Title from verso; full verso: “Nome, Alaska, winter 1900-1901; Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Garrett, and Mrs. Mercer”
Studio portrait of three women, seated, wearing fur parkas and mukluks
Title from verso; full verso: “Nome, Alaska, winter 1900-1901; Mrs. Dickey, Mrs. Garrett, and Mrs. Mercer”
Full-length, studio portrait of three women, wearing fur parkas and mukluks
Title from verso notes; full verso: “A particularly handsome and valuable dog team, [photograph] taken on the shore of the Bering Sea; this dog team belonged to the Alaska Commercial Co. at St. Michael, Alaska, [and] was brought to Nome, Alaska,...
Title from verso notes; full verso: “In the background, the United States Court House in Nome, Alaska, 1900; court room and officers on ground floor; U.S. Judge and U.S. Marshal living quarters above; this is a rear view, showing primitive cold...
Title taken from front. View of barge being pulled out to sea, with people standing aboard. 1900-1901. Photographer: W. C. Fitchie. Original photograph size: 4 3/4" x 6 1/2".
Title from front. View of food caches on the Klondike River in Yukon Territory. From verso: "Cache in which food was kept away from wolves, dogs &c." ca. 1900-1901. Photographer: probably George Gordon Cantwell.
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
View of village of Karluk, Alaska, with waterfront in background. From front: "Russian church and grave yard. Native huts & Gov'mt school house on hill. Karluk, Alaska." 1900-1901. Photographer: W. C. Fitchie. Original photograph size: 4 3/4" x 6...
Title taken from front. Winter view of two log cabins on the banks of the Klondike River in the Yukon Territory. ca. 1900-1901. Photographer: probably George Gordon Cantwell.
Transcript of diary kept by Myrtle Ryan (later Bunger) in 1900 that describes her journey to and life in Dawson in the Yukon Territory and Nome, Alaska. Myrtle recounts how she traveled from Los Angeles, California to Skagway by boat in January...
Title taken from front. View of log cabins and food caches on the banks of the Klondike River in Yukon Territory. Four wooden boats are visible in the foreground. ca. 1900-1901. Photographer: probably George Gordon Cantwell.
Winter view of a man fishing in the Klondike River in Yukon Territory, with boats visible along shore in the background. From verso: "I wonder if he did catch a fish! Probably." ca. 1900-1901. Photographer: possibly George Gordon Cantwell.
View of the remains of the boat "Skookum," which wrecked on the shore of Nome, Alaska in 1900. Men with a cart and a dog team, and a boat are visible on the beach in the foreground. More boats and people are visible in the background, and buildings...