Cableship Dellwood photograph collection, May 10-28, 1924 [graphic].

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Cableship Dellwood photograph collection, May 10-28, 1924 [graphic].

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The Cableship Dellwood photograph collection contains images of the United States cableship Dellwood engaged in cable repair and cable laying activities during one of its early cable laying runs from its home port in Seattle, Washington to Trocadero Bay, Alaska in May 1924. Many of the seamen depicted working on the ship are African-American.

16 black and white photographs (1 folder) ; 6 x 9 in.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7266817

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Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System.

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United States. Army. Signal Corps

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