38 results for: Klondike-Alaska Gold Rush
Spike from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Built by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, Polly, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during…
ID Number:1959.1623.2
Date:Circa 1850
Miner's pan, ca. 1900
This miner's pan belonged to "Skagway Bill" Fonda who built the first log cabin in Skagway around 1900. He joined the rest of the hopeful miner's in trying to make it rich during the Alaskan gold rush.
ID Number:1959.1630.6
Date:Circa 1900
Pin commemorating the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (AYPE) held in Seattle, 1909
The 1909 Exposition celebrated the relationship between Seattle and Alaska in the wake of the Gold Rush of 1897. The top part of pin is shaped like a gold pan on top of a crossed shovel and pickaxe. Below is a medal with images of Chief Seattle, Secretary of State William Henry Seward, a man panning for gold, and a…
ID Number:1959.1676.1
Date:1909
Spike from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Built by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, Polly, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during…
ID Number:1961.2194.1
Date:Circa 1850
Playing cards with images of the Alaska and the Yukon, ca. 1900
When the Klondike Gold Rush hit Seattle starting in 1897, thousands came through the city on their way to Alaska. Merchants across the city clamored to “mine the miners” by selling supplies needed to brave the cold. While local saloons and gaming rooms offered inviting places to spend their money on the way to and from Alaska. These playing cards…
ID Number:1961.2211.1
Date:Circa 1900
Corkscrew allegedly used by John Considine, ca. 1890-1900
In the early 1890s, John Considine operated a box house in Seattle, which was a type of theater that also included a saloon and a brothel. In 1894, the city attempted to crackdown on vice in the areas south of Yesler way, and so the council banned the sale of liquor at box houses. Considine moved to Spokane for a…
ID Number:1961.2264.1
Date:Circa 1890-1900
Spike from Imperial Russian Navy sidewheel gunboat, the POLITKOFSKY, ca. 1850s
Built by the Russians in Sitka, the POLITKOFSKY came under United States ownership in 1867 when Russian Alaska was sold to the US. The gunboat was then sold into civilian service as a tugboat, Polly, working the northwest coast of North America until 1896. It was then converted to a schooner barge and carried eager gold seekers to Alaska during…
ID Number:1961.2403.4
Date:Circa 1850-1860
Souvenir metal totem pole from the Golden Potlatch celebration, 1912
The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival first held in July of 1911. It was organized by civic boosters who were hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime, and then was started up again as the Potlatch Festival from 1934…
ID Number:1962.2846.7
Date:1912
Souvenir pennant of the Golden Potlatch, 1911
The Golden Potlatch was a city-wide festival first held in July of 1911. It was organized by civic boosters who were hoping to capitalize on the success of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909. The event continued for each of the next three summers before being suspended during wartime, and then was started up again as the Potlatch Festival from 1934…
ID Number:1963.3029
Date:1911
Arctic Brotherhood (AB) studs from the Klondike Gold Rush, 1899
The Arctic Brotherhood was a fraternal organization for prospectors who had travelled to Alaska and the Yukon for the Klondike Gold Rush. It was founded in 1899 on the steamship "City of Seattle" headed for Skagway, Alaska. This pin was likely owned by John Miller Winslow who went to the Yukon in 1898 and was joined by his family in…
ID Number:1965.3580.1
Date:1899