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This collection contains b & w images, ca. 1897-1902, of Dawson and the gold fields, mining operations, life and events in Dawson, and other settlements in the Yukon Territory. Many of the photographs were taken by H.J. Goetzman. Some of the images indicate they were gifts of R.N. DeArmond

Collection includes images primarily of the gold rush era, including views of Bennett (NWT), Chilkoot Trail, the Scales, Chitina, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Skagway, Seward and the White Pass & Yukon Route in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. A first edition of Hegg's photographic book, "Souvenir of Nome Alaska, Illustrations by E.A. Hegg, Seattle, Washington," c. 1900, is included in the collection

Views of the Klondike Gold Rush, Chilkoot Pass, the Yukon River, Five Finger Rapids, Dawson City and Skagway, men and women of the gold rush era. Includes photo of Joe Juneau's restaurant in Dawson. Collection also includes a typewritten Robert Service poem, maps. Other photographers represented in the collection include E.A. Hegg and Joseph E.N. Duclos

Enhanced views of early Alaska used for postcards and other commercial purposes. The Albertype Company in Brooklyn, N.Y., originally printed the 8 x 10 inch sheet of photographs in which 3 or more views were arranged together then included in publications. A variety of Alaskan subjects are depicted including communities, sled dogs, glaciers, mining, Alaska Native arts, artists, boats and housing, vegetables and flowers, wildlife, fishing, hunting, and railroads including the Copper River and Northwestern Railway and the White Pass and Yukon Route. Publishers and photographers represented in the collection include: Landahl's Emporium (Dawson) and Albertype Company (Brooklyn, NY), Winter & Pond, P.E. Kern, E.A. Hegg and P.S. Hunt

These black and white, predominantly studio-mounted photographs from Larss and Duclos, E.O. Ellingsen, show John MacKinnon and his collegues, the Bank of British North America, and scenes around Dawson and the Yukon

The album is mainly a documentation of Rawson's life in Alaska, the Yukon, Washington, D.C. and around Lake Michigan. Places photographed include: Yukon River, Nulato, Nome, Koyukuk, St. Michaels, Chilkoot Pass, Circle City, Weare and Dawson. There is also a photograph of the U.S. Capitol. The Alaska/Yukon photos were taken ca. 1898-1899

Includes original newspaper and copies of index to personal names and geographic locations prepared by Dawson Museum and Historical Society

Black and white photographs of Northern Alaska and Nome, circa 1905-1910, during the gold rush. The bulk of the images are of Charles L. Kemp and Mrs. A.S. Kemp in Nome at the Kemp store, hunting on the Bering Sea, reindeer and dog sleds, school and social gatherings, and theater productions. The photographs primarily concern life in Nome, Alaska, in 1910, but have some pictures of other places in Alaska. Photographers include: Otto Daniel Goetze, Winter and Pond, Lomen Bros., Dobbs, E.W. Merrill and the Curtis Studio-Seattle

Diary of a Norwegian American describing her trip to and life in the mining town of Dawson

Photographs show Dawson patrols (men in furs) at Fort MacPherson; a Sunday School picnic, a midnight ball game in Fairbanks, a mining camp and other mining scenes, marathon race runners in Fairbanks, Mrs. Willis high diving into the Chena River in Fairbanks, a log cabin church in Juneau, dogs, people, and other scenes