Panoramic photographs of Yukon and Alaska.

1899.

5 photographic prints : b & w ; 21.3 x 66.5 cm. and smaller.

Title devised by cataloger.

Formerly owned by L. Stark Humes. Purchased from Vigilante Rare Documents on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2011.

This material is open for research.

Eric A. Hegg (1867-1948), born Erik Jonsson, was a Swedish-American photographer active in Skagway, Alaska, and Dawson, Yukon, during the Klondike Gold Rush, 1897-1901.

Panoramic photographs of Yukon and Alaska created by Eric A. Hegg in 1899. Images include views of Skagway, Alaska, and Dawson, Yukon, as well as Summit Lake on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, which include a train and work camp on the White Pass & Yukon Route. Images of mining operations in Yukon include overviews of mines at El Dorado Creek, including Grand Fork, Bonanza and Gold Hill, another image shows Adams Hill at Bonanza Creek.

English

November 03, 2011

Eric A. Hegg, Panoramic Photographs of Yukon and Alaska. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Eric A. Hegg, Panoramic Photographs of Yukon and Alaska. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.