Photograph album, 1952-1956.

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Photograph album, 1952-1956.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/60405887

The collection consists of the family photograph album of Ketchikan residents Ralph and Selma Peterson. The collection contains: five pages in the front of the album with the names of 43 friends and acquaintances, 381 black and white photographs (379 prints mounted in the album, 2 loose), and 1 color photograph (loose). Subjects of the photographs include: Ralph and Selma Peterson with family and friends, the fishing boat "Rolfe II", the S.S. Prince George (post card), the S.S. Baranof (at dock), the S.S. Prince Rupert (at dock), Alaska Steamship Company gangways and docks, fishermen and a salmon cannery, a Tlingit lodge, the 4th of July parade in Ketchikan in 1954, the George Decker family of Ketchikan, and Ketchikan area buildings, homes, and scenery.

.25 cu. ft.382 photographs : b&w, col. ; 9 x 7 cm.-13 x 9 cm.

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7778932

UAA/APU Consortium Library, Consortium Library

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Peterson, Selma.

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Peterson, Ralph

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Ralph and Selma Peterson lived in Ketchikan from 1952 to 1956. From the description of Photograph album, 1952-1956. (UAA/APU Consortium Library). WorldCat record id: 60405887 ...

Alaska Steamship Co.

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The Alaska Steamship Company, incorporated in 1894, shipped freight and passengers between Seattle and southeast Alaska, ca. 1901-1950. In 1953 the company expanded into container service, but due to increased fuel and insurance costs, strong competition from other types of container vessels such as barges and tugboats, and union demands, the Alaska Steamship Company ceased operations in 1971. From the description of Alaska Steamship Company photograph collection, 1939-1971 (bulk 195...