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| Title | Gorman and Co. cannery and sawmill, Kasaan, 1908 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Date | 1908 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Gorman & Co. Cannery & Saw Mill, Kasaan, Alaska, 1908. W.H. Case |
| Contextual Notes | Kasaan is located on Kasaan Bay on southwest coast of Kasaan Peninsula, Prince of Wales Island, Alexander Archipelago. The village was established in the 1890s when a salmon-packing plant was located here. Haida Indians from Kasaan, now Old Kasaan, relocated here. The post office, established in 1900, was named for the old village. The population was 47 in 1950. (497) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967)
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Canneries--Alaska--Kasaan
Mills--Alaska--Kasaan
Lumber industry--Alaska--Kasaan
Beaches--Alaska--Kasaan
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Gorman and Company
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| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Kasaan |
| Digital Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photographs
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| Order Number | NOW092 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photograph Collection. PH Coll 316
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b&w : 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2002. |
