Keywords: Cook Inlet, Seldovia, ca 1912 (THWAITES 233).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 4 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites Caption on image Seldovia Cooks Inlet Alaska PH Coll 247 338<br/>Seldovia is on the Kenai Peninsula across from Homer on the south shore of Kachemak Bay Native residents are mixed Dena'ina Indian and Sugpiaq Eskimo also known as Alutiiq The name Seldovia is derived from Seldevoy a Russian word meaning herring bay Between 1869 and 1882 a trading post was located here A post office was established in 1898 The village developed around commercial fishing and fish processing Subjects LCTGM Seldovia Alaska ; Cook Inlet Alaska ; Rock formations--Alaska; Boats--Alaska Subjects LCSH Inlets--Alaska depicted place Seldovia Alaska ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 233 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW173 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Seldovia Alaska Rock formations in Alaska Boats in Alaska Inlets of Alaska |