[Various views of Yukon; Alaska; Victoria, B.C.; portraits of Indigenous peoples, miners, children]

Phil Lind Klondike Gold Rush Collection

[Various views of Yukon; Alaska; Victoria, B.C.; portraits of Indigenous peoples, miners, children] Ward, James

Description

This album was created by James Ward, a partner in Ward, Hough and Company, a provisioning store in Dawson that operated from May to July 1900. Ward and English miner Joseph Hough, along with others, travelled throughout the Klondike in search of gold. The album’s candid and intimate photographs capture their journey, especially their interest in Reindeer Creek. The photographs also document Ward’s stopover in Victoria, BC, along with his return to his family in the village of Rye, New York.

Item Metadata

Title	[Various views of Yukon; Alaska; Victoria, B.C.; portraits of Indigenous peoples, miners, children]
Creator	Ward, James
Date Created	[between 1899 and 1900]
Description	This album was created by James Ward, a partner in Ward, Hough and Company, a provisioning store in Dawson that operated from May to July 1900. Ward and English miner Joseph Hough, along with others, travelled throughout the Klondike in search of gold. The album’s candid and intimate photographs capture their journey, especially their interest in Reindeer Creek. The photographs also document Ward’s stopover in Victoria, BC, along with his return to his family in the village of Rye, New York.
Extent	1 album (148 photographs : black and white ; 8 x 8 cm)
Subject	Gold rushes; Steamboats; Log cabins; Bears; Miners
Geographic Location	Dawson (Yukon); Reindeer Creek (Yukon); Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska)
Person Or Corporation	Ward, Hough and Company
Genre	Photographs
Type	Still Image
File Format	image/jpeg
Language	English
Identifier	RBSC-ARC-1820-AB-19-02; RBSC_ARC_1820_AB_19_02; 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-19-02
Date Available	2024-07-04; 2024-07-03T23:08:30Z
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	10.14288/1.0446548
Aggregated Source Repository	DSPACE7
DigitalResourceOriginalRecord	https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/plind/items/1.0446548/source.json

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1.0446548-[Front cover] --

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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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