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| Title | Sheep Creek, now named Thane, on Gastineau Channel, Alaska, n.d. |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Date | n.d. |
| Notes | Caption on image: 1451 |
| Contextual Notes | Town founded in 1881 as a result of mining operations in the vicinity. The name Sheep Creek, which was the original miners' name for the town, was published by in 1901. The name was changed to Thane ca. 1914. (pg. 958) 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) | Cities & towns--Alaska
Channels--Alaska
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Thane (Alaska)
Gastineau Channel (Alaska)
Straits--Alaska
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| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Thane |
| Digital Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photographs
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| Order Number | NOW033 |
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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. |
