Ouzinkie from the water, ca. 1912
Caption on image: Ouzinkie, Alaska, near Kodiak PH Coll 247.285 Ouzinkie is located on the west coast of Spruce Island, adjacent to Kodiak Island. It lies northwest of the City of Kodiak. Ouzinkie became a retirement community for the Russian American Company. The Russians referred to the settlement...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:thwaites/184 2023-05-15T16:07:31+02:00 Ouzinkie from the water, ca. 1912 Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division United States--Alaska--Ouzinkie circa 1912 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. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/184 unknown John E. Thwaites Photographs THW146 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] THWAITES 247.285 949 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/184 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ 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 John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247 Ouzinkie (Alaska) Villages--Alaska Narrow Strait (Alaska) Photograph; image 1912 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-03-17T00:05:30Z Caption on image: Ouzinkie, Alaska, near Kodiak PH Coll 247.285 Ouzinkie is located on the west coast of Spruce Island, adjacent to Kodiak Island. It lies northwest of the City of Kodiak. Ouzinkie became a retirement community for the Russian American Company. The Russians referred to the settlement in 1849 as "Uzenkiy," meaning "village of Russians and Creoles. In 1889, the Royal Packing Company constructed a cannery at Ouzinkie. Shortly afterward, the American Packing Company built another. In 1890, a Russian Orthodox Church was built, and in 1927, a post office was established. Cattle ranching was popular in the early 1900s. In 1964, the Good Friday earthquake and resulting tsunami destroyed the Ouzinkie Packing Company cannery. Following the disaster, Columbia Ward bought the remains and rebuilt the store and dock, but not the cannery. In the late 1960s, the Ouzinkie Seafoods cannery was constructed. The operation was sold to Glacier Bay, and burned down in 1976 shortly after the sale. No canneries have operated since. Ouzinkie is a Sugpiaq Eskimo village with historical Russian influences. Commercial fishing and subsistence activities support the community. Other/Unknown Material eskimo* glacier Kodiak sugpiaq Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Glacier Bay |
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Caption on image: Ouzinkie, Alaska, near Kodiak PH Coll 247.285 Ouzinkie is located on the west coast of Spruce Island, adjacent to Kodiak Island. It lies northwest of the City of Kodiak. Ouzinkie became a retirement community for the Russian American Company. The Russians referred to the settlement in 1849 as "Uzenkiy," meaning "village of Russians and Creoles. In 1889, the Royal Packing Company constructed a cannery at Ouzinkie. Shortly afterward, the American Packing Company built another. In 1890, a Russian Orthodox Church was built, and in 1927, a post office was established. Cattle ranching was popular in the early 1900s. In 1964, the Good Friday earthquake and resulting tsunami destroyed the Ouzinkie Packing Company cannery. Following the disaster, Columbia Ward bought the remains and rebuilt the store and dock, but not the cannery. In the late 1960s, the Ouzinkie Seafoods cannery was constructed. The operation was sold to Glacier Bay, and burned down in 1976 shortly after the sale. No canneries have operated since. Ouzinkie is a Sugpiaq Eskimo village with historical Russian influences. Commercial fishing and subsistence activities support the community. |
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