Group of men waiting for mail in Dawson, Yukon, circa 1898
On verso of image: Waiting for mail in Dawson Filed in Canada--Yukon At the height of the gold rush boom, most of Dawson's population was American-born. For those now living so far from home, getting to the gold fields may have seemed easy compared to getting their mail. Both the Canadian and t...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/522 2023-05-15T16:00:16+02:00 Group of men waiting for mail in Dawson, Yukon, circa 1898 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division Canada--Yukon Territory--Dawson Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/522 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0803 UW12831 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/522 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Canada Photograph Collection. PH Coll 393 Post offices--Yukon--Dawson Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson Group portraits Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:54Z On verso of image: Waiting for mail in Dawson Filed in Canada--Yukon At the height of the gold rush boom, most of Dawson's population was American-born. For those now living so far from home, getting to the gold fields may have seemed easy compared to getting their mail. Both the Canadian and the U.S. government were caught off guard by the speed and volume of the stampede. During the summer, mail could be carried by boat along the Yukon from St. Michael's, Alaska, but winter mail was brought up from Skagway, across the pass and into Dawson by dog sled. First class mail had the best chance of getting through, especially during winter months. Everything else was left for summer steamships. [Source: National Postal Museum web site, http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/almostamericans.htm] Other/Unknown Material Dawson Skagway Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Canada |
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On verso of image: Waiting for mail in Dawson Filed in Canada--Yukon At the height of the gold rush boom, most of Dawson's population was American-born. For those now living so far from home, getting to the gold fields may have seemed easy compared to getting their mail. Both the Canadian and the U.S. government were caught off guard by the speed and volume of the stampede. During the summer, mail could be carried by boat along the Yukon from St. Michael's, Alaska, but winter mail was brought up from Skagway, across the pass and into Dawson by dog sled. First class mail had the best chance of getting through, especially during winter months. Everything else was left for summer steamships. [Source: National Postal Museum web site, http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/almostamericans.htm] |
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Group of men waiting for mail in Dawson, Yukon, circa 1898 |
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Group of men waiting for mail in Dawson, Yukon, circa 1898 |
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Group of men waiting for mail in Dawson, Yukon, circa 1898 |
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