Blockhouse on Whidbey Island, n.d.

This is one of the blockhouses built on the farm of Walter Crockett, Sr. near Coupeville on Whidbey Island. There were two blockhouses on this property, one of them was removed prior to the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in 1909 to be displayed at the fair, and the other still stands today on a sma...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Blockhouses > Washington (State) > Whidbey Island
Crockett
Mount Block
Pacific
Yukon
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/1733
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Summary:This is one of the blockhouses built on the farm of Walter Crockett, Sr. near Coupeville on Whidbey Island. There were two blockhouses on this property, one of them was removed prior to the Alaska-Yukon Pacific Exposition in 1909 to be displayed at the fair, and the other still stands today on a small plot of land at the Crockett farm site. Original photo copied by Asahel Curtis. Caption on image (obscured): Curtis. Caption on border: Asahel Curtis, Commercial Photographer, 625 Colman Block, Seattle. Handwritten on mount: Block House. 1 lantern slide: color; 2 1/2 x 3 in.

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