| Summary: | Filipino cannery workers show large crabs to the camera; chef and workers enter building, looking at the camera; anniversary party decorations, with chefs and wait staff standing under banner reading 'Philippine Independence Day July 4, 1947.' Film is possibly of George Inlet Cannery (Ketchikan, Alaska)--Built in 1913 as the Libby, McNeill & Libby Cannery, it employed labor from China and the Philippines. Closed in 1958, it reopened in 1996 as a historic landmark, with guided tours of the early cannery operations and equipment. Title of clip supplied by cataloger. To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices, see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction/reproduction
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