Iñupiaq men in qayaqs, Noatak, Alaska, circa 1929. Edward S. Curtis Collection, Library of Congress Digital Collections.
Crossing the Chilkoot Pass, circa 1898. Courtesy Candy Waugaman and Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park.
The Gold Rush boomtown of Nome on the Seward Peninsula, 1900. Courtesy of U.S. Geological Survey Photographic Library.
Historic cans from Alaska canneries. Photo courtesy of Karen Hofstad and Bruce Schactler.
The Alaska’s Historic Canneries blog is hosted by the Alaska Historical Society and is a free, public resource for those interested in the history of our state’s canneries and fishing industry. It includes articles about historic Alaska canneries and related information.
If you’re interested in posting something to the canneries blog, contact AHS board member, J, Pennelope Goforth at cybrrcat@gmail.com.
