Wrangell, Alaska, 1915 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Wrangell, Alaska, 1915 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: [Wrangell, Alaska]
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Wrangell, Alaska, 1915
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Wrangell, Alaska, in 1915 was a small harbor town on Wrangell Island at the mouth of the Stikine River, in the southeastern panhandle that had been American territory since the 1867 purchase from Russia. Its economy rested on fishing and salmon canning, timber cut from the surrounding forests, and trade moving up the Stikine toward the interior and the Canadian goldfields. Tlingit families had lived on this shore long before the Russian fort of the 1830s, and their clan houses and totem poles remained a visible part of the waterfront. Residents in 1915 would have known Wrangell as a steamer stop on the Inside Passage, where mail, freight and supplies came in by boat, since the territory's railroads were still only being planned.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | sheelor, f. w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Alaska |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,130 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Wrangell, Alaska] |
| Reference | AK Wrangell 1915 |
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