Drawings of Alaska, and Tatoosh Island, Washington

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Title: Drawings of Alaska, and Tatoosh Island, Washington
Creator: Fuller, John A., 1828-1909
Published / Created: 1866-1867.
Abstract: Drawings by John A. Fuller that document Sitka and other locations in Alaska, 1867, as well as a drawing of a lighthouse on Tatoosh Island, Washington, 1866-1867. Images of Sitka, Alaska, include overviews of the city and landscape, as well as several structures that include St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral, Sitka Lutheran Church, a hospital, a sawmill, and the residence of Colonel Jefferson Columbus Davis. Depictions of other places in Alaska include a fishing station fifteen miles south of Sitka and a Native American outpost on Wrangell Island
Description: John A. Fuller (1828-1909) was a miner, merchant, and politician, with mining and business interests in California and Alaska. He served as a postmaster and surveyor in Sitka from 1867 to circa 1870. He later became a city councilman and mayor of Napa, California.
Title devised by cataloger.
Provenance: Purchased from the William Reese Company on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 2006.
Extent: 11 drawings (in 1 box) : 18.6 x 31.5 cm. and smaller.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Genre: Pictorial works
Drawings (visual works)
Material: pencil ;
Subject (Geographic): Alaska
Sitka.
Sitka (Alaska)
Tatoosh Island (Wash.)
Washington (State)
Wrangell Island (Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska)
Subject (Name): Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 1828-1879
Fuller, John A., 1828-1909.
Sitka Lutheran Church (Sitka, Alaska)
St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska)
Subject (Topic): Homes and haunts
Fishing lodges
Indians of North America
Dwellings
Subjects: Davis, Jefferson Columbus, 1828-1879 > Homes and haunts > Alaska > Sitka
Fuller, John A., 1828-1909
Sitka Lutheran Church (Sitka, Alaska) > Pictorial works
St. Michael the Archangel Cathedral (Sitka, Alaska) > Pictorial works
Fishing lodges > Alaska > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Dwellings > Alaska > Pictorial works
Alaska > Pictorial works
Sitka (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Tatoosh Island (Wash.) > Pictorial works
Washington (State) > Pictorial works
Wrangell Island (Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area, Alaska) > Pictorial works

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Citation: John A. Fuller, Drawings of Alaska, and Tatoosh Island, Washington. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.