Title taken from caption. "11555 -- (6) Judging from his suit and hood of fur and his team of dogs, we might mistake the boy in this picture for an Esquimau.
In 1898, at the time of the great rush for gold, he was the only white boy on...
Title taken from caption. "9195 -- (28) The difficulty of crossing lofty mountain ranges gives great importance to notches or passes in their tops through which travel and traffic may go with less effort than over their crests. The heavy snows...
This stereograph depicts miners climbing the section of trail over Chilkoot Pass that was known as the "golden staircase," where steps had been carved out of snow and ice to aid the climbers over the top of the pass. Behind the line of climbers in...
This stereograph (or stereoview) depicts miners carrying equipment climbing up the trail over the section of Chilkoot Pass that was known as the "golden staircase," where steps had been carved out of the snow and ice. Behind the climbers is the...
This stereograph depicts three miners and packers climbing the "golden staircase" to the top of Chilkoot Pass during the gold rush, circa 1898. Two men sit on the snow beside the climbers with a dog. One of the climbers gas a sled strapped to his...
Title taken from caption. "9299 -- (39) Here we see the miners digging loose the bank and shoveling the dirt into the stream. Sometimes blasting is used to loosen the bank. The stream carries the soil with the gold which is in it to a sluice...
Title taken from caption. "11539 -- (41) In thinly-populated Alaska, the native villages are to be found along the streams. This is readily accounted for by the fact that the water affords the Indian natives almost their only source of...
This stereograph (or stereoview) depicts gold miners with packs and sleds at Sheep Camp on the Dyea Trail at Chilkoot Pass. The title is printed on the front of the stereograph as "9192--Gold Miners and Pickers on Dyea Trail, Alaska." The photo...
Title taken from back of stereograph. "The story of Peary's attempts to discover the North Pole is a tale of heroism. For twenty years he struggled before he finally succeeded. He made his first trip to Greenland in 1886 when he was a young...
Title taken from stereograph. "343-13329 -- Eskimo Girls and part of Crew of Steamship Eric at Uper-Navik, northernmost Danish trading post, Greenland"
"Upernavik is the northernmost Danish trading post in Greenland. Greenland, as you...
Title taken from stereograph. "246-(11530) -- Arctic City is near the Arctic Circle on a branch of the Yukon River. You would know by everything in this view that you are in a cold climate. In the background are the snow-covered mountains with...
Title taken from caption. "9201 -- This stereograph shows the kind of dress worn by men and women in Alaska during the summer. During the winter they adopt the dress of the natives. This consists of high boots made of seal or walrus skin,...
Title taken from Stereograph. "244-11518 -- This view shows a group of natives on the banks of the Yukon. The Yukon flows through the central part of Alaska for a distance of about 1,200 miles. Fish are an important food production in Alaska....
Title taken from caption. 9200 --Gold Miners and their Dog Teams, Dyea Trail, Alaska A view of prospectors and their dog teams at a camp site. Numerous tents are set up along the steep path ahead. The inscription "S. A. Crisp" is visible...
Title taken from caption. "9192 -- Gold miners and pickers on Dyea trail, Alaska.
"This view is made in the heart of Sheep Camp, where the miners, en route to the gold fields, halt for the purpose of dividing their freight into small...
Title taken from caption. "11517 -- [18] Sledding over the ice of an Alaskan river on long journeys is an undertaking both tedious and perilous. Storms and biting frosts entail great discomfort as well as threaten life. During pleasant...