Bob DeArmond Historical Images

Bob resided at the Sitka Pioneer Home where he continued to write for The Sitka Sentinel, The Alaskan Southeaster, The Sea Chest, and other publications until his passing on November 26, 2010.

Dale DeArmond in her basement printshop, Juneau, 1977.

Bob and Dale at their kitchen table, Juneau, 1977.

Bob's autographs his first Stroller White Book, Tales of a Klondike Newsman, published in Vancouver, B.C. in 1969. It was a hard cover book with a dust jacket. Alaska State Library - Historical Collections PCA 01-3674.

This photo was taken when Bob became Grand President of the Pioneers of Alaska in the 1960s. Alaska State Library-Historical Collections PCA 01-3706.

This photograph was taken in the Wickersham Room of the Territorial Museum and Library on the second floor of the Capitol Building between 1953-57 when Bob was on the staff of Governor B. Frank Heintzleman. Bob was probably engaged in research for the governor when this photo was taken. It was the Wickersham Room because it housed what had originally been the private Alaskana collection of Judge James Wickersham, long time District Judge in Alaska for many years. The books, some of which show in the backgroubd of the picture were uniformly bound in red leather, and were and are a great research source. Alaska State Library - Historical Collections PCA DeArmond 1.

This photo was taken in the 1940s, on or about September 1, when the Alaska Fishing News (published three times a week) became the Ketchikan Daily News. Bob was a reporter and is holding one of the first day's run of the new paper. Alaska State Library - Historical Collections PCA 01-3706.

This photo was taken of Bob in Sitka by Jack Calvin circa 1937. Alaska State Library - Historical Collections PCA DeArmond 2.

This is Bob's high school graduation picture. He graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington in 1930. Alaska State Library - Historical Collections PCA 01-3405.