[Various scenes of Yukon; Nome, Alaska; and the San Francisco Fire]

Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection

[Various scenes of Yukon; Nome, Alaska; and the San Francisco Fire] [unknown]

Description

While the creator of this handmade album is unknown, the contents provide a personal perspective on a traveller’s journey through Alaska and Yukon in 1903. Travelling aboard ocean-going ships, the White Pass Railway, and various riverboats, the traveller took snapshots along the way and wrote descriptive captions for them. The photographs form a valuable visual record of the many settlements that were built during the late 19th- and early 20th-century gold rushes in Alaska and Yukon, including Sitka, Fort Seward, Skagway, Dawson, Circle City, Fort Yukon, Anvik, Nome, and Unalaska. The album ends with photographs of the San Francisco fire of 1906.

Item Metadata

Title	[Various scenes of Yukon; Nome, Alaska; and the San Francisco Fire]
Creator	[unknown]
Date Created	[1903-1906]
Description	While the creator of this handmade album is unknown, the contents provide a personal perspective on a traveller’s journey through Alaska and Yukon in 1903. Travelling aboard ocean-going ships, the White Pass Railway, and various riverboats, the traveller took snapshots along the way and wrote descriptive captions for them. The photographs form a valuable visual record of the many settlements that were built during the late 19th- and early 20th-century gold rushes in Alaska and Yukon, including Sitka, Fort Seward, Skagway, Dawson, Circle City, Fort Yukon, Anvik, Nome, and Unalaska. The album ends with photographs of the San Francisco fire of 1906.
Extent	1 album (72 photographs : black and white ; 10 x 13 cm and smaller)
Subject	Mountains; Indigenous peoples; Landscapes (Representations); Gold rushes
Geographic Location	Sitka (Alaska); Nome (Alaska); Saint Michael (Alaska); Unalaska (Alaska); San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre	Photographs
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Language	English
Notes	Please note: objects’ original titles were kept for historical accuracy and contain outdated and racist language. Some content in this item has been redacted or deleted to the extent necessary based on Open Collections user advisory. UBC Library is committed to ongoing assessment and revision of our approaches to materials to align with evolving anti-racism, decolonization and equity practices.
Identifier	RBSC-ARC-1820-AB-19-01; RBSC_ARC_1820_AB_19_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-19-01
Date Available	2024-07-04; 2024-07-03T23:08:12Z
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	10.14288/1.0446553
Aggregated Source Repository	DSPACE7
DigitalResourceOriginalRecord	https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/plind/items/1.0446553/source.json

Item Media

1.0446553-[Front cover] --

Item Citations and Data

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

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