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Alaska bald eagle, circa 1907
A number of photographers followed the miners to Alaska during the late 1890s and early 1900s. Some tried mining. Others set up businesses, photographing wildlife, scenery, people, and whatever else they saw around them. They made a living selling the photos to miners, tourists, and anyone else who would buy them.This photo, taken around 1907, shows a bald eagle perched…
ID Number:1983.10.13055
Date:1907
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Steamer "Cutch" covered with ice, February 19, 1900
Any ships sailing Alaskan and Canadian waters in cold weather ran the risk of ice. This photo shows the steamer "Cutch" in Skagway harbor in February 1900. The "Cutch" made regular runs between Skagway and Dyea, Alaska, for the North American Transportation & Trading Company. Original title: Steamer Cutch Feb. 19, 1900Webster & Stevens number: 1948
ID Number:1983.10.13082
Date:1900
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Wagon on the White Pass & Yukon Route, circa 1902
Starting in 1901, summer travelers between Whitehorse and Dawson had a choice of transportation. They could book passage on a river steamer or they could take the White Pass and Yukon Route's Yukon Stage Line. The stage line ran wagons during the summer and sleighs in the wintertime.This photo, taken sometime between 1901 and 1905, shows the Yukon Stage wagon…
ID Number:1983.10.13085
Date:Circa 1902
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Miner's home in winter quarters, Nome, circa 1905
Winters were long and dark in Nome. Strong winds blew off the Bering Sea, and snowfalls sometimes buried small dwellings. Residents might be isolated in their homes for weeks at a time.This photo of a miner's dwelling nearly covered with snow was taken during the winter of 1905-06 by Seattle photographer Frank Nowell, who spent several years in the Nome…
ID Number:1983.10.13090
Date:Circa 1905
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View of Eldorado, circa 1900
The first large gold strikes in the Klondike area were found on Bonanza and Eldorado Creeks. In 1898 and 1899, Eldorado was the richest mining area in the region, producing some $4 million dollars of gold.This photo shows a view of the industrial mining operations in the valley of Eldorado Creek (misspelled Edorado). Eldorado Creek is ten miles southeast of…
ID Number:1983.10.13094
Date:1900
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Shooting White Horse Rapids in a canoe, 1905
People traveling to the Klondike had to survive the dangers of the Yukon River to reach the gold fields. The river's White Horse Rapids were so treacherous that the Royal Canadian Mounted Police allowed only men to run them in boats. Women and children had to walk around the rapids.In this 1905 photo, taken at the Yukon River, three men…
ID Number:1983.10.13100
Date:1905
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A prospector, Nome, Alaska, circa 1905
The mining in the Alaska gold rush was mainly surface mining. The gold had been washed away from its original location and had collected in river gravel and beach sand. Miners took a sample of sand or gravel, washed it in a pan to separate out any gold, and staked a claim if it looked like there might be more…
ID Number:1983.10.13102
Date:Circa 1905
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Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904
In 1898, gold was found near Nome, Alaska, setting off a new stampede of fortune hunters. For the next decade or more, crowds of men, women, and children washed gravel and sand through rockers and other equipment, trying to find gold. Rockers were easily built and simple to operate. About $50 million in gold was removed from the Nome area…
ID Number:1983.10.13104
Date:1904
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Native Alaskan women and children, 1905
In the early years of the 20th century, Frank H. Nowell, a Seattle photographer, spent several years in the area around Nome, Alaska. He took many photographs of the region and its native inhabitants and sold the photos to tourists and residents alike.In this photo, taken on a summer day in 1905, a group of Alaska Native, likely Inupiat, women…
ID Number:1983.10.13110
Date:1905
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Reindeer, circa 1905
Beginning in 1892, the United States government brought reindeer from Asia and Europe into Alaska as a new food source for the Native Peoples. The idea was to replace hunting with herding. Although the reindeer multiplied until the 1930s, the experiment was not a success. The imported reindeer had to be fenced, fed, and protected from predators. It made more…
ID Number:1983.10.13121
Date:Circa 1905