Frederick K. ("Alaska's Flying Photographer") and his wife, Laura P. Ordway settled in Juneau around 1926. Fred worked as an electrician for Alaska Light and Power Co. for less than a year before opening Ordway's Photo Service (or Photo Shop) on Front Street. Laura was a photographer and writer employed by Alaska Line Steamship Co. and free-lance writer/photographer for Popular Science, Alaskan Travel and other magazines and advertising companies. The Ordways traveled throughout Alaska in the 1930's photographing Alaskan subjects. In 1934, Fred moved his expanding business into the Shattuck Building and renamed it, Ordway's Uptown Photo Shop. Fred Ordway died Feb. 17, 1938, from injuries he received when his rented monoplane crashed south of Oregon City, Oregon. He was photographing at the time. He was approximately 35 years old. According to the Daily Alaskan Empire, his ashes were scattered over Mendenhall Valley in Juneau by pilot, Joe Crosson. [From: M.F. Dee Promotions, The Daily Alaskan, 2/18/1938, Anchorage Times, 2/17/1938.].
From the description of Laura P. and Frederick K. Ordway photograph collection [graphic], 1930-1946. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 55491209
