Canneries and village activities in Alaska, including Southeast, South Central and the Aleutians, 1939. [graphic].

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Canneries and village activities in Alaska, including Southeast, South Central and the Aleutians, 1939. [graphic].

This collection represents a small sample from the Carl Leavitt Hubbs Papers located at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California. From July to September, 1939, Dr. Hubbs served as Field Representative of the Department of the Interior, in an investigation of fishery conditions and administration in Alaska. He visited canneries and villages in Southeast and South Central Alaska as well as the Aleutian Islands. Most of the photographs are distant views taken from a ship or plane.

23 photoprints : b&w.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7637320

Alaska State Library

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