Petersburg from the water
Caption on image: Petersburg-Alaska. 122-A. Mallah[illegible] Filed in Alaska--Cities/Location--Petersburg Petersburg is located on the north end of Mitkof Island, where the Wrangell Narrows meet Frederick Sound. It lies midway between Juneau and Ketchikan, about 120 miles from either community. Tli...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/1177 2023-05-15T16:20:21+02:00 Petersburg from the water University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Petersburg 3.5 x 5.5 in. Scanned from an original photographic postcard using a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f at 110 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2005. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/1177 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC1384 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/1177 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Alaska Postcards. PH Coll 800 Harbors--Alaska--Petersburg Mountains--Alaska Petersburg (Alaska) Postcard; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:09Z Caption on image: Petersburg-Alaska. 122-A. Mallah[illegible] Filed in Alaska--Cities/Location--Petersburg Petersburg is located on the north end of Mitkof Island, where the Wrangell Narrows meet Frederick Sound. It lies midway between Juneau and Ketchikan, about 120 miles from either community. Tlingit Indians from Kake utilized the north end of Mitkof Island as a summer fish camp. Some reportedly began living year-round at the site, including John Lot. Petersburg was named after Peter Buschmann, a Norwegian immigrant and a pioneer in the cannery business, who arrived in the late 1890s. He built the Icy Strait Packing Company cannery, a sawmill, and a dock by 1900. His family's homesteads grew into this community, populated largely by people of Scandinavian origin. By 1920, 600 people lived in Petersburg year-round. During this time, fresh salmon and halibut were packed in glacier ice for shipment. Alaska's first shrimp processor, Alaska Glacier Seafoods, was founded in 1916. A cold storage plant was built in 1926. The cannery has operated continuously, and is now known as Petersburg Fisheries, a subsidiary of Icicle Seafoods, Inc. Across the narrows is the town of Kupreanof, which was once busy with fur farms, a boat repair yard and a sawmill. Petersburg has developed into one of Alaska's major fishing communities. Other/Unknown Material glacier Ketchikan tlingit Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections The Narrows ENVELOPE(-67.200,-67.200,-67.600,-67.600) |
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Caption on image: Petersburg-Alaska. 122-A. Mallah[illegible] Filed in Alaska--Cities/Location--Petersburg Petersburg is located on the north end of Mitkof Island, where the Wrangell Narrows meet Frederick Sound. It lies midway between Juneau and Ketchikan, about 120 miles from either community. Tlingit Indians from Kake utilized the north end of Mitkof Island as a summer fish camp. Some reportedly began living year-round at the site, including John Lot. Petersburg was named after Peter Buschmann, a Norwegian immigrant and a pioneer in the cannery business, who arrived in the late 1890s. He built the Icy Strait Packing Company cannery, a sawmill, and a dock by 1900. His family's homesteads grew into this community, populated largely by people of Scandinavian origin. By 1920, 600 people lived in Petersburg year-round. During this time, fresh salmon and halibut were packed in glacier ice for shipment. Alaska's first shrimp processor, Alaska Glacier Seafoods, was founded in 1916. A cold storage plant was built in 1926. The cannery has operated continuously, and is now known as Petersburg Fisheries, a subsidiary of Icicle Seafoods, Inc. Across the narrows is the town of Kupreanof, which was once busy with fur farms, a boat repair yard and a sawmill. Petersburg has developed into one of Alaska's major fishing communities. |
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