Ketchikan, Alaska, 1912 – Antique Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
Description
This rare historic image captures Ketchikan, Alaska, 1912 in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Ketchikan, Alaska, A
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Ketchikan, Alaska, 1912
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Ketchikan, Alaska, in 1912 was a small waterfront town on Revillagigedo Island, built along the Tongass Narrows where steamers stopped on the run between Seattle and the interior passages. Salmon canning and the logging of the surrounding forest were the main sources of work, and the canneries and their docks crowded the shoreline. The town had incorporated as a city in 1900, and many residents were fishermen, cannery hands, and Tlingit families whose roots on the island ran far deeper than the town itself. That same year, Congress organized the Territory of Alaska, so people here were living in a place that was newly gaining a formal civil government and a voice in its own affairs.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | winter & pond |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Alaska |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,029 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Ketchikan, Alaska, A |
| Reference | AK Ketchikan 1912 |
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