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A rare original set of vintage photographs showing the Kodiak Alaska cannery tender St. Mark in working service, part of the Puget Sound fleet that made the annual run north from Seattle, Anacortes, and Bellingham.Offered is a set of five (5) original black and white photographs documenting the vessel St. Mark, believed to have operated in the Kodiak Island region of Alaska during the early to mid 20th century.This lot includes:
One photograph of the vessel moored at a large salmon cannery dock, in Kodiak Alaska. Two identical copies of a clean profile view of the vessel in calm water
Two identical copies of the vessel underway offshore in open water.These images capture the vessel in multiple working conditions, from dockside cannery operations to open water transit, providing a complete visual record of a working Alaska cannery tender.Vessels like St. Mark were part of the seasonal fishing fleet operating between Puget Sound and Alaska. Many were based out of ports such as Seattle, Anacortes, and Bellingham, traveling north each year to support Alaska’s salmon canneries and returning south at the end of the season.
The cannery scene shows a substantial industrial operation with dock pilings, processing buildings, and hillside housing consistent with established Kodiak-area canneries during the peak years of the salmon industry.This is a working maritime set, not tourist photography, documenting a real vessel and its role in the Alaska fishing fleet.
