Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899
By 1899, the port of Skagway had several large piers and a railroad line to Canada. This helped make Skagway, rather than Dyea, the main port of entry to the Yukon gold fields. This photo, probably taken around 1899, shows the rail wharves at Skagway. Freight and passengers could be unloaded here an...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7002 2023-05-15T18:19:49+02:00 Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899 Callarman, F.A. Skagway (Alaska) Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, 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/7002 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs14114 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7002 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Gold rushes Harbors Piers & wharves Railroad tracks White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm) image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:11Z By 1899, the port of Skagway had several large piers and a railroad line to Canada. This helped make Skagway, rather than Dyea, the main port of entry to the Yukon gold fields. This photo, probably taken around 1899, shows the rail wharves at Skagway. Freight and passengers could be unloaded here and loaded directly onto railroad cars for the trip through White Pass. Original title: Skagway, Alaska 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w; 17 x 24 cm. Other/Unknown Material Skagway Alaska Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Canada White Pass ENVELOPE(-135.143,-135.143,59.613,59.613) |
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Gold rushes Harbors Piers & wharves Railroad tracks White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm) |
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Gold rushes Harbors Piers & wharves Railroad tracks White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm) Callarman, F.A. Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899 |
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Gold rushes Harbors Piers & wharves Railroad tracks White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm) |
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By 1899, the port of Skagway had several large piers and a railroad line to Canada. This helped make Skagway, rather than Dyea, the main port of entry to the Yukon gold fields. This photo, probably taken around 1899, shows the rail wharves at Skagway. Freight and passengers could be unloaded here and loaded directly onto railroad cars for the trip through White Pass. Original title: Skagway, Alaska 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w; 17 x 24 cm. |
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Callarman, F.A. |
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Callarman, F.A. |
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Callarman, F.A. |
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Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899 |
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Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899 |
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Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899 |
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Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899 |
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Rail wharves at Skagway, Alaska, ca. 1899 |
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rail wharves at skagway, alaska, ca. 1899 |
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Skagway (Alaska) |
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ENVELOPE(-135.143,-135.143,59.613,59.613) |
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Yukon Canada White Pass |
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Yukon Canada White Pass |
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Skagway Alaska Yukon |
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Skagway Alaska Yukon |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs14114 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7002 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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