the computer, which consists of aluminum disk attached to an aluminum housing with a slot for a sliding plast... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 31
Smoke Helmet
Artifact of the Month - March 2018 Smoke Helmet. Includes helmet KM 98.2.18.2 and advertising graphic.... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.859
Filipino Community Club celebration, December 31, 1953
Filipino Community Hall New Year Celebration, December 31, 1953 Note calendar on wall Ketchikan Daily News photo caption, 1/4/1954 (photo 2003.2.63.859) "Three-fold Celebration Held by Filipino Community Rizal day, New Year's Eve, and installa... View Full Record
Compass, Ship's
2015.2.16.1 A
Troller's compass and box
Troller's compass and box... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 30
Ketchikan's Liberty Brick
Artifact of the Month - June 2017 Ketchikan's Liberty Brick. Brick display is THS 75.12.3.2 and photograph is THS 75.12.3.1 a.... View Full Record
Directory, Telephone
83.1.5.24
Ketchikan Telephone Directory - October 1920
City of Ketchikan Telephone Directory, October 1920... View Full Record
Medal, Commemorative
67.10.4.1
Alaska Cenntennial Medallion
#1818 Alaska Cenntennial medallion, silver... View Full Record
Painting
2017.2.20.1
"Laser Forest," 2010
Painting, "Laser Forest" by Mary Ida Henrikson, 2010.... View Full Record
Plate, Food
2016.2.22.1
Alaska Steamship plate
Alaska Steamship plate... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 29
1958 Little League Champions
Artifact of the Month - June 2017 Eric Tietjen Little League Championship belt buckle. Buckle is KM 2016.2.29.15 and photograph is KM 2014.2.18.3.... View Full Record
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Exhibits 28
American Legion Ketchikan Post No. 3, circa 1920
Artifact of the Month - May 2017 American Legion Honors Ketchikan Veterans. Image from Album RC 2010.0.4.1... View Full Record
Digital image file
Exhibits 27
Judy Baker Mugs
Artifact of the Month - April 2017 Judy Baker Mugs Reunited (combined records) KM 2015.2.23.1 and and KM 2015.2.24.1... View Full Record
Truck, Hand
2016.2.28.1
Hand truck used at the 49'er Bar, circa 1958
Hand truck made by The American Pulley Company in Philadelphia. The body of the hand truck is steel painted bright red with wooden handles painted turquoise. Used at the 49'er Bar.... View Full Record
Photograph
2016.2.3.1
Interior of Billingsley Jewelry in Ketchikan, Alaska
B/W photograph of the interior of Billingsley Jewelry in Ketchikan, Alaska. The image shows an unidentified man (possibly store proprietor Frank Billingsley) in the center of the room surrounded by displays of curios. The curios include model totem p... View Full Record
Bank, Mechanical
78.6.1.1
Miners & Merchants Bank savings bank: #3546
Miners & Merchants Bank savings bank: #3546 The small metal bank is oval in shape and accepts quarters, nickels, dimes, and cents. The Miners & Merchants Bank of Ketchikan, Alaska distributed these banks. century - 20 Ketchikan Miner 8-16-1912 (... View Full Record
Skate, Ice
2010.2.16.1 A&B
"Bob Skates"
"Bob Skates." Double edged metal ice skates with leather straps. Etched into the sole of both skates is text reading, "601/ BOB SKATE/ HOVE/ ENGINEERING CO/ MPL CONN." Each skate is two pieces held together with a carriage bolt and a square nut. Orig... View Full Record
Totem Pole
87.2.50.15
Mortuary Pole: Sea Lion, Man
Mortuary Pole: Sea Lion, Man Mortuary pole depicting a large Sea Lion with a man on the front. This pole has been described as the story of Stone Ribs, a legendary Haida, who transformed into a Sea Lion. Memorial pole sea lion with man on front.... View Full Record
Hook, Halibut
84.1.72.24
Halibut Hook with Octopus Design
Halibut hook with octopus design on side opposite of the barb. The barb is a steel nail; barb lashed with cedar twine and base with manufactured twine.... View Full Record
Mask
2004.2.37.1
Killer Whale Transformation Mask
Killer Whale Transformation Mask by Jack Hudson The mask is of a human male with a painted mustache and goatee. The eyes are inlayed with abalone shell discs. The ears are attached with two pegs and are painted red and have abalone earrings attach... View Full Record
Plate, Lithograph
69.10.3.2
Copper Lithograph Plate, "Jacob Pittenger's Dairy, Ketchikan"
Copper lithograph plate with the image of "Jacob Pittenger's Dairy, Ketchikan" mounted on a wood block used in the 1910 "Ketchikan First City in Alaska" promotional created by the Ketchikan Ladies Auxiliary. Used in the 1910 promotional publicatio... View Full Record
Box, Fire-alarm
2010.2.15
Cast iron Gamewell fire alarm box # 116
Cast iron Gamewell fire alarm box. This box, # 116, was located at the corner of Front and Dock streets. Red with embossed lettering on the front door: FOR FIRE BREAK GLASS OPEN DOOR PULL HANDLE DOWN ONCE LET GO Note: Paula acquired t... View Full Record
Painting, Oil
91.2.4.1
"June Has Shadows," 1990
Oil painting, "June Has Shadows" by Anna L. Hess, 1990. The painting depicts June's Cafe on a late afternoon or early evening summer sun with shadows from the Stedman Street bridge on the sidewalk and building. Viewed looking south on Stedman Street.... View Full Record
Bracelet
2010.2.12.4
Nickel plated bracelet engraved with the rank/name/date: LCDR Richard Stratton 1-5-67
Nickel plated bracelet engraved with the rank/name/date: LCDR Richard Stratton 1-5-67. Stratton was a US Navy POW in Vietnam and released in 1973. Bracelets like this were popular during the early to mid 1970's to show support for Prisoners of... View Full Record
Directory, Telephone
68.12.4.3
Citizens Light, Power and Water Company Telephone Directory - 1910
Citizens Light, Power and Water Company Telephone Directory, 1910... View Full Record
Negative, Film
2003.2.63.1312
Ketchikan celebrates passage of the Alaska Statehood Bill, June 30, 1958
Ketchikan celebrates passage of the Alaska Statehood Bill, June 30, 1958 June 30, 1958 the U.S. Senate passed the Alaska Statehood bill by a vote of 64-20 and sent it to President Dwight Eisenhower. Ketchikan Daily News photo caption (2003.2.63... View Full Record