Four photographs of Dawson, Yukon, Canada, and surroundings, circa 1899-1901, rephotographed 1958
Contributor
Bartlett, Adelbert, 1887-1966 (photographer) University of California, Los Angeles. -- Library. -- Dept. of Special Collections (repository) Duclos, J. E. N. (photographer) Larss, P. E. -- (Per Edward) (photographer)
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-139.43828344345093 Upper right: Group gathered outside The Exchange, Dawson. Caption: Mail Carrier Leaving Dawson for Valdez, March 22, 1901. About 45 men posing outside building marked The Exchange, Gold Dust Bought and Sold, with dogsleds and about 8 harnessed dogs in foreground. Upper left: Front Street, Dawson. 2 captions: 1. 70, Front Street, Dawson, Y.T., 99. Larss & Ducl[os] Photo. 2. Front Street, Dawson, Y.T. , July 1899. Wide dirt street with about 10 pedestrians, 3 carts, 1 dog, with wooden buildings at right, banners reading Currency, Gold Dust, Courtney Trader, Yukon Hotel, Klondike Restaurant, Eldorado, with mountains in background. Lower left: Miners at Eldorado Creek. 2 captions: 1. Group of Miners [cut off], Larss & Duclos Photos, Dawson. 2. Group of Miners on No. 1 Eldorado Creek. About 26 miners, most standing, most in hats, jackets, and boots, many with shovels and picks, on hillside with mining equipment in foreground and background, with dog at right. 64.05969041269577 Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Original photographs (upper left and lower left; possibly upper and lower right) by Per Edward Larss and Joseph E.N. Duclos. Text from negative sleeve: Robt W Service, Dawson City, 1898, 1907, Rob Service, Poet Lower right: Eldorado gold mine, Yukon. Caption: No. 17 Eldorado, Looking up French Gulch. Canyon crossed with mining rails, small structures, hills, and dug-out areas.
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