Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2009.19.011
Accession#:
2009.19
Credit Line:
Donated by the Juneau Volunteer Firefighters Association.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Koehler & James
Studio:
Winter & Pond
Place:
Juneau, waterfront
Year Range from:
1885
Year Range to:
1890
Description:
Sepia photo of building with men standing outside.
White wooden building with overhang covering boardwalk. Sign above door is partially visible and says "KOEHLER & JA" (Koehler & James). A group of men are standing in front of the building. Top of photo is very light and looks faded. Photo is mounted on a heavy cardboard. Below the image on the board reads
"WINTER & POND
—PHOTO—
Water Front, Juneau, Alaska"
White wooden building with overhang covering boardwalk. Sign above door is partially visible and says "KOEHLER & JA" (Koehler & James). A group of men are standing in front of the building. Top of photo is very light and looks faded. Photo is mounted on a heavy cardboard. Below the image on the board reads
"WINTER & POND
—PHOTO—
Water Front, Juneau, Alaska"
Notes:
On March 1 the long established firm of Koehler & James will change its name to S. Blum & Company. The firm is one of the first established in Juneau and came here in the spring of 1881 as the Northwest Trading Company which built a log store building at the corner of Second and Seward Streets. Karl Koehler and Edmund James were employees of the company, which also had a cannery at Chilkat, a herring plant at Killisnoo and several other trading stores. When the Northwest Trading Company got into financial difficulties in 1885, Koehler and James took over the local store and have operated it ever since, with branches in Douglas and Seward City.
Search Terms:
Business
Koehler—James Mercantile Co.
Koehler—James Mercantile Co.
Subjects:
Buildings
Storefronts
Storefronts
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Koehler & James building
Koehler & James building