Tent city at Lake Bennett, ca. 1898
By the time the ice broke at the end of May 1898, an estimated 10,000 people were camped on the shore of Lake Bennett, another 10,000 were camped at nearby Lake Lindeman, and 20,000 were enroute from Dyea and Skagway. At the lakeshore, they built boats and scows to take them down the Yukon River. Th...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7198 2023-05-15T18:19:55+02:00 Tent city at Lake Bennett, ca. 1898 Unknown Bennett (Yukon); Bennett, Lake (Yukon) 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/7198 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs3834 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7198 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Camps Gold rushes Tents image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:17Z By the time the ice broke at the end of May 1898, an estimated 10,000 people were camped on the shore of Lake Bennett, another 10,000 were camped at nearby Lake Lindeman, and 20,000 were enroute from Dyea and Skagway. At the lakeshore, they built boats and scows to take them down the Yukon River. This 1898 photo of the tent city at Lake Bennett (also called Bennett Lake) was taken after the ice had melted. Rows of boats line the shore in preparation for the trip downriver. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 12 x 17 cm. Other/Unknown Material Skagway Yukon river Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Yukon Lindeman ENVELOPE(-135.087,-135.087,59.783,59.783) |
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By the time the ice broke at the end of May 1898, an estimated 10,000 people were camped on the shore of Lake Bennett, another 10,000 were camped at nearby Lake Lindeman, and 20,000 were enroute from Dyea and Skagway. At the lakeshore, they built boats and scows to take them down the Yukon River. This 1898 photo of the tent city at Lake Bennett (also called Bennett Lake) was taken after the ice had melted. Rows of boats line the shore in preparation for the trip downriver. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 12 x 17 cm. |
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Tent city at Lake Bennett, ca. 1898 |
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Tent city at Lake Bennett, ca. 1898 |
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Tent city at Lake Bennett, ca. 1898 |
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Tent city at Lake Bennett, ca. 1898 |
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Tent city at Lake Bennett, ca. 1898 |
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tent city at lake bennett, ca. 1898 |
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Bennett (Yukon); Bennett, Lake (Yukon) |
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ENVELOPE(-135.087,-135.087,59.783,59.783) |
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Yukon Lindeman |
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Yukon Lindeman |
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Skagway Yukon river Yukon |
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Skagway Yukon river 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 shs3834 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7198 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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