THS owned Historic Photographs
The Tongass Historical Society owns an extensive collection of historic Ketchikan-area photographs. The Societyโs photograph, artifact, and archival collections are stewarded by Ketchikan Museums, housed at the Tongass Historical Museum, and frequently on display in exhibits and throughout the community.
Ketchikan Museums offers reproductions of many historic photographs owned by the Tongass Historical Society, and Ketchikan Museums. For more information on photograph reproductions, please contact the Museum Director at 1 (907) 225-5600.
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- CPR Princess Royal at dock in Ketchikan circa 1915 THS 79.9.9.3
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- Totem pole unveiling at City Park, 1929 Ketchikan Museums: Elliot L. Fisher image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 61.8.1.387
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- S.S. Mariposa arrives at Ketchikan, 1913 Ketchikan Museums: David Nicoll image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 70.3.12.2
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- Pan American SikorskyS-43 at City Float, August 7, 1938 Ketchikan Museums: Otto C. Schallerer image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 63.9.10.36
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- Chief Johnson totem pole and the Starr house, circa 1904 Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 69.2.7.27
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- Unloading Halibut at Ketchikan Cold Storage, circa 1930. Ketchikan Museums: Elliot L. Fisher image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 76.1.13.13
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- Alaska-Washington Airways Lockheed Vega, “Juneau” NC-432-E arriving in Ketchikan in April 1929. The Pilot Anscel Eckman sits atop the plane. Possibly R. E. Bob Ellis hauling in a mooring line. This aircraft made the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Alaska arriving in Juneau on April 15, 1929 with A. Eckmann as the pilot, Jack Halloran as the mechanic, and Bob Ellis as the navigator. This plane flew in southeast Alaska during the year 1929 and 1930 until April 20, 1930 before the factory deemed the plane beyond repair and scraped it at the factory. Ketchikan Museums: Elliot L. Fisher image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 61.8.1.551
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- Copper Mountain Smelter 1906 Ketchikan Museums: Harriet Elizabeth Hunt image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 62.4.4.142
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- Tongass Island village site with Totem Poles, circa 1920 Ketchikan Museums: Heath A. Ives image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 70.9.4.3
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- Prince Rupert vs. Ketchikan, July 3, 1915 Ketchikan Museums: David Nicoll image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 75.5.13.7
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- Hand-Seiners at Loring, 1908 Ketchikan Museums: Cornelius Giebel image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 73.3.16.27
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- Halibut schooner fleet at Ketchikan Cold storage dock, circa 1930 Ketchikan Museums: Elliot L. Fisher image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 86.1.3.31
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- Ellis Airlines goose taking off, circa 1950 Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 74.11.13.6
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- Three Miners in a Newtown Mine Shaft, circa 1900 Ketchikan Museums: Bertha Elsie Hunt image, Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 75.4.6.11