Weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, ca. 1900
During the Klondike and Nome gold rushes, gold dust and nuggets could be used to pay for almost anything: food, a hotel room, pack horses, a bottle of liquor, and many other business transactions. This photo shows two men weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, probably so that the one on the left can hav...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/6934 2023-05-15T17:24:00+02:00 Weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, ca. 1900 Unknown Alaska; Yukon Territory Scanned from copy negative 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/6934 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs15038 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/6934 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Gold miners Gold rushes Hotels Interiors Scales Women photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:11Z During the Klondike and Nome gold rushes, gold dust and nuggets could be used to pay for almost anything: food, a hotel room, pack horses, a bottle of liquor, and many other business transactions. This photo shows two men weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, probably so that the one on the left can have a room for the night. An aproned woman, who may work at the hotel, stands to the right. The Jo Jo Hotel operated at an unidentified location in Alaska or the Yukon Territory. Original photograph: between 1897 and 1906. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry. 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 35 mm Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon |
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During the Klondike and Nome gold rushes, gold dust and nuggets could be used to pay for almost anything: food, a hotel room, pack horses, a bottle of liquor, and many other business transactions. This photo shows two men weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, probably so that the one on the left can have a room for the night. An aproned woman, who may work at the hotel, stands to the right. The Jo Jo Hotel operated at an unidentified location in Alaska or the Yukon Territory. Original photograph: between 1897 and 1906. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry. 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 35 mm |
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Weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, ca. 1900 |
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Weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, ca. 1900 |
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Weighing gold at the Jo Jo Hotel, ca. 1900 |
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