DateCirca 1917
MediumPostcard; Silver Gelatin Print
Dimensions3 1/2 × 5 1/2 in. (8.9 × 14 cm)
Donor credit lineKendall Whaling Museum Collection Transfer
Object number2000.101.67
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionPhotograph from a hill looking down on the cluster of buildings comprising Akutan Whaling Station. Smoke rises from behind several buildings. The Akutan Whaling Station was built in the Aleutians East Borough of Alaska by the Pacific Whaling Company in 1912, operating until 1939.
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