Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Bulit by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, POLLY, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge a...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/14139 2023-05-15T18:48:21+02:00 Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s United States of America __ALASKA __Sitka ca. 1850s http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14139 unknown 1980.7094.423 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14139 http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, 1980.7094.423. Given by exchange by the Thomas Burke Washington State Memorial Museum Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Maritime turn of the 20th century Military 19th century artifact 1850 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-10-26T22:59:06Z Bulit by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, POLLY, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. The barge eventually sunk during a storm in 1915. 1 Cannon; Materials: iron --wood; Dimensions: 30 in.H x 16 in.W x 55 in.D Other/Unknown Material Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Pacific Yukon |
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Maritime turn of the 20th century Military 19th century |
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Maritime turn of the 20th century Military 19th century Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s |
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Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) Maritime turn of the 20th century Military 19th century |
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Bulit by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, POLLY, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush. The barge eventually sunk during a storm in 1915. 1 Cannon; Materials: iron --wood; Dimensions: 30 in.H x 16 in.W x 55 in.D |
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Other/Unknown Material |
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Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s |
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Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s |
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Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s |
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Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s |
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Cannon from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s |
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cannon from imperial russian navy sidewheel gunboat, the politkofsky, ca. 1850s |
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1850 |
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http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14139 |
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United States of America __ALASKA __Sitka |
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Pacific Yukon |
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Pacific Yukon |
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Alaska Yukon |
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Alaska Yukon |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
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1980.7094.423 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14139 |
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http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, 1980.7094.423. Given by exchange by the Thomas Burke Washington State Memorial Museum |
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