Two of the most
extraordinary Alaska RPPCs I've ever seen. The first
postcard shows 3 year old Karl Pajoman (a.k.a. Carl W.
Pajoman) dressed in a Cossack uniform (nearly identical to
the Cossack outfit shown at the right, right down to the
Kinjal knife in young Karl's belt). Young Karl "is ready
to go to war and defend his country" (that is actually
written on the back by his mother).
His mother Mattie, (Mrs. Charles W. Pajoman; Matrena Salamatov), and Mrs. Mary Lorentzon, pose with young Karl (his mother writes his name as Karl Gotlieb Moses Pajoman, Jr., and again as Karl II), in this real photo postcard taken on June 1, 1911, on Afognak Island, near Kodiak, Alaska. His father, Charles W. Pajoman was, according to the 1920 U.S. Census, born in 1870 in Estonia. He immigrated in 1891 and was listed as a widower in 1920, Mattie having died at age 47. Mattie's father was Sugpiaq, her mother was Russian from Siberia.
In 1903, Charles Pajoman purchased the North American Trading Company in Afognak. In 1930, Charles, at 60 years of age is listed as being married to Caroline, 46. Charles is listed as the Proprietor of the Salmon Cannery in Afognak and Karl, 21, is listed as the Foreman of the Salmon Cannery.
The second postcard, taken on the same day on Afognak, shows young Karl Pajoman, still in his uniform and hat, holding a toy rifle and standing next to his big tricycle.
On June 19, 1991, Carl W. Pajoman was interviewed by Gary Stevens in Kodiak, Alaska, for the Kodiak Oral History Project.
Pajoman reminisces about growing up in Afognak and his years spent in Kodiak, where he owned a grocery and sold Ford automobiles. He talks about his family history, canneries, businesses in Afognak and Kodiak, his wife's family, the WWII years, changes in Kodiak, and people he's known.
One of the most poignant images from Alaska showing the pride of Russian heritage.
His mother Mattie, (Mrs. Charles W. Pajoman; Matrena Salamatov), and Mrs. Mary Lorentzon, pose with young Karl (his mother writes his name as Karl Gotlieb Moses Pajoman, Jr., and again as Karl II), in this real photo postcard taken on June 1, 1911, on Afognak Island, near Kodiak, Alaska. His father, Charles W. Pajoman was, according to the 1920 U.S. Census, born in 1870 in Estonia. He immigrated in 1891 and was listed as a widower in 1920, Mattie having died at age 47. Mattie's father was Sugpiaq, her mother was Russian from Siberia.
In 1903, Charles Pajoman purchased the North American Trading Company in Afognak. In 1930, Charles, at 60 years of age is listed as being married to Caroline, 46. Charles is listed as the Proprietor of the Salmon Cannery in Afognak and Karl, 21, is listed as the Foreman of the Salmon Cannery.
The second postcard, taken on the same day on Afognak, shows young Karl Pajoman, still in his uniform and hat, holding a toy rifle and standing next to his big tricycle.
On June 19, 1991, Carl W. Pajoman was interviewed by Gary Stevens in Kodiak, Alaska, for the Kodiak Oral History Project.
Pajoman reminisces about growing up in Afognak and his years spent in Kodiak, where he owned a grocery and sold Ford automobiles. He talks about his family history, canneries, businesses in Afognak and Kodiak, his wife's family, the WWII years, changes in Kodiak, and people he's known.
One of the most poignant images from Alaska showing the pride of Russian heritage.
