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| Title | Men and women standing in front of the Russian Mission, Yukon River, ca. 1904 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Date | ca. 1904 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Photo by F.H. Nowell, 6231
On verso of image: At Russian Mission, Yukon River |
| Contextual Notes | Russian Mission is located on the right bank of the Yukon River 25 miles southeast of Marshall, Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta. This village was the location of a Russian orthodox Mission (sometimes called Pokrovskaya Mission) established in 1851, the first in the interior of Alaska. (pg. 823) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967)
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Missions--Alaska--Russian Mission
Log buildings--Alaska--Russian Mission
Group portraits
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| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Russian Mission |
| Digital Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photographs
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| Order Number | NOW218 |
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| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photograph Collection. PH Coll 316
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b&w : 8 x 10 in. |
| 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. 2002. |
