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NHF-051.02 Radio Collection

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Title: NHF-051.02 Radio Collection
 
Caption: "U.S. Wireless Station, Cape Blanco, Oregon - 1907"
Description: 4 photo scrapbooks related to early 19th century US Navy wireless radio station construction on the west coast, circa 1906-1908. Particular focus on: US Naval Wireless Station Table Bluff (later Eureka) California; US Naval Wireless Station North Head, Washington; US Naval Wireless Station Cordova (Cape Whiteshed), Alaska; US Naval Wireless Station Cape Blanco, Oregon. Images show construction projects, people, structures, antenna towers, and radio equipment. Some photos of US Navy and civilian vessels. Many coastal scenes of small towns and sparsely populated wilderness areas. Caption information is incomplete: people are not identified, and radio equipment is shown but not described. Some photos are duplicated between albums. Some photos have been assigned NH numbers. Transferred from the Naval Historical Foundation, original donor unknown.
 
Accession #: NHF-051
Catalog #: NHF-051.02
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