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| Title | Sitka from the water showing the Baranof Castle on hill in background, n.d. |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Filed in Alaska--Cities--Sitka |
| Contextual Notes | Sitka is located on the west coast of Baranof Island, 95 miles southwest of Juneau.
The settlement of Sitka, also called New Archangel, or Novo Arhhangelsk, was founded in 1799 and served as the headquarters for the Russian-American Fur Company. Baranof's Castle was a two-story log mansion which overlooked Sitka Sound from Castle Hill during the town's fur trading days. From the early 1800s, Castle Hill was the home of the Russian governors and served as the colonial capitol of Russian-America. After the Russians left, the building was utilized by the U.S. military for a time and then abandoned. The "Castle" burned to the ground ca. 1894. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Dwellings--Alaska--Sitka; Log buildings--Alaska--Sitka |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Baranof Castle (Sitka, Alaska); Mansions--Alaska--Sitka; Sitka (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Sitka |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC0340
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| Negative Number | UW8134 |
| 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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http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
