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| Title | Pacific American Fisheries cannery, Alitak (now Akhiok), ca. 1912 |
| Photographer | Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 |
| Date | ca. 1912 |
| Notes | Caption on image: P.A.F. Cannery, Alitak, Alaska
PH Coll 247.969 |
| Contextual Notes | Akhiok is located at the southern end of Kodiak Island at Alitak Bay. The original village of Kashukugniut was occupied by Russians in the early 19th century. The community was a sea otter hunting settlement, located at Humpy Cove. The name Akhiok was reported in the 1880 Census. In 1881, residents relocated to the present site at Alitak Bay. A post office was established in 1933, and remained open until 1945. Today, Akhiok is a Sugpiaq Eskimo village dependent upon fishing and subsistence activities. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Pacific American Fisheries, Inc.--Facilities--Alaska--Akhiok; Piers & wharves--Alaska--Akhiok; Alitak Bay (Alaska); Fishing boats--Alaska--Akhiok |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Salmon canneries--Alaska--Akhiok; Salmon canning industry--Alaska--Akhiok |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Akhiok |
| Digital Collection | John E. Thwaites Photographs |
| Order Number | THW401 |
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| Negative Number | THWAITES 247.969 |
| 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. |
