Caroline Jensen is a long-time Juneau resident. She photographed the Juneau area from the 1940's to the 1970's. She took many of the photographs during hikes with the Shank, Ship and Shutter Club.

Caroline J. Hoff was born in Eureka, Calif. in 1917. She attended schools in San Francisco and graduated from Commerce High School and Heald’s Business College. She worked for the Calif. Dept. of Motor Vehicles, Rosenberg Bros. & Co. and the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1947 she was transferred by the U.S.G.S. to Juneau, Alaska when that agency officially opened offices in this area. She served as administrative assistant for the Division’s three separate operating groups.

In 1951 Caroline Hoff married Carl W. Jensen who operated the Juneau Marine Wings from 1953 to 1964. She retired from government service in 1965 and then worked for two years at Don Abel Building Supply as full charge bookkeeper.

Caroline Jensen is an avid gardener. She and her husband beautified their homestead grounds at Pearl Harbor. In 1951 she, along with Rev. H.E. Beyer and I.J. Montgomery, formed the Shank, Ship and Shutter Club. The Club organized hikes and boat charters on Saturdays for several years. The Club climbed many of the mountains in the Juneau area. Carl W. Jensen died April 3, 1986 at the age of 74. [Caroline Jensen died Feb. 1, 2006 at age 89.]

[From an interview with Caroline Jensen by June Hall, March 2003]