Photo Catalog Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Humerous Ketchikan Fire Department postcard |
Image # |
99.2.9.139 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1925-1935 |
Photographer |
Gabler, Bill |
Location |
Ketchikan, Alaska |
Description |
Humerous Ketchikan Fire Department photo postcard. The image was created from a mixture of photo cutouts and elaborated with drawings. There is one man painting the activities of five firefighters doing a variety of activities and there is a house burning in the background. Left to Right: Bill Gabler painting a picture, Clark ? and another man playing marbles, two guys playing a finger string game (Cat's Cradle), and one fellow jumping up and down. Text on front of card Left to Right: "Hold still you Monkeys - this is no moving picture" "He's tellin' us" "It's your shot Clark" "Who wants to fight fire" "Everything is OK" "@!~~~@!! "What do you cockeyed palookas think this is - a marshmellow roast?" ~~~@!!" (at bottom of card) "It Will Be A Picnic Don't Miss It!" |
Provenance |
Note: Bill Gabler is identied in writing on the back of the postcard. The postcard is a part of a large collection of photos and a photo album from the Emery and Clara Tobin family. There are images dating from 1920 to the late 1960's and look at various Ketchikan subjects. |
Print size |
7.144 cm x 11.43 cm |
People |
Gabler, Bill |
Search Terms |
Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan Fire Department Fire Fire Department Fire Fighting Humor |
Credit line |
Ketchikan Museums, KM 99.2.9.139 |