MAKE A MEME View Large Image Blue Fox, Cat Island, ca 1912 (THWAITES 332).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 1 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites PH Coll 247 798<br/>As work in the mines declined and the price paid for furs increased fox farming began to prosper By ...
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Keywords: Blue Fox, Cat Island, ca 1912 (THWAITES 332).jpeg check categories 27 October 2016 1 Photograph Creator John E Thwaites PH Coll 247 798<br/>As work in the mines declined and the price paid for furs increased fox farming began to prosper By 1919 twenty-one fox farmers held Chugach National Forest permits for the Sound's 19 fox farms At least half of the permit-holders were oldtimers who had arrived before or during the gold rush In 1922 the Valdez Dock Company shipped 100 000 worth of fox furs from the Sound's islands to London and Paris European women preferred the blue or Arctic fox whereas the tastes of American women leaned towards red fox By 1925 thirty-four islands had fox farms and local newspapers were actively encouraging the establishment of more At this time blue fox pelts sold at 100- 150 apiece and silver fox from 250- 500 With the stockmarket crash in 1929 and a change in women's tastes the fur market declined during the 1930s By 1939 only 15 active fox farms remained Subjects LCSH Arctic fox--Alaska--Cat Island depicted place United States--Alaska--Cat Island ca 1912 Institution University of Washington UWASH-THWAITES-source accession number thwaites 332 PD-old-auto-1923 1940 Information field Order Number THW346 Images from the John E Thwaites Photographs of Alaska Collection to check Alopex lagopus
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