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NOAA Photo Library Image - theb0330

Sounding party off USCS Brig FAUNTLEROY. 1857-Earliest picture of Coast Survey sounding operations. Watercolor by James Madison Alden, nephew of Lieutenant CommandingJames Alden.

Image ID: theb0330, NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection
Location: Strawberry Harbor, Rosario Straits, Washington
Photo Date: 1857
Credit: NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; Burke Museum, University of Washington

Category: Survey Ships/1834-1899 Ships/Charting/Sounding/

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