Bleak, mountainous Attu had a population of only about forty people prior to the Japanese invasion. As yet there has been no word as to what happened to these people when the Japanese took over. This is a picture of Attu village situated on Chichagof harbour where much of the recent fighting took place. The tundra, with which the slopes of the hills are covered, may look easy to traverse, but its depth, two or three feet, makes walking difficult and tiring. In June or July, according to experts of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, these slopes will be covered with flowers of which more than 100 different varieties may be found there
Attu village, Aleutian Islands, Alaska. A small Russian Orthodix church in the valley below high mountains
Murie, O. J.,
photographer
still image
graphic
government publication
Safety film negatives.
aku
1937
monographic
1937 June
eng
1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
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File print had incorrect series code of LC-USW3; corrected Aug. 2001.
Image source: Department of Interior on caption card; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on file print, with number B-50397.
Other title from file print.
Title and other information from caption card.
Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944.
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Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Attu Island
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