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Photographs of Alaska and Yukon Territory
Title
[Photographs of Alaska and Yukon Territory].
Production
[Alaska ; Yukon Territory], [circa 1898-1910]
Physical Description
446 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; photographs 13 x 10 cm and smaller
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Place of creation and date supplied by cataloger.
Accompanied by an envelope from Seattle's Shorey Book Store, tying provenance of the collection to "Mr. Terrell," who is identified as having lived in the University District of Seattle, Washington, and migrated to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush.
Captions in English.
Provenance
Purchased from William Reese Co. on the Arthur Corbitt Hoskins Memorial Fund, 2018.
Access and use
This material is open for research.
Summary
Photographs likely compiled by "Mr. Terrell" of Alaska and Yukon Territory, circa 1898-1910. Depicted are unidentified Alaska Natives, prospectors, dog sled teams, logging, mining, railroads, boats, glaciers, and landscapes. Identified locations include Nome, Fairbanks, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Skagway, Alaska, as well as Dawson and Whitehorse, Yukon Territory.
Identified photographers include Frank H. Nowell, P. S. Hunt, Eric A. Hegg, and Winter & Pond.
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 10, 2021
References
Photographs of Alaska and Yukon Territory. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
Cite as
Photographs of Alaska and Yukon Territory. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Photographs.
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