File:Steamships HAMLIN, OGILVIE, AND MCCONNELL at dock in the Stikine River at Wrangell, nd (NOWELL 28).jpeg

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English: Steamships HAMLIN, OGILVIE, AND MCCONNELL at dock in the Stikine River at Wrangell, n.d.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Frank H. Nowell  (1864–1950)  wikidata:Q26202833
 
Frank H. Nowell
Alternative names
Frank Hamilton Nowell
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 19 February 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1950 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Portsmouth
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creator QS:P170,Q26202833
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English: Steamships HAMLIN, OGILVIE, AND MCCONNELL at dock in the Stikine River at Wrangell, n.d.
Description
English: Caption on image: Nowell, 1268 On verso of image: Stickine River Boats at Wrangle, Alaska
Tlingit Indian name meaning Great River, reported in 1799 as Stikine River by Capt. Rowan of the whaling ship ELIZA out of Boston. Published in 1848 on Russian charts as Ryka Stakhin or Stakin River. The present spelling of the name was adopted in 1869. (pg. 919) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967)
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Steamboats--Alaska--Wrangell
  • Subjects (LCSH): Hamlin (Steamboat); Ogilvie (Steamboat); McConnell (Steamboat)
Depicted place Wrangell, Alaska
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English: Silver gelatin, b&w : 8 x 10 in.
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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