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| Keywords: Annette Island. - NARA - 298030.tif Scope and content The shore of Annette Island cleared as a landing place for William Duncan's Mission in 1887 It was at this very place that the first flagstaff was raised on the island and where the Honourable N H R Dawson commissioner of education hoisted the United States flag for the protection of Father Duncan and his Metlakahtla colony to whom he extended cordial greetings The illustration depicts arrival of the steamship 'Ancon' bringing commissioner Dawson and Father Duncan It will be noted that the Mission bell is suspended between two trees in the left of the picture Matthews' Independant Report General notes 298030 Local identifier Wellcome Henry S Henry Solomon Sir 1853-1936 NARA's Pacific Alaska Region Anchorage NRIAA 654 West Third Avenue Anchorage AK 99501-2145 Record group Collection WME Sir Henry Wellcome Collection 1856 - 1936 Record group ARC 1208 Photographs of the Inhabitants of Metlakatla British Columbia and Metlakatla Alaska compiled ca 1856 - 1936 Series ARC 297169 File unit File unit ARC Variant control numbers NAIL Control Number NRIA-WME-PHOTOS- V4 118<br /> Other Identifier Volume 4 yes Other versions <gallery> File Annette_Island _-_NARA_-_298030 tif tif File Annette_Island _-_NARA_-_298030 jpg jpg </gallery> NARA-cooperation PD-USGov NARA TIF images with categorized JPGs Annette Island Ancon ship 1873 Founding of Metlakatla Alaska Flagpoles in Alaska 1887 in Alaska | ||||