(4:01 min.) (01 of 27) Family history: Grandfather
Grandfather from Virginia, fought for Union, was a soldier at Sitka during the signing in 1868. Father stayed and married a Creole, part Aleut. Got a Job with the A. C. Co. Grandfather...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska...
Includes sailing directions and notes describing the islands of the Aleutian chain. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. At head of title: Pacific Surveying Expedition, Lieutenant John Rodgers commanding. ...
Ms. (blueprint copy). Relief shown by hachures. "Official. Edwin S. Curtis, 2 Lieut. 2d Arty., Post Adjt." Index on lining papers labeled "Index to map of Kodiak village from map made by Fritz Blotner."
Ms. (blueprint copy). Relief shown by hachures. "Official. Edwin S. Curtis, 2 Lieut. 2d Arty., Post Adjt." Index on lining papers labeled "Index to map of Kodiak village from map made by Fritz Blotner."
Note with photo: Identification on reverse: Date of photo: 1868. Center: Pavel, Bishop Vicar of Novoarkangel'sk. L: Protohiere: Pavel Kedrolivanskii, Dean & Clergy, America. R: Hieromond Feopl, Missionary to...
Relief shown by form lines; depths shown by soundings. Shows northern part of the [Tatar] Strait, from the Amur River to Imperial Harbor. [Compiled from marine and topographic surveys from 1852 to 1869.] Drawn by Poruchik Popov and corrected by...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. "Issued February 1886 … date of first publication, 1868." Stamped in bottom margin: Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Mar. 26, 1894. No....
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Ancillary map: Diagram of the Middle States; [North America]. "Entered according to the Act of Congress in the year 1867 by G. W. & C. B. Colton & Co. in the Clerks Office of...
Relief shown by hachures and spot heights; depths shown by soundings. Inset: Diagram of the middle states. Ancillary map: [North and Central America]. Includes isothermal lines. "Isothermal lines by Lorin Blodgett." Nos. 17 & 18 from Colton's...
Relief shown by hachures; depths shown by soundings. Annotated by George Davidson with notes and place names. "Aids to navigation corrected for information received to Apr 9 1902." U.S.C. & G.S. Chart No. 8500. Sheet 3. First published in...
Shows North Pacific Ocean from Borneo and the Philippine Islands to the Gulf of Panama, and from the equator north to the Seward and Chukchi Peninsulas. Shows routes between various locations with travel times. Relief shown by hachures, shading...
Suwanee Brand Salmon Salt added Net contents 1 lb. NEFCO Fishery Products. Ready to serve. "Packed with the wiggle in its tail" Distributed by New England Fish Company Seattle, Washington Quality packers since 1868 Salmon...
Title by cataloguer. The Pribilof Islands the location of this rookery, became a seal reservation in 1868. By 1911 however, the seal population in these islands had been almost reduced to the point of extinction.
Title taken from verso. Looking across the water from far shore, with a rowboat in foreground. Verso: An old government military station, 1868 now abandoned.