Photo Catalog Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Front Street looking north from Market (Mission) street intersection area |
Image # |
70.9.19.20 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1903 circa |
Description |
Front Street looking north from near Market (Mission) street intersection, circa 1903/1904 The wooden planked street is partially complete. Note hand cart in the far background with "Ice" painted on the side of the card. Visible signs: Background to foreground - left side of street: J.P. Smith Meat Market / Lard and Dried Meats, Hunt and Co. Market (sign partially obscured) / Fresh and Cured Meats, The Emerald Saloon, Palace Cafe, The Sideboard, Alaska Restaurant, Drug Store, Cigars. Background to foreground - right side of street: Carpentry Shop (sign partially obscured - Likely Sully's), Curios / Views and Notions (see image 67.10.5.11 when the same sign was on the opposite side of the street), Cigar (partially obscured), Furnished Rooms, Tongass Trading Co. / General Merchandise, The Eagle (graphic sign visible at top of building), The Admiral, News Stand. |
Provenance |
Note: this image predates the similar image of 67.10.5.11 taken in April of 1904 from near the same vantage point. 05/11/2022 ERB |
Print size |
26.50C x 17.80C |
Search Terms |
Alaska Restaurant Cigar Shop Curio Shops Drug Store Eagle Saloon Front Street Hunt's Store Ice Ice cart J.P. Smith Meat Market The Admiral The Emerald Saloon The Sideboard Tongass Trading Company |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Tongass Historical Society Collection, THS 70.9.19.20 |