Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.

By the end of July 1898, over 40,000 gold seekers had poured into Dawson, Yukon Territory. Some of the city's busines was conducted in tents or in the open air. In this photo, taken around 1898 by Asahel Curtis, customers are buying pies, loaves of bread, and cans of corned beef and sausage at...

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Main Author: Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941.
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/6911 2023-05-15T16:00:19+02:00 Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898. Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941. Dawson (Yukon) Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6911 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs11391 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6911 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Gold rushes Grocery stores Shopping image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:11Z By the end of July 1898, over 40,000 gold seekers had poured into Dawson, Yukon Territory. Some of the city's busines was conducted in tents or in the open air. In this photo, taken around 1898 by Asahel Curtis, customers are buying pies, loaves of bread, and cans of corned beef and sausage at an open air grocery store. The storekeeper is weighing the gold used to buy the goods. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 12 x 16 cm. Other/Unknown Material Dawson Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon
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topic Gold rushes
Grocery stores
Shopping
spellingShingle Gold rushes
Grocery stores
Shopping
Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941.
Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.
topic_facet Gold rushes
Grocery stores
Shopping
description By the end of July 1898, over 40,000 gold seekers had poured into Dawson, Yukon Territory. Some of the city's busines was conducted in tents or in the open air. In this photo, taken around 1898 by Asahel Curtis, customers are buying pies, loaves of bread, and cans of corned beef and sausage at an open air grocery store. The storekeeper is weighing the gold used to buy the goods. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w; 12 x 16 cm.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941.
author_facet Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941.
author_sort Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941.
title Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.
title_short Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.
title_full Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.
title_fullStr Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.
title_full_unstemmed Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.
title_sort open-air grocery store in dawson, c1898.
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6911
op_coverage Dawson (Yukon)
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op_source Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Seattle Historical Society Collection
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shs11391
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op_rights Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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