Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
2013.012.006Description
Historic Blockhouse Building
Back of the photo reads: "In congregation, in the choir and at the alter, Indigenous Peoples and whites-men, women and children-joined yesterdayin an outdoor mass as they did a century ago on Whidbey Island (then Cross Island). The Rev. J.E. O'Brien (center), pastor of St. Mary's Catholic Church, of Coupeville, is shown as he celebrated mass and delivered a sermon. The mass, held just outside John Alexander's old blockhouse, was attended by decendents of the pioneers, who stood near a century-old cedar cross. The rededicationof the cross was a part of Coupeville's tenth annual Indian Water Festival and Canoe Race. August 14 1939."Collection
Penn Cove Water FestivalMade/Created
Date made
1939 - 1939Notes
Date: 04/23/2013
Medium: Photographic PaperLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
O'Brien, J.E. Rev.Person or Organization
Alexander, JohnRelated Publications
Notes
Related:
Record Group 6
Military Records
Blockhouses
Related:
Family Files
Alexander
Crockett
Ebey
