Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898
1898 James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) founded Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers, and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos, and organs. Later they expanded into selli...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/14749 2023-05-15T17:24:00+02:00 Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898 United States--Alaska United States--Washington (State)--Seattle Scanned from original item using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, resized to 1000 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CC, JPEG quality measurement 5. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14749 unknown Lowman & Hanford Co. Museum of History & Industry Collection 2019.3.58 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14749 http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, [image number] Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Gold mining--Alaska--Nome Gold rushes Maps ephemera; image; text Stillimage ftuwashingtonlib 2019-10-26T22:59:19Z 1898 James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) founded Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers, and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos, and organs. Later they expanded into selling photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the gold fields. The company existed in one form or another until the 1960s. This Lowman & Hanford map of Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territories highlights the recent discoveries of gold, with inset maps for the Klondike Mining District and the area near Skagway (spelled "Skaguay"). The map was drawn by Richard H. Stretch (1837-1926), a well-known civil and mining engineer who helped plat West Seattle, was active in the Alaska Bureau for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and designed the route for the White Pass and Yukon Railway. The map has a hand drawn route marking an arrival in Dutch Harbor on June 9, 1898, and moving on to Selawik Lake and up and down the Kobuk (marked as "Kowak") River until the end of August. The journey ends with a note about staying in one location from late August, 1898 through March 21, 1899. Text on map: Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories and British Columbia, showing all the recent gold discoveries, compiled from the latest official sources, published by Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Co., Seattle, Wash., 1898, Compiled and Drawn by R.H. Stretch, Mining and Consulting Engineer Caption information source: "Capt. R. H. Stretch," Seattle Times, March 23, 1926. 1 map: color; 35.25 x 24 in. Still Image Nome Northwest Territories Skagway Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Lowman ENVELOPE(160.050,160.050,-70.650,-70.650) Northwest Territories White Pass ENVELOPE(-135.143,-135.143,59.613,59.613) Yukon |
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Gold mining--Alaska--Nome Gold rushes Maps Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898 |
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Gold mining--Alaska--Nome Gold rushes Maps |
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1898 James D. Lowman (1856-1947) and Clarence Hanford (1857-1920) founded Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Company in 1882. The firm advertised as booksellers, stationers, printers, and binders but also sold typewriters, sewing machines, pianos, and organs. Later they expanded into selling photographic equipment and other supplies to people leaving for the gold fields. The company existed in one form or another until the 1960s. This Lowman & Hanford map of Alaska, British Columbia, and the Yukon Territories highlights the recent discoveries of gold, with inset maps for the Klondike Mining District and the area near Skagway (spelled "Skaguay"). The map was drawn by Richard H. Stretch (1837-1926), a well-known civil and mining engineer who helped plat West Seattle, was active in the Alaska Bureau for the Seattle Chamber of Commerce, and designed the route for the White Pass and Yukon Railway. The map has a hand drawn route marking an arrival in Dutch Harbor on June 9, 1898, and moving on to Selawik Lake and up and down the Kobuk (marked as "Kowak") River until the end of August. The journey ends with a note about staying in one location from late August, 1898 through March 21, 1899. Text on map: Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories and British Columbia, showing all the recent gold discoveries, compiled from the latest official sources, published by Lowman & Hanford Stationery and Printing Co., Seattle, Wash., 1898, Compiled and Drawn by R.H. Stretch, Mining and Consulting Engineer Caption information source: "Capt. R. H. Stretch," Seattle Times, March 23, 1926. 1 map: color; 35.25 x 24 in. |
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Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898 |
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Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898 |
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Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898 |
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Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898 |
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Map of Alaska, Northwest Territories, and British Columbia Showing all the Recent Gold Discoveries, 1898 |
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map of alaska, northwest territories, and british columbia showing all the recent gold discoveries, 1898 |
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Lowman & Hanford Co. |
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http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14749 |
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United States--Alaska United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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ENVELOPE(160.050,160.050,-70.650,-70.650) ENVELOPE(-135.143,-135.143,59.613,59.613) |
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Lowman Northwest Territories White Pass Yukon |
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Lowman Northwest Territories White Pass Yukon |
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Nome Northwest Territories Skagway Alaska Yukon |
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Nome Northwest Territories Skagway Alaska Yukon |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
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Museum of History & Industry Collection 2019.3.58 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/14749 |
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http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en MOHAI, [image number] |
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