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| Title | Men with automobile outside the Barrington Transportation Co. building, Wrangell, n.d. |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Filed in Alaska--Cities--Wrangell |
| Contextual Notes | The town of Wrangell is located on the north coast of Wrangell Island in the Alexander Archipelago. It began as a stockade built by the Russians occupying the island in 1834. In 1839, the Russians leased part of southeast Alaska to the British. When the United States purchased Alaska in 1867, a military post, called Fort Wrangell, was established. Fort Wrangel post office was established in 1869 and changed to Wrangell in 1902. Because of its location, Wrangell became an important supply point for fur traders and miners beginning with the Stikine gold rush in 1861. (pp 1060-1061) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967). |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Automobiles--Alaska--Wrangell; Transportation facilities--Alaska--Wrangell |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Barrington Transportation Company; Wrangell (Alaska) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Wrangell |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0304
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| Negative Number | UW11491 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Alaska Photograph Collection |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | 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. |
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