Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2009.19.110
Accession#:
2009.19
Credit Line:
Donated by the Juneau Volunteer Firefighters Association.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Salmon Creek Country Club Fire
Photographer:
Alexander, Joseph
Date:
6/23/1949
Description:
Black and white photo of lodge—style building on fire.
Trees and mountainside in background. People walking and watching the fire in foreground. A car is parked on proper right. Stamped on back "Photo by / JOSEPH ALEXANDER / Juneau, Alaska"
Trees and mountainside in background. People walking and watching the fire in foreground. A car is parked on proper right. Stamped on back "Photo by / JOSEPH ALEXANDER / Juneau, Alaska"
Notes:
Old Country Club at Salmon Creek.
JUNE 23, 1949—In a spectacular blaze, the $75,000 Salmon Creek Country Club burned to the ground early last evening. When the blaze broke out at 7:30 the tables had just been set for 200 diners, members of the National Federation of Federal Employees, who were holding their annual banquet. The fire started in the kitchen and was quickly out of control. Proprietor Tom George estimated his total loss at $200,000 with $20,000 insurance. George said he owned about seventy—five percent of the business, having recently purchased the interests of several others.
JUNE 23, 1949—In a spectacular blaze, the $75,000 Salmon Creek Country Club burned to the ground early last evening. When the blaze broke out at 7:30 the tables had just been set for 200 diners, members of the National Federation of Federal Employees, who were holding their annual banquet. The fire started in the kitchen and was quickly out of control. Proprietor Tom George estimated his total loss at $200,000 with $20,000 insurance. George said he owned about seventy—five percent of the business, having recently purchased the interests of several others.
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