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Bill Welsh Hoonah 1950
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Bill Welsh was one of three sons of Robert and Jeanice Welsh. The Welsh family association with the cannery spanned approximately 20 years, beginning in the 1930s.
Icy Straits Canning Company 1950
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
The Icy Straits Salmon Company was built in 1912 as the Hoonah Packing Company. The cannery underwent various owners throughout the years and was purchased by the Icy Staits Salmon Company in 1934.
Hoonah Cannery Aerial Photo 1948
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
From the air you can see cannery housing, a fuel tank and in the far top of the photo on the beach front are smoke houses owned by Hoonah families.
Cannery and Docks 1948
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Pictured in these photos are the cannery docks and pilings in 1948.
Men on Porch Hoonah Cannery
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Icy Straits Salmon Company cannery workers sitting on a bench.
Boat Docked at Cannery
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
The fishing tender, The Bear at the gut scow chute.
The Bear Tender
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
The Bear would unload fish by pitching it off with a fish pew, a long handle with a sharp curved end.
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
People and Places, Fishing
Summary
Filmed circa 1950s by Robert Pendley who was a mechanic at Icy Straits Salmon Packing Company for fifteen seasons.
Old Housing at the Cannery, Hoonah Point
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
The Marie H 1950
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Taken circa 1950
Paul Dybdahl Sr 1948
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Paul Dybdahl, Sr. was the tender captain of the Point Sophia and became the watchman during winters.
Salmon Getting Loaded onto the S.S. Aleutian
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
In August 1935 the S.S. Aleutian stopped in Hoonah to pick up salmon from the Icy Straits Salmon Company to be taken to Seattle.