The pictures appearing on this page are some very old scenes of
Kodiak, mainly when it was a fishing village.
The scene below is not as old as some. It’s location car. be identified
by the hillside in the background. In those days the cow had the
right of way, a condition that was not changed until the town became
incorporated in 1940.
Lower left are two scenes taken in 1912 that graphically illustrate
the effect of the volcanic ash that fell following the eruption of
Mt. Katmai.
To the right is an old scene of the West side of Kodiak, Below that
is an early movie theatre located on the present Blinn Building site.
It was also a dance hall. Below it is a winter scene.
At the fold, top of the page in the third group is another scene
showing the village buried in volcanic ash. Below that is quite ovious
ly a theatre. The site to date has not been identified, but quite like
ly downtown.
Kraft’s store as it used to be is pictured below, with the old Russian
church building on Woody Island below that.
The two following scenes are Kodiak at a later date. Top right is a
downtown scene perhaps taken in the early ’40s. Note the old Rus
sian church to the left. The group of pictures below that are a former
Hotel Kodiak and store; the newer Kodiak Hotel under construction;
the former City Hall and Helen’s Cafe, located on the site of the pre
sent supermarket.
The picture at the lower right hand corner is the B and B Bar in
1899. Can you identify any of the patrons?
We wish to acknowledge with thanks that these pictures were fam
ished by Emil Kraft, Mrs. Beth Wheeldon, Teen Long, Douua Ni
block and Mrs. D. W. Fields.