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| Title | United States Navy ship beside Taku Glacier, ca. 1912 |
| Photographer | Thwaites, John E. (John Edward), 1863-1940 |
| Date | ca. 1912 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Our Navy takes a look at Taku Glacier, Alaska
PH Coll 247.679 |
| Contextual Notes | Taku Glacier begins in British Columbia and ends in Taku Inlet, a distance of approximately 60 kilometers. At 1,645 meters (5,400 feet) thick, the Taku Glacier is the thickest glacier yet discovered outside of Greenland or Antarctica.
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Taku Glacier (Alaska); Glaciers--Alaska; Taku Inlet (Alaska); Inlets--Alaska; Warships--Alaska; United States. Navy--Equipment & supplies--Alaska |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Taku Glacier |
| Digital Collection | John E. Thwaites Photographs |
| Order Number | THW318 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | THWAITES 247.679 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | John E. Thwaites Photograph Collection. PH Coll 247
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| 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 768x512 ppi. 2003. |
