Unloading freight at Skagway, 1898
Gold seekers heading to the Klondike gold fields via the Inland Passage could land at Skagway or Dyea. At first, ships had to anchor offshore and unload their passengers and freight onto barges which carried them ashore. There was usually an extra charge for this. This 1898 photo of the tidal flats...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7035 2023-05-15T18:19:51+02:00 Unloading freight at Skagway, 1898 Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941 Skagway (Alaska) Scanned from original 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/7035 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs16696 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7035 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Carts & wagons Gold rushes Horse teams Prospecting equipment & supplies Waterfronts photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:17Z Gold seekers heading to the Klondike gold fields via the Inland Passage could land at Skagway or Dyea. At first, ships had to anchor offshore and unload their passengers and freight onto barges which carried them ashore. There was usually an extra charge for this. This 1898 photo of the tidal flats at Skagway shows freight being unloaded from a barge. Horses and wagons stand by to carry freight and passengers into Skagway (out of sight to the left). The wooden pilings in the background will support the port's new piers. Original photograph: Curtis, Asahel, 1898. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry. 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 2.5 x 3 in. Other/Unknown Material Skagway Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections |
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Gold seekers heading to the Klondike gold fields via the Inland Passage could land at Skagway or Dyea. At first, ships had to anchor offshore and unload their passengers and freight onto barges which carried them ashore. There was usually an extra charge for this. This 1898 photo of the tidal flats at Skagway shows freight being unloaded from a barge. Horses and wagons stand by to carry freight and passengers into Skagway (out of sight to the left). The wooden pilings in the background will support the port's new piers. Original photograph: Curtis, Asahel, 1898. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry. 1 negative: safety film, b&w; 2.5 x 3 in. |
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Unloading freight at Skagway, 1898 |
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Unloading freight at Skagway, 1898 |
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Skagway (Alaska) |
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Skagway Alaska |
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Skagway Alaska |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection |
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Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs16696 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7035 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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