Four men, two of them African American, with dog harnessed to wagon outside store, Eagle
On verso of image: Eagle Filed in Alaska--People The City of Eagle and Eagle Village are located on the Taylor Highway, 12 miles west of the Alaska-Canadian border. Eagle is on the left bank of the Yukon River at the mouth of Mission Creek. The Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is northwest of...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/817 2023-05-15T16:32:51+02:00 Four men, two of them African American, with dog harnessed to wagon outside store, Eagle University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Eagle Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/817 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0437 UW11621 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/817 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 Division Alaska Photograph Collection African Americans--Alaska--Eagle Dogs--Alaska--Eagle Carts & wagons--Alaska--Eagle Stores & shops--Alaska--Eagle Wooden buildings--Alaska--Eagle Group portraits African American men--Alaska--Eagle Eagle (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:04Z On verso of image: Eagle Filed in Alaska--People The City of Eagle and Eagle Village are located on the Taylor Highway, 12 miles west of the Alaska-Canadian border. Eagle is on the left bank of the Yukon River at the mouth of Mission Creek. The Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is northwest of the area. The area has been the historical home to Han Kutchin Indians. Established as a log house trading station called "Belle Isle" around 1874, it operated intermittently as a supply and trading center for miners working the upper Yukon and its tributaries. Eagle City was founded in 1897, and was named after the nesting eagles on nearby Eagle Bluff. By 1898, the population had grown to over 1,700. Eagle was the first incorporated city in the Interior, in January 1901. A U.S. Army camp was established in 1899, and Fort Egbert was completed in 1900. The Valdez-Eagle Telegraph line was completed in 1903. By 1910, Fairbanks and Nome gold prospects had lured away many, and the population had declined to 178. Fort Egbert was abandoned in 1911. [Source: ExploreNorth web site, http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Eagle.htm] Other/Unknown Material Han-Kutchin Kutchin Nome Yukon river Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Belle Isle ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) Eagle Bluff ENVELOPE(-128.961,-128.961,69.716,69.716) Egbert ENVELOPE(-69.649,-69.649,-69.951,-69.951) Fairbanks Yukon |
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African Americans--Alaska--Eagle Dogs--Alaska--Eagle Carts & wagons--Alaska--Eagle Stores & shops--Alaska--Eagle Wooden buildings--Alaska--Eagle Group portraits African American men--Alaska--Eagle Eagle (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc |
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African Americans--Alaska--Eagle Dogs--Alaska--Eagle Carts & wagons--Alaska--Eagle Stores & shops--Alaska--Eagle Wooden buildings--Alaska--Eagle Group portraits African American men--Alaska--Eagle Eagle (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc |
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On verso of image: Eagle Filed in Alaska--People The City of Eagle and Eagle Village are located on the Taylor Highway, 12 miles west of the Alaska-Canadian border. Eagle is on the left bank of the Yukon River at the mouth of Mission Creek. The Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve is northwest of the area. The area has been the historical home to Han Kutchin Indians. Established as a log house trading station called "Belle Isle" around 1874, it operated intermittently as a supply and trading center for miners working the upper Yukon and its tributaries. Eagle City was founded in 1897, and was named after the nesting eagles on nearby Eagle Bluff. By 1898, the population had grown to over 1,700. Eagle was the first incorporated city in the Interior, in January 1901. A U.S. Army camp was established in 1899, and Fort Egbert was completed in 1900. The Valdez-Eagle Telegraph line was completed in 1903. By 1910, Fairbanks and Nome gold prospects had lured away many, and the population had declined to 178. Fort Egbert was abandoned in 1911. [Source: ExploreNorth web site, http://www.explorenorth.com/library/communities/alaska/bl-Eagle.htm] |
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Four men, two of them African American, with dog harnessed to wagon outside store, Eagle |
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Four men, two of them African American, with dog harnessed to wagon outside store, Eagle |
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Four men, two of them African American, with dog harnessed to wagon outside store, Eagle |
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ENVELOPE(-55.357,-55.357,51.942,51.942) ENVELOPE(-128.961,-128.961,69.716,69.716) ENVELOPE(-69.649,-69.649,-69.951,-69.951) |
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Belle Isle Eagle Bluff Egbert Fairbanks Yukon |
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