Ketchikan scenes, 1957 @alaskafilmarchives
Ketchikan scenes, 1957  @alaskafilmarchives
Uploaded March 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Scenes from a drive around Ketchikan, Alaska, in 1957 include Ryus Drug Store, Sourdough Bar, a ship called the Coastal Rambler, the Gilmore Hotel, the Marine Hotel, West Coast Grocery at Heckman Wharf, Gaffney's, boats, and an airplane on floats (Color/Silent/16mm film).

This clip is from AAF-10087 of the Ed Orbeck collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department in the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.

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Ketchikan scenes, 1957

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