Postcard, Photographic, Photographic

Photograph

-

Island County Historical Society

Name/Title

Postcard, Photographic, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2015.025.001

Description

Postcard showing two people at Alexander blockhouse with cross and canoe shed with one canoe. On back - "No. 13 in UNION OIL COMPANY'S Natural Color Scenes of the West. RELIC of the historic international '54-40 or Fight' controversy, the Whidby Island Block House was built in 1855. This last British foothold in the United States is surrounded by Puget Sound, island region of Washington's great Northwest." Copyright 1940. Dark colors: gray, brown, and green.

Made/Created

Date made

1940

Place

City

Coupeville, Washington

County

Island County

State/Province

Washington

Region

Cascades and Plateau, Whidbey Island

Continent

North America

Notes

Medium: Postcard

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Print, Photomechanical

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Print

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

5-1/2 in

Width

3-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

Blockhouses, RG5