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Ash covering the town of Kodiak from the eruption of Katmai Volcano, 1912
Ash covering the town of Kodiak from the eruption of Katmai Volcano, 1912
TitleAsh covering the town of Kodiak from the eruption of Katmai Volcano, 1912
PhotographerThwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Date1912
NotesThe 1912 eruption of Katmai was the largest in North America in this century. 46, 000 square miles of the surrounding area was covered in greater than 0.40 inch (1 cm) of ash.

Caption on image: Volcanic ash, Kodiak, Alaska

PH Coll 247.331
Subjects (LCTGM)Volcanoes--Alaska--Kodiak; Dwellings--Alaska--Kodiak; Wooden buildings--Alaska--Kodiak
Subjects (LCSH)Katmai, Mount (Alaska)--Eruption, 1912; Volcanic ash, tuff, etc.--Alaska--Kodiak
Location DepictedUnited States--Alaska--Kodiak
Digital CollectionJohn E. Thwaites Photographs
Order NumberTHW168
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Negative NumberTHWAITES 247.331
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionJohn E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned 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.
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