[Scenes of the Klondike Gold Rush, building of the White Pass and Yukon route, and Indigenous peoples, volume 1]

Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection

[Scenes of the Klondike Gold Rush, building of the White Pass and Yukon route, and Indigenous peoples, volume 1] Barley, H. C. (Harrie C.), -1909

Description

Album one of two. From 1898 to 1900, Harry C. Barley worked as the company photographer for the White Pass and Yukon Route, a 177-kilometres narrow gauge railway from Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon. The railroad replaced the dangerous White Pass Trail taken by prospectors arriving in Skagway. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Barley moved to Skagway, where he set up a photography studio and gained a reputation as a daring outdoor photographer.

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Title	[Scenes of the Klondike Gold Rush, building of the White Pass and Yukon route, and Indigenous peoples, volume 1]
Creator	Barley, H. C. (Harrie C.), -1909
Date Created	[not before 1897]
Description	Album one of two. From 1898 to 1900, Harry C. Barley worked as the company photographer for the White Pass and Yukon Route, a 177-kilometres narrow gauge railway from Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon. The railroad replaced the dangerous White Pass Trail taken by prospectors arriving in Skagway. Originally from Denver, Colorado, Barley moved to Skagway, where he set up a photography studio and gained a reputation as a daring outdoor photographer.
Extent	1 album (98 photographs : black and white ; 24 x 19 cm and smaller)
Subject	Railroads; Steamboats; Gold rushes; Landscapes (Representations)
Geographic Location	Skagway (Alaska); White Pass (B.C.)
Person Or Corporation	White Pass and Yukon Route Railway
Genre	Photographs
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Language	English
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Identifier	RBSC-ARC-1820-AB-07-03-01; RBSC_ARC_1820_AB_07_03_01; RBSC-ARC-1820
Collection	Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection
Source	Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush collection. RBSC-ARC-1820-AB-07-03
Date Available	2024-07-04; 2024-07-03T23:04:27Z
Provider	Vancouver: University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca
Catalogue Record	https://rbscarchives.library.ubc.ca/phil-lind-klondike-gold-rush-collection
DOI	10.14288/1.0446551
Aggregated Source Repository	DSPACE7
DigitalResourceOriginalRecord	https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/plind/items/1.0446551/source.json

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Images provided for research and reference use only. Permission to publish, copy, or otherwise use these images must be obtained from Rare Books and Special Collections: http://rbsc.library.ubc.ca

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