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Images
Metadata
Title |
Aerial view of Sunny Point cannery, Ketchikan, Alaska, April 28, 1954 |
Image # |
2003.2.63.11 |
Object Name |
Negative, Film |
Date |
1954, April 28 |
Photographer |
Saari, Paulu T. |
Location |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
Description |
Aerial view of Sunny Point cannery, Ketchikan, Alaska, April 28, 1954 Sunny Point cannery; fish traps One of Ketchikan's largest canneries was Sunny Point cannery which also started in 1916. The cannery originally began in April 1916, on the dock in downtown Ketchikan about where Tongass Dock Store is located. Sunny Point Packing Company installed a cannery producing half-pound cans and placed Dale Hunt in charge. There was not room for continued expansion on the downtown dock so the company bought the site where the Ketchikan Shipyard is presently located in 1919 and had a cannery built and ready for the 1923 season. In 1924 a group of men, principally officers of the Skinner and Eddy Corporation, purchased Sunny Point cannery. On March 22, 1927, a fire destroyed two main buildings. Newly constructed buildings were of steel with galvanized iron roof and walls. The rebuilt cannery was ready for operation in 1924. Alaska Pacific Salmon Corporation with G. W. Skinner president took over Skinner & Eddy concerns. This company operated the Sunny Point cannery until 1940. In 1939 P.E. Harris purchased the holdings of Alaska Pacific. During the war years when various companies consolidated their packs, the Sunny Point cannery packed not only for P.E. Harris, but also for Beegle Packing and Rose Inlet. P.E. Harris operated Sunny Point until 1948 when Nakat Packing Company purchased it. The last pack was made during the 1968 season and New England Fish Company purchased the property in 1969. |
Provenance |
Donated to the Museum by the Photographer Photographer notes: RPrint -Brovira F16 15 sec; F 16 1/2 10 sec |
Film Size |
4" x 5" |
Print size |
8" x 10" |
People |
Saari, Paulu Toivo |
Search Terms |
Ketchikan, Alaska Aerial Sunny Point Cannery Fish Trap Fishing Industry |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums: Paulu T. Saari Collection, KM 2003.2.63.11 |