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Early prints of Sitka, Alaska...
Early prints of Sitka, Alaska...
Item # 689133
February 08, 1868
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED, New York, Feb. 8, 1868 Perhaps the most notable prints are: "Fortifications at the Entrance to Sitka Harbor" and: "South View of New Archangel (Sitka) from the Deck of the U.S. Steamer Resaca" which also has two related articles on Sitka, Alaska. This is from shortly after the purchase of Alaska by the United States.
The front page shows: "The New State Capitol to be Erected at Albany, New York".
Other prints within include: "Crater of Vesuvius After the Eruption..." "Masonic Skating Festival at Oatman's Fifth Ave. Pond" "Propeller Caucus On the Rocks at Hell Gate" & more.
Sixteen pages, nice condition.
Category: Post-Civil War