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Photograph album of Alaska and Yukon Territory
Title
[Photograph album of Alaska and Yukon Territory].
Production
[Alaska], [1895]
Physical Description
139 photographs in 1 album : gelatin silver prints ; photographs 17 x 12 cm
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
No linguistic content.
Provenance
Purchased from Donald A. Heald on the Winlock William Miller, Jr. Memorial Fund, 2013.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Biographical / Historical Note
Veazie Wilson (1865-1895) of Cherryfield, Maine, photographed Fort Wrangell and Juneau, Alaska, as well as the Yukon Territory in Canada circa 1894. In 1895, Wilson died of typhoid fever; his guidebook attracting potential miners to the Alaska region (Esther Lyons' Glimpses of Alaska: a collection of views of the interior of Alaska and the Klondike district from photographs by Veazie Wilson, Rand, McNally, 1897) was published posthumously.
Summary
Photograph album with photographs taken by Veazie Wilson of scenes in Alaska and Yukon Territory, 1895. Depicted are mountains, lakes, and rivers, as well as miners and Native American men, women, and children. Locations include the Chilkoot trail, Upper Yukon Region, and Kotlik, Juneau, and Sitka, Alaska.
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
October 07, 2019
References
Veazie Wilson, Photograph Album of Alaska and Yukon Territory. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Veazie Wilson, Photograph Album of Alaska and Yukon Territory. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Gelatin silver prints.
Photograph albums.
Photographic prints.
Photographs.
Occupation
Gold miners Yukon 19th century.
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