Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914

Knik Anchorage was an early name for the Port of Anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek. The present city of Anchorage is near this location. McPherson number: K9 PH Coll 495.1-3b Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of...

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Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Camps > Alaska
Tents > Alaska
Flags > American
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Flags > United States
Flag raising and lowering > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/3457 2023-05-15T17:05:35+02:00 Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. United States--Alaska--Anchorage Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 5 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2012. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3457 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC4299 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3457 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495 Expeditions & surveys--Alaska Camps--Alaska Tents--Alaska Flags--American Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914) Flags--United States Flag raising and lowering--Alaska Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:04:06Z Knik Anchorage was an early name for the Port of Anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek. The present city of Anchorage is near this location. McPherson number: K9 PH Coll 495.1-3b Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers. Other/Unknown Material Kuskokwim Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anchorage
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topic Expeditions & surveys--Alaska
Camps--Alaska
Tents--Alaska
Flags--American
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Flags--United States
Flag raising and lowering--Alaska
spellingShingle Expeditions & surveys--Alaska
Camps--Alaska
Tents--Alaska
Flags--American
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Flags--United States
Flag raising and lowering--Alaska
Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914
topic_facet Expeditions & surveys--Alaska
Camps--Alaska
Tents--Alaska
Flags--American
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Flags--United States
Flag raising and lowering--Alaska
description Knik Anchorage was an early name for the Port of Anchorage at the mouth of Ship Creek. The present city of Anchorage is near this location. McPherson number: K9 PH Coll 495.1-3b Photograph from album created in circa 1914 by James Lennox McPherson, a civil engineer, that documents the activities of the Kuskokwim Reconnaissance survey party (known as Party No. 11 of the Alaska Railroad Commission expedition). The A.E.C. had assigned McPherson to research the feasibility of building a branch railroad from Anchorage west to the mining districts on the Kuskokwim and Iditarod Rivers.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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title Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914
title_short Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914
title_full Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914
title_fullStr Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914
title_full_unstemmed Men from Kuskokwim Reconnaissance party setting up Camp No. 2 and raising American flag, near village of Knik, Alaska, June 1914
title_sort men from kuskokwim reconnaissance party setting up camp no. 2 and raising american flag, near village of knik, alaska, june 1914
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genre Kuskokwim
Alaska
genre_facet Kuskokwim
Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections
Alaska Engineering Commission photograph collection. PH Coll 495
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC4299
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3457
op_rights For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use
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