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Wrangell, Alaska, ca. 1897.
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| Title | Wrangell, Alaska, ca. 1897. |
| Photographer | La Roche, Frank |
| Date | ca. 1897 |
| Notes | Caption on image: ""Fort Wrangle""
Unidentified steamer at dock.
Souvenir booklet: ""The fort is near the mainland, one hundred and thirty miles north of the southern boundry line of Alaska. It was at one time a metropolis of the Cassiar mining district and the busiest town in Alaska. The miners who ascended the Stickeen River each Spring, to the number of fout thousand, returned in the autumn, in good seasons, with an average of $1, 500 each. The government buildings, costing many thousands of dollars, were twenty years ago sold for a few hundred, and long since fell into disuse and decay. Wrangell, however, is now profiting by the universal Klondike excitement and coming again into prminence with a certainty of speedy and permanent development as a starting point to the gold fields."" (Frank La Roche, En Route to the Klondike, 1898) |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Harbors--Alaska--Wrangell
Ships--Alaska--Wrangell
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Wrangell (Alaska)
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| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Wrangell |
| Digital Collection | Frank La Roche Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | LAR174 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
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| Negative Number | La Roche 1245 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Frank La Roche collection no. 283None |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 8/1998. |
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