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Salmon Getting Loaded onto the S.S. Aleutian
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Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
In August 1935 the S.S. Aleutian stopped in Hoonah to pick up salmon from the Icy Straits Salmon Company to be taken to Seattle.
Drying Salmon
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Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
Smokehouse at the cannery in August 1935. Photo taken by guest, Mrs. Elsie Emery, a passenger aboard the S.S. Aleutian passenger ship that stopped in Hoonah to pick up salmon from the cannery to take to Seattle.
Cannery View From the S.S. Aleutian in August 1935
Community
Hoonah Community Members
Category
Fishing
Summary
The S.S. Aleutian was owned by the Alaska Steamship Company. The passenger ship stopped in several Southeast Alaska villages with canneries to pick up salmon to take to Seattle.