Anchorage Museum history curator Katie Ringsmuth talks about the Snug Harbor salmon cannery. A mix of cultures and gender dynamics shaped Cook Inlet life while the cannery was in operation for sixty years. Before Ringsmuth was a historian, she was a cannery kid. Join us for a rich journey into cannery life in early Alaska during this lecture, hosted by the Cook Inlet Historical Society and recorded at the Anchorage Museum.
BROADCAST ON KSKA:Â Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. (Alaska time)
REPEAT BROADCAST:Â Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at 9:00 p.m. (Alaska time)
SPEAKERS
- Katie Ringsmuth, Anchorage Museum. Ringsmuth was a longtime National Park Service historian and is the author of “Snug Harbor Cannery: A Beacon on the Forgotten Shore, 1919-1980,” published by the University of Alaska Press.
RECORDED:Â May 015, 2014, at the Anchorage Museum
HOST:Â Cook Inlet Historical Society
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