View of Klondike City, ca. 1898
On July 8, 1897, an unidentified Dawson woman was quoted in the Seattle Times. She said, "There is a new mining district just discovered, fifty miles up the Yukon from here. It is turning out to be a great thing. There are over 600 claims already staked and a new town started up called Klondike...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7346 2023-05-15T16:00:21+02:00 View of Klondike City, ca. 1898 Kennett Klondike City (Yukon); Klondike River Region (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/7346 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs9537 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7346 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Cities & towns Gold rushes Rivers image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:21Z On July 8, 1897, an unidentified Dawson woman was quoted in the Seattle Times. She said, "There is a new mining district just discovered, fifty miles up the Yukon from here. It is turning out to be a great thing. There are over 600 claims already staked and a new town started up called Klondike." This photo shows the town of Klondike, also called Klondike City, in 1898. Small houses line the shore. The large building with the smokestack (right center) appears to be a sawmill. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 15 x 20 cm. Other/Unknown Material Dawson Yukon University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Klondike River ENVELOPE(-139.442,-139.442,64.054,64.054) Yukon |
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Cities & towns Gold rushes Rivers Kennett View of Klondike City, ca. 1898 |
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On July 8, 1897, an unidentified Dawson woman was quoted in the Seattle Times. She said, "There is a new mining district just discovered, fifty miles up the Yukon from here. It is turning out to be a great thing. There are over 600 claims already staked and a new town started up called Klondike." This photo shows the town of Klondike, also called Klondike City, in 1898. Small houses line the shore. The large building with the smokestack (right center) appears to be a sawmill. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 15 x 20 cm. |
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Kennett |
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Kennett |
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Kennett |
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View of Klondike City, ca. 1898 |
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View of Klondike City, ca. 1898 |
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View of Klondike City, ca. 1898 |
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View of Klondike City, ca. 1898 |
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View of Klondike City, ca. 1898 |
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view of klondike city, ca. 1898 |
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Klondike City (Yukon); Klondike River Region (Yukon) |
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ENVELOPE(-139.442,-139.442,64.054,64.054) |
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Klondike River Yukon |
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Klondike River Yukon |
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Dawson Yukon |
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Dawson 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 shs9537 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7346 |
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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