Alaska Siberia Album, 1904-1936.

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Alaska Siberia Album, 1904-1936.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/309450843

This album contains photographs from such varied locations as Nulato and Sitka, Alaska, and Siberia. There are numerous views of Russian Orthodox churches and images from the Russian American Telegraph Expedition.

0.20 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7293700

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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