Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska.

This is a self photograph of Jim with his camera in Alaska snow scene. Jim went to the Yukon, then to Alaska in 1897. After trying his hand at gold panning, he worked supplying meat and firewood to the mining camps. In 1906 his cabin burned, including all of his photographs and equipment. Then he we...

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Main Author: Geoghegan, James T., 1869-1953
Format: Still Image
Language:English
Published: Washington State Library
Subjects:
Mountaineering; Snowshoes & snowshoeing; Landscape & Nature;
Yukon
Alaska
Online Access:http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org:2012/u?/orcas,4656
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spelling ftwashingtonrh:oai:www.washingtonruralheritage.org:orcas/4656 2023-05-15T18:48:04+02:00 Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska. Geoghegan, James T., 1869-1953 United States -- Alaska; 1900s (1900-1909); 1910s (1910-1919) image/jpeg http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org:2012/u?/orcas,4656 eng; eng Washington State Library Washington Rural Heritage Orcas Island Heritage -- James T. Geoghegan Collection; The materials in this collection are available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Rights may be reserved; responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, or reproduce rests with the user. For additional information, please contact the Orcas Island Historical Museum. Unpublished Orcas Island Historical Museum; holding institution: Orcas Island Historical Museum; extent and medium: 1 photographic print; dimensions: 3 x 2.25 in.; other physical details: b&w Mountaineering; Snowshoes & snowshoeing; Landscape & Nature; Still Image; ftwashingtonrh 2017-01-22T16:37:18Z This is a self photograph of Jim with his camera in Alaska snow scene. Jim went to the Yukon, then to Alaska in 1897. After trying his hand at gold panning, he worked supplying meat and firewood to the mining camps. In 1906 his cabin burned, including all of his photographs and equipment. Then he went into the road house business. Consequently all of his Alaska photographs date between 1906 and 1913 when he left Alaska and returned with his oldest brother, Richard, to Orcas. Still Image Alaska Yukon Washington Rural Heritage (Washington State Library) Yukon
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topic Mountaineering; Snowshoes & snowshoeing; Landscape & Nature;
spellingShingle Mountaineering; Snowshoes & snowshoeing; Landscape & Nature;
Geoghegan, James T., 1869-1953
Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska.
topic_facet Mountaineering; Snowshoes & snowshoeing; Landscape & Nature;
description This is a self photograph of Jim with his camera in Alaska snow scene. Jim went to the Yukon, then to Alaska in 1897. After trying his hand at gold panning, he worked supplying meat and firewood to the mining camps. In 1906 his cabin burned, including all of his photographs and equipment. Then he went into the road house business. Consequently all of his Alaska photographs date between 1906 and 1913 when he left Alaska and returned with his oldest brother, Richard, to Orcas.
format Still Image
author Geoghegan, James T., 1869-1953
author_facet Geoghegan, James T., 1869-1953
author_sort Geoghegan, James T., 1869-1953
title Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska.
title_short Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska.
title_full Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska.
title_fullStr Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska.
title_full_unstemmed Jim Geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in Alaska.
title_sort jim geoghegan, the photographer and adventurer in alaska.
publisher Washington State Library
url http://www.washingtonruralheritage.org:2012/u?/orcas,4656
op_coverage United States -- Alaska; 1900s (1900-1909); 1910s (1910-1919)
geographic Yukon
geographic_facet Yukon
genre Alaska
Yukon
genre_facet Alaska
Yukon
op_source Unpublished
Orcas Island Historical Museum; holding institution: Orcas Island Historical Museum; extent and medium: 1 photographic print; dimensions: 3 x 2.25 in.; other physical details: b&w
op_relation Washington Rural Heritage
Orcas Island Heritage -- James T. Geoghegan Collection;
op_rights The materials in this collection are available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Rights may be reserved; responsibility for securing permissions to distribute, publish, or reproduce rests with the user. For additional information, please contact the Orcas Island Historical Museum.
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