What Ketchikan Collects
May 27, 2004
Thursday
Ketchikan, Alaska - The Tongass Historical Museum's summer exhibit,
What Ketchikan Collects, opened Friday, May 7, with a
public reception attended by more than 240 people. The new exhibit
features samplings of the personal collections of 66 Ketchikan
residents. Each collection is accompanied by a story or statement
from the collector about its personal significance and special
associations.
Borough Assembly member
and perennial campaigner Jack Shay studies political buttons
from Richard Van Cleave's collection. "Where's my
campaign button?" he quipped.
Photo courtesy Tongass Historical Museum
Visitors and local residents
alike are delighted by the kaleidoscopic array of fun things,
interesting things, beautiful things, (and some weird things)
that fill the Museum gallery. Altogether, this unusual exhibit
offers a unique perspective on our community.
What Ketchikan Collects is on display through October 3, 2004.
Don't miss it! Admission is always free to locals.
Photo Gallery
Ketchikan residents
enjoy the opening reception of What Ketchikan Collects.
Photo courtesy Tongass Historical Museum
Diane Palmer, Sara
Lawson, and Lani Davis admire Judy Stenfjord's clown figurines
and beads from Evon Zerbetz's collection.
Photo courtesy Tongass Historical Museum
Kate Vikstrom checks
out John Stenfjord's collection of old pharmaceuticals.
Photo courtesy Tongass Historical Museum
Roland Stanton reads
Mary Jo Turek's statement about her whistle collection. The
young man in the background seems fascinated by Hilary Koch's
lunchbox collection - or is it Marilyn Burnett's refrigerator
magnets, displayed on a 1930s refrigerator door?
Photo courtesy Tongass Historical Museum
Dennis Mc Carty talks
with Sara Lawson about his model car collection.
Photo courtesy Tongass Historical Museum
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