Looking up Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Collection: Cities
Title
Looking up Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Subject
Sitka (Alaska)
Description
On verso:
No. 253. LOOKING UP LINCOLN STREET, SITKA, ALASKA.
With an area of nearly 600,000 square miles and a population of 100,000, Alaska has certainly room for more people than it contains now, but the population grows very slowly in number. Sitka, the capitol, not being an industrial or commercial center, is growing very little. It has only about 1,500 inhabitants, while Nome grew from nothing in 1897 to 40,000 in 1902. Sitka (under Russian rule “New Archangel”) is situated on the west coast of Baranof island, about 1,300 miles north of San Francisco. It was once the most important port on the Pacific coast, but had dwindled down to an Indian village, when the United States forces took possession on October 18, 1867. There are Russian, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopalian churches, two public schools and a Presbyterian Training School in which special attention is paid to farming and domestic art. The island of Baranof is named after the Russian governor in the years 1799-1800. A large variety of trees, mosses and wild flowers are found on the island.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1903
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
253
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Looking up Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska,” Digital Canton, accessed April 25, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/557.
Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches
Title
Looking up Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Subject
Sitka (Alaska)
Description
On verso:
No. 253. LOOKING UP LINCOLN STREET, SITKA, ALASKA.
With an area of nearly 600,000 square miles and a population of 100,000, Alaska has certainly room for more people than it contains now, but the population grows very slowly in number. Sitka, the capitol, not being an industrial or commercial center, is growing very little. It has only about 1,500 inhabitants, while Nome grew from nothing in 1897 to 40,000 in 1902. Sitka (under Russian rule “New Archangel”) is situated on the west coast of Baranof island, about 1,300 miles north of San Francisco. It was once the most important port on the Pacific coast, but had dwindled down to an Indian village, when the United States forces took possession on October 18, 1867. There are Russian, Presbyterian, Roman Catholic and Protestant Episcopalian churches, two public schools and a Presbyterian Training School in which special attention is paid to farming and domestic art. The island of Baranof is named after the Russian governor in the years 1799-1800. A large variety of trees, mosses and wild flowers are found on the island.
A8523
Creator
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)]
Source
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Publisher
Canton Township Carnegie Library, Canton KS, USA
Date
ca. 1903
Rights
Format
image/jpeg
Language
English
Type
Stereographs
Identifier
253
Citation
[Ingersoll, T. W. (Truman Ward)], “Looking up Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska,” Digital Canton, accessed April 25, 2024, https://canton.digitalsckls.info/item/557.Original Format
Stereograph
Physical Dimensions
7 x 3.5 inches