Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914

Caption under photo: Portaging outfit through swamps. Pitka Valley McPherson number: K392 PH Coll 495.2-29b 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 th...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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Expeditions & surveys > Alaska
Wetlands > Alaska
Staffs (Sticks)
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Swamps > Alaska
Anchorage
Kuskokwim
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/3834 2023-05-15T17:05:34+02:00 Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. United States--Alaska--Pitka Valley 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/3834 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC4679 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3834 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 Wetlands--Alaska Staffs (Sticks) Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914) Swamps--Alaska Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:04:16Z Caption under photo: Portaging outfit through swamps. Pitka Valley McPherson number: K392 PH Coll 495.2-29b 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
institution Open Polar
collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Expeditions & surveys--Alaska
Wetlands--Alaska
Staffs (Sticks)
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Swamps--Alaska
spellingShingle Expeditions & surveys--Alaska
Wetlands--Alaska
Staffs (Sticks)
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Swamps--Alaska
Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914
topic_facet Expeditions & surveys--Alaska
Wetlands--Alaska
Staffs (Sticks)
Kuskokwim Reconnaissance Expedition (1914)
Swamps--Alaska
description Caption under photo: Portaging outfit through swamps. Pitka Valley McPherson number: K392 PH Coll 495.2-29b 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.
format Other/Unknown Material
title Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914
title_short Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914
title_full Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914
title_fullStr Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914
title_full_unstemmed Two Kuskokwim Reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in Pitka Valley swamp, Alaska, August or September 1914
title_sort two kuskokwim reconnaissance expedition members with walking sticks in pitka valley swamp, alaska, august or september 1914
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3834
op_coverage United States--Alaska--Pitka Valley
geographic Anchorage
geographic_facet Anchorage
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
AWC4679
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/3834
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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