Philippine Independence Day, Libby, McNeill, and Libby cannery, Alaska, 1947

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Moving Image (Video)
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1947
• Subjects: Crabs; Cannery workers > Alaska; Filipinos > Alaska; Independence Day (Philippines); Libby; McNeill & Libby; McNeill; Ketchikan; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/filmarch/id/45

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