John N. Cobb Photograph Collection, 1897-1918
Scope and Contents
These include views of commercial fishing in Alaska from 1897-1918 -- fisheries, canneries, salteries, and hatcheries, fishing vessels, whaling stations, and fish traps. Includes views of Admiralty Island, Akutan, Bristol Bay, Craig, Deweyville, Ideal Cove, Kasaan, Ketchikan, King Cove, Klawock, Kodiak, Loring, Naknek, Petersburg, Port Armstrong, Port Walter, Shakan, Shumagin Islands, Sulzer, Sumdum, Tee Harbor, Tonka, Unalaska, Unga, Wards Cove, Wrangell, Yes Bay.
Dates
- 1897-1918
EAD
PCA0122Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open to research, for viewing and informational purposes only.
Conditions Governing Use
To order prints or request permission to use the images, please contact the University of Washington.
Extent
112 Photographic Prints : contact prints
Language of Materials
English
Acquisition
These 112 contact prints are from the University of Washington Library's John N. Cobb Collection and were a gift of Alaska Northwest Publishing Company via Robert N. (Bob) DeArmond, Nov. 7, 1975. Another collection of negatives arrived in 1976 (Acc. Nos. 1975-010, 1976-025).
Existence and Location of Originals
The original collection resides in the University of Washington Library's Special Collections Division as the John N. Cobb Collection no. 418.
Processing Information
The prints are numbered and sleeved in Mylar.
- Title
- John N. Cobb Photograph Collection, 1897-1918
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Prepared by: Staff ; ArchivesSpace Finding Aid by: Connie Hamann, July 2019 ; Inventory Added by: Connie Hamann
- Date
- 2020 October
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids Repository
PO Box 110571
Juneau AK 99811-0571 US
907-465-2920
907-465-2925
907-465-2151 (Fax)
asl.historical@alaska.gov