Jakob Sjolseth and Peter Kolloen at the bar inside the Jo Jo Hotel, Dawson, Yukon Territory, 1898

• Main Author: Wolfe, Frank E.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Interiors > Yukon > Dawson; Bars (Furniture) > Yukon > Dawson; Hotels > Yukon > Dawson; Sjolseth; Jakob; Kolloen; Peter; Norwegian Americans; Jo Jo Hotel (Dawson; Yukon); Canada; Gold Run; Gold Run Creek; Inga; Yukon; Dawson; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2299

Caption on image: Jo Jo Hotel Interior. Wolfe Photo. Dawson Y.T. Handwritten on verso: 1898. On right: Jakob Sjolseth. Brother of Inga Kolloen. On left: Peter Kolloen. Brother of Hans Kolloen. PH Coll 731.9 Henry and Inga Sojolseth Kolloen were Norwegian Americans who left Seattle in 1898 to seek gold in Alaska during the Gold Rush. The couple traveled separately to the Yukon Territory, where they were unsuccessful in finding gold. The couple then apparently settled down to run the Jo Jo Hotel located on Gold Run Creek in Dawson. Frank E. Wolfe owned and operated Wolfe Photo studio in Yukon Territory, Dawson from the late 1890s to around 1920. Wolfe Photo studio was one of the major photographers of the Yukon area gold rush.