Fort William H. Seward near Haines, Alaska, circa 1905
Handwritten on verso: Fort William H. Seward, about a mile from Haines at the upper end of the Inside Passage. Later named Chilkoot Barracks. PH Coll 413.Album 2.20a The name of the fort, Fort William H. Seward, honored the man who had negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russians, but the pen...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/5999 2023-05-15T17:23:59+02:00 Fort William H. Seward near Haines, Alaska, circa 1905 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections United States--Alaska--Fort Seward Silver gelatin; b&w; 6 x 4 in. Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2013 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/5999 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC6720 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/5999 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 Ralph E. MacKay Alaska Photograph Albums. PH Coll 413 Port Chilkoot (Haines Alaska) Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:05:03Z Handwritten on verso: Fort William H. Seward, about a mile from Haines at the upper end of the Inside Passage. Later named Chilkoot Barracks. PH Coll 413.Album 2.20a The name of the fort, Fort William H. Seward, honored the man who had negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russians, but the peninsula in Northwest Alaska on which Nome was located had already been named for him, as well as the city of Seward on the Kenai Peninsula. This caused confusion in the Post Office and other agencies for many years until the Post was renamed Chilkoot Barracks in 1922. (After the purchase of the fort in 1947 it was renamed “Port Chilkoot.” It resumed its original name when it was declared a Historic Landmark in 1972.) Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Fort William ENVELOPE(-59.725,-59.725,-62.371,-62.371) |
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Handwritten on verso: Fort William H. Seward, about a mile from Haines at the upper end of the Inside Passage. Later named Chilkoot Barracks. PH Coll 413.Album 2.20a The name of the fort, Fort William H. Seward, honored the man who had negotiated the purchase of Alaska from the Russians, but the peninsula in Northwest Alaska on which Nome was located had already been named for him, as well as the city of Seward on the Kenai Peninsula. This caused confusion in the Post Office and other agencies for many years until the Post was renamed Chilkoot Barracks in 1922. (After the purchase of the fort in 1947 it was renamed “Port Chilkoot.” It resumed its original name when it was declared a Historic Landmark in 1972.) |
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Fort William H. Seward near Haines, Alaska, circa 1905 |
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Fort William H. Seward near Haines, Alaska, circa 1905 |
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Fort William H. Seward near Haines, Alaska, circa 1905 |
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Fort William H. Seward near Haines, Alaska, circa 1905 |
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Fort William H. Seward near Haines, Alaska, circa 1905 |
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fort william h. seward near haines, alaska, circa 1905 |
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