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Birds-eye view of Fairhaven and Billingham Bay on Puget Sound (1893)

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Title Birds-eye view of Fairhaven and Billingham Bay on Puget Sound (1893)
Identifier http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/zoom/zoom.php?map=wsu543 wsu 543; F892 .H47x 1893 http://kaga.wsulibs.wsu.edu/u?/maps,686
Creator Hestwood, J. O. (James O.)
Date 1893 2000 - 2002
Publisher Chicago : W.B. Conkey Co., 1893.
Description 1 bird's-eye map: 15 x 23 cm. This map comes from a souvenir booklet published specifically for distribution at the Washington State Building at the World's Colombian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893. In 1903, Fairhaven merged with the nearby town of Whatcom, both now taking the mutually acceptable name of Bellingham.
Subject Washington (State) -- Description and travel.; Bellingham (Wash.) -- Pictorial works.
Type Maps; Bird's-eye views
Coverage United States -- Washington (State) -- Whatcom County --Bellingham
Rights Contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, for copyright information 509 335-6691
Format Original maps were scanned in color at 600 dpi on a Microtek 9600XL scanner and saved as TIFF files. The TIFF files were converted into the MrSID format at a compression ratio of 12 to 1 using LizardTech's Geospatial Encoder 1.5 software. These MrSid files were then uploaded into the CONTENTdm database at the Washington State University Libraries. image/jpeg
Contributor Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections
Language English
Relation Is found in The Evergreen State souvenir : containing a review of the resources, wealth, varied industries and commercial advantages of the State of Washington

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