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| Title | Russian Orthodox Church, probably Port Heiden, ca. 1912 |
| Photographer | Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 |
| Date | ca. 1912 |
| Notes |
Caption on image: Native Russian Church, Alaska
PH Coll 247.185 |
| Contextual Notes | Port Heiden is 499 miles southwest of Anchorage, at the mouth of the Meshik River on the north side of the Alaska Peninsula. The old village of Meshik was located at the current site of Port Heiden. Influenza epidemics during the early 1900s forced residents to relocate to other villages. During World War II, Fort Morrow was built, and 5,000 personnel were stationed at the base. A school was established in the early 1950s and more people from surrounding villages moved to Port Heiden. Port Heiden is a traditional Aleut community, with a commercial fishing and subsistence lifestyle. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Orthodox churches--Alaska; Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America--Facilities--Alaska |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Orthodox Eastern church buildings--Alaska; Church bells--Alaska; Orthodox Greek Catholic Church of America |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska |
| Digital Collection | John E. Thwaites Photographs |
| Order Number | THW100 |
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| Negative Number | THWAITES 247.185 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| 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 768x512 ppi. 2003. |
