WAUDutchHarborAleutianIslandsPH2017_031.xmlGuide to the Dutch Harbor and Aleutians Islands Photograph Collection ca. 1929-1940Dutch Harbor and Aleutians Islands Photograph CollectionSpecial Collections, University of Washington Libraries© 2017 (Last modified: 11/27/2017)

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University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH2017-031Dutch Harbor and Aleutians Islands photograph collectionca. 1929-194040 photographs (1 box)Collection materials are in English.Photo collection of shipping activities, docks, and landscapes in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands

Dutch Harbor is a harbor on Amaknak Island in Unalaska, Alaska. It was the location of the Battle of Dutch Harbor in June 1942, and was one of the few sites, besides the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, in American territory to be bombed by the Japanese during World War II. Attu Island was invaded by the Japanese during the war and was the site of the only land battle on American land.

Most photographs feature various shipping and oil-related activities at Dutch Harbor and the town of Unalaska, with a few showing the Atka, Aleutian, Pribilof and Shumagin Islands, as well as the Kodiak Archipelago.

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Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)Ships and ShippingAlaskaPhotographs

Series 1Aleutian Islands1929-19381/1Aleutian Islands1929-1933

Locations: Amlia, Atka Island, Pribilof Islands: St. George, and Fox Islands.

1/2Aleutian Islands1929-1938

Locations: Careloi Island, Umnak Island, Attu Island, and Sand Point on Popof Island.

Series 2Unalaska1930-19341/3-4Unalaska1930-1934Series 3Dutch Harbor1932-19401/5-6Dutch Harbor1932-1940Series 4Kodiak Island19401/7Kodiak Island1940