Detail View: Image Archives: Dr. Miller's gravesite

File Name: 
IV.BA49-329-3.jpg
catalog number: 
IV.BA49-329-3.P
collection: 
Fieldwork, Historical
title: 
Dr. Miller's gravesite
creator: 
Alfred M. Bailey
creator type: 
photographer
creator: 
Christine Powers
creator type: 
creator of digital collection
description: 
A visitor at USN Dr. James Miller's gravesite on Midway's Sand Island. He was the first Naval death (1906) recorded after the Marine base was created in 1904. He was either assigned to the Marine unit stationed on Midway or on a visiting vessel. His headstone is one of five in the Island cemetery. Midway Islands are near the northwestern end of the Hawaiian archipelago which is a part of the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.
date: 
1949
date type: 
date of photograph
location: 
USA, Midway Islands
modified: 
no
format: 
image/jpg
file size: 
1.64 MB
source: 
8 x 10 black and white print scanned with Epson Expression 10000XL at 300dpi, 8bit grayscale.
rights: 
use with permission Denver Museum of Nature & Science