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| Advertisement | Alaska Steamship Company (1905) |
| Company/Advertising Agency | Alaska Steamship Company |
| Publication Source | Seattle city directory, p. 96 |
| Publisher | Polk's Seattle Directory Company |
| Publisher Location | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Publication Date | 1905
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| Advertisement Text | Operating the twin flyers Jefferson and Dolphin every five days. Between Seattle and Ketchikan, Douglas, Juneau, Haines and Skagway. Also the A1 Steamers Dirigo and Farallon. On weekly schedule between Seattle and all points in southeastern Alaska...Victoria, B.C.-Port Townsend Route. |
| Contextual Notes | In 1895, the Alaska Steamship Company was founded by Charles Peabody and it profited tremendously from shipping cargo, especially during the Alaskan Gold Rush. In 1898, the company formed a subsidiary called the Puget Sound Navigation Company, which gained full control of Puget Sound ferry service in 1935.
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| Category | Steamships, ferries and boats
Transportation and communication |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Ships; Steamboats; Ferries |
| Geographic Coverage | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
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| Digital Collection | Early Advertising |
| Digital ID Number | ADV0010 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Pacific Northwest Collection. F899.S43 S42 1905 |
| Object Type | Advertisement |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from text at 200-400 dpi, saved in TIFF format, enhanced and resized using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm software's JPEG2000 Extension. 2008 |
