1855, English, Photograph edition: Lt. Charles Wilkes, ca. 1860 Unknown

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Lt. Charles Wilkes, ca. 1860
 
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Physical Description
  • Scanned from original lantern slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
  • Lantern slide
  • Image
  • 1 lantern slide: color, 2 1/​2 x 2 in.
Published
  • ca. 1860
  • 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
Language
  • English

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Title
  • Lt. Charles Wilkes, ca. 1860
Creator
  • Unknown
Published
  • ca. 1860
  • 1855 1856 1857 1858 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865
Physical Description
  • Scanned from original lantern slide as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 600 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3.
  • Lantern slide
  • Image
  • 1 lantern slide: color, 2 1/​2 x 2 in.
Subjects
Notes
  • Lt. Charles Wilkes led a Navy surveying expedition of Puget Sound in 1841. He named many locales, including Elliott Bay, Eagle Harbor, and Maury Island. Known for his harsh discipline on board ship, he was said to be a model for Herman Melville's Captain Ahab.
  • Caption on image: [CI Rutler Co?]. Rear-Admiral Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. (from a photograph by Anthony).Handwritten on mount: Rear Admiral Chas. Wilkes.
  • 2002.3.176
Source
  • Museum of History &​ Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
  • Lantern Slide Collection
Terms of Use
  • Museum of History &​ Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
Language
  • English
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