Steamship CITY OF SEATTLE docked at the Hawk Fish Co. cannery, Hawk Inlet, Alaska, 1911

From John Cobb field notebook: Cannery at Hawk Inlet, S.S. City of Seattle at dock. 1911

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Old Bradford cannery, Nushagak, Alaska, 1917

From John Cobb field notebook: The old Bradford's Cannery, A.P.A. on the Nushagak. 1917

Originally built by the Bristol Bay Canning Co. of San Francisco in 1886, it became a member of the Alaska Packer's Assoc. in 1893. It was dismantled in...

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Union Fish Co.'s schooner VOLCANO anchored off Pavlof Harbor, Sanak Island, Alaska, May...

From John Cobb field notebook: Union Fish Co.'s schooner "Volcano", Pauloff, Sannok Island. May 1913

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Flensing a whale, Tyee Co. whaling station, Tyee, Alaska, August 25, 1910

From John Cobb field notebook: Tearing strips of blubber off the whale, Aug. 25, 1910

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Fishermen aboard the boat OREGON hauling in purse seine, Puget Sound, ca. 1917

From John Cobb field notebook: Hauling in purse seine, Puget Sound

Three purse seine boats on the ways at Semiahmoo, Washington, 1918.

From John Cobb field notebook: Semiahmoo cannery, three purse seine boats on ways. Left to right Launch Parrott. 1918

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Native quarters, Semiahmoo cannery, Washington, 1917

From John Cobb field notebook: Native quarters, Semiahmoo, Wash. 1917.

On verso of image: A.P.A., Semiahmoo, Wash. Indian quarters, 1917

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Halibut fishing boats alongside New England Fish Co.'s dock, Seattle, Washington, 1912

From John Cobb field notebook: Halibut vessels alongside New England Fish Co.'s dock, Seattle, 1912

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Street scene, Ketchikan, Alaska, September 18, 1908

From John Cobb field notebook: Street, Ketchikan, Alaska, Sept 18, 1908

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Group of Native men, probably Eskimos, Karluk Village, Alaska, June 1906

From John Cobb field notebook: Karluk Village, Alaska, June 1906.

Shows barabara, or sod hut, in the background.

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Filipino worker's quarters at a salmon cannery, Nushagak, Alaska, 1917

From John Cobb field notebook: Filipino quarters (P.H.J.).

Possibly the Alaska Packers Association cannery at Nushagak.

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Philosophy Hall, University of Washington campus, Seattle, 1922

From John Cobb field notebook: Philosophy Hall, Univ. of Wash. 1922

Name later changed to Savery Hall.

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Fishermen ready to begin dressing codfish, Pirate Cove, Popof Island, Alaska, 1913

From John Cobb field notebook: Dress gang at Pirate Cove, 1913

On verso of image: Cod fishermen ready to begin dressing the fish at Alaska shore station.

Probably the Union Fish Company...

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Canneries at Nushagak, Alaska, 1917

From John Cobb field notebook: Canneries of A.P.P. Ass'n and A.P.A. from Sang Point, Nushagak, Alaska. 1917.

On verso of image: View from Snag Pt., Nushagak, Alaska. Alaska Portland Pack Ass'n in foreground. P.H.J. in background. 1917

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Pacific American Fisheries cannery ship KENMORE, King Cove, Alaska, May 1912

From John Cobb field notebook: Pacific American Fisheries cannery tender Kenmore, King Cove, Alaska. May 1912

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Crew on deck of the Northwestern Fisheries Co. cannery ship ST. PAUL leaving Seattle,...

From John Cobb field notebook: Ship St Paul leaving Seattle. Cannery ship of Northwestern Fisheries Co., showing crew aboard. Mar. 1912

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Salmon catch on the floor of the Pacific Fisheries and Packing Co salmon cannery,...

From John Cobb field notebook: Salmon in Moclips, Wash. cannery of Pacific Fisheries and Packing Co., 1915

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Native boy cleaning codfish at the Union Fish Co.'s codfish station, Pirate Cove, Popof...

From John Cobb field notebook: George Chapanoy cutting tongue, Pirate Cove, Alaska, June 1913

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Gillnets in storage at unidentified cannery, Nushagak, Alaska, 1917

From John Cobb field notebook: Gill nets ready for use at P.H.J. 1917

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Fishermen unloading codfish from fishing boats, unidentified codfish station at Pirate...

From John Cobb field notebook: Fishermen spearing codfish, Pirate Cove. 1913

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Fishwheel on the Taku River, Alaska. May 5, 1908

From John Cobb field notebook: Fish wheel on the Taku River, Alaska. May 5, 1908

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Fourth Ave., Seward, Alaska, August 16, 1907

From John Cobb field notebook: Fourth Ave., Seward, Alaska Aug. 16, 1907

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Whale oil tanks, Tyee Company whaling station, Tyee, Alaska, July 28, 1911

From John Cobb field notebook: Tyee whaling plant, oil tanks. Jul 28, 1911

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Eskimo children, Egegik, Alaska, 1917

From John Cobb field notebook: Native children, Igegak

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Fisherman hand-lining for codfish, Alaska, 1912

From John Cobb field notebook: Hand-line cod fisherman, Alaska. 1912

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