View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910

Caption on image: Orca, Alaska PH Coll 247.610 The tiny village of Orca, on the shores of Prince William Sound, was the site of a fish cannery. The village played a critical role during the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition. After the GEORGE W. ELDER broke one of its iron propellers exploring Harriman...

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Main Author: Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 1910
Subjects:
Orca (Alaska)
Villages > Alaska > Orca
Prince William Sound (Alaska)
Orca
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:thwaites/310 2023-05-15T17:52:55+02:00 View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910 Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 University of Washington Libraries. Manuscripts, Special Collections, University Archives Division United States--Alaska--Orca circa 1910 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/310 unknown John E. Thwaites Photographs THW293 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] THWAITES 247.610 4405 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/thwaites/id/310 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 Orca (Alaska) Villages--Alaska--Orca Prince William Sound (Alaska) Photograph; image 1910 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-03-17T00:05:35Z Caption on image: Orca, Alaska PH Coll 247.610 The tiny village of Orca, on the shores of Prince William Sound, was the site of a fish cannery. The village played a critical role during the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition. After the GEORGE W. ELDER broke one of its iron propellers exploring Harriman Fjord, the ship returned to Orca, where repairs were made. The cannery thrived for many years, backed by its own fishing fleet, but eventually went under. Other/Unknown Material Orca Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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Villages--Alaska--Orca
Prince William Sound (Alaska)
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Villages--Alaska--Orca
Prince William Sound (Alaska)
Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910
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Villages--Alaska--Orca
Prince William Sound (Alaska)
description Caption on image: Orca, Alaska PH Coll 247.610 The tiny village of Orca, on the shores of Prince William Sound, was the site of a fish cannery. The village played a critical role during the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition. After the GEORGE W. ELDER broke one of its iron propellers exploring Harriman Fjord, the ship returned to Orca, where repairs were made. The cannery thrived for many years, backed by its own fishing fleet, but eventually went under.
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author Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
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author_sort Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940
title View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910
title_short View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910
title_full View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910
title_fullStr View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910
title_full_unstemmed View of the village of Orca, ca. 1910
title_sort view of the village of orca, ca. 1910
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Orca
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Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
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THW293
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number]
THWAITES 247.610
4405
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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
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