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Dawson City and the Yukon Territory photograph album and ephemera, (bulk 1898-1910)
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Our trip across Alaska and Klondike as far as Dawson City
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Bound photograph album containing 49 black-and-white snapshots documenting a trip by Alfred and Charles O'Meara in May-August 1899 from Skagway, Alaska, into the Yukon Territory, Canada, to their gold mining claim sites at Last Chance Creek, thirty miles from Dawson City. Each image is accompanied by a descriptive handwritten caption chronicling the trip. The images depict landscapes; travel by foot, mule, and canoe; camping; rivers; steamships; town sites; and mining and mining sites. Depicted locations include: the Dyea Trail; Chilkoot Pass; Lindermann Lake; Lake Bennett; Bennett City; Taglish Lake, Marsh Lake, Lake Lebarge; Hootalinqua Station; the Bib Salmon River Police Station; Lewes River; Fort Selkirk; Yukon River; Stewart City; Dawson City; and Last Chance Creek. Some notable photographs include a photograph of the wooden tracks of the tramway at Miles Canyon (No. 25); a boat on White Horse Rapids (No. 30); the wreck of the steamer Domville (No. 37); and the Steamer Golden Star (No. 39).
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Photograph. Dawson, Yukon
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This collection primarily consists of letters from Edwin Nicholas Welter as he worked and traveled throughout Alaska and the Yukon and from Stuart Jackson Welter as he mined for gold in Nevada. Much of their correspondence is addressed to their family, especially to their sister, Gene Welter Beyette and her daughter, Karyn B. Sanders.
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Photograph. Dawson, Yukon
Manuscripts
This collection primarily consists of letters from Edwin Nicholas Welter as he worked and traveled throughout Alaska and the Yukon and from Stuart Jackson Welter as he mined for gold in Nevada. Much of their correspondence is addressed to their family, especially to their sister, Gene Welter Beyette and her daughter, Karyn B. Sanders.
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"Buck" of The Call of the Wild. Owned by the Bond Brothers. Dawson, N.W.T
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Marshall Bond, Oliver H. R. La Farge, Lyman R. Cold, and Stanley Pearce sit with two dogs in front of log cabin in Dawson, Yukon. Dog on left with Marshall Bond is identified as Buck by "This is Buck x" at the top. Signature of Jack London at top of photo.
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George E. Pilz correspondence, (bulk 1882-1898)
Manuscripts
This small group consists of the letters George E. Pilz to James Jerome Smith, who employed Pilz to secure profitable mining claims in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. These letters contain descriptions of Pilz's work as well as descriptions of the conditions under which he lived in Juneau, Alaska and Dawson, Yukon. Additionally there is the prospectus of the Harrisburg Consolidated Mill and Mining Company of Alaska (HM 66217)
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Family photograph album with many portraits of women, (bulk 1902-1910)
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A disbound album with suede covers containing several studio portraits of women and some snapshots of children and family groups, mostly unidentified. The majority of photographs date from the early 1900s, with a few photographs at the back dating to the 1940s or 1950s (two are dated 1954). The unidentified compiler of the album most likely attended Girls' High School, San Francisco, as there are two portraits of women with captions: "Alice Marchebout, Latin teacher, G.H.S. 1902" and one unnamed female "Greek teacher. G.H.S." (Marchebout is listed as a teacher at Girls' High School in the 1900 San Francisco City Directory.) There are two portraits by professional photographers based in San Francisco: William E. Dassonville and George F. Kelly.
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