Title from image. Photograph of the Russian Blockhouse in Sitka, Alaska. Caption reads: "One of the Russian Block Houses at Sitka Alaska built on a hill from which the inhabitants used to shoot from through small holes at the indians when...
Title taken from front. View of blockhouse at Russian fort established at St. Michael, Alaska in 1844. From verso: "Published by H.G. Zimmerman & Co. Chicago." Publisher's number B920V22. Postcard (color). Original photograph size: 5" x 2 1/2".
Title taken from front. Two Eskimo women sit beside blockhouse, one with American flag draped across her lap, with cannons in blockhouse and outside, St. Michael, Alaska. Also from front: "Built 1833." Photographer's number 2002. 1908....
Made: Russia
Used: St. Michael
Found: Unalaska
Culture: Russian
Description: iron; wood; brass
Descriptive Narrative: Small cannon labeled "Russian cannon from St. Michael". Iron barrel is 36" long x approx. 4-1/2"...