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Collection Name	J. Bernard Moore Family Papers, Album #1
Identifier	UAF-1976-35-33
Title	Interior of bank after attempted robbery
Description	Title from image . Photograph of the damage done to the Canadian Bank of Commerce, Skagway, Alaska after an attempted robbery. Caption reads : "Wreck of the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Skaguay Alaska, bu a man whose name was unknown & unknown there himself, he asked the cashier Mr. Pooley standing at right for $20,000 quick just as the bank was closing at 3 P.M. holding a stick of giant powder in one hand and a pistol in the other, by some mistake the pistol went off to soon and then the giant powder the hold up man was blowed to pieces, but the two bank men & a dog was uninjured. It was 1/2 block away." Photographers No. 759
Creator	Case & Draper
Subject.TGM	Banks Robberies Explosions Interiors Men Crimes
Corporate Name	Canadian Bank of Commerce (Skagway, Alaska)
Location	Skagway (Alaska)
Region	Southeast Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date.original	09/02/1902
Type	Collection Image (Photographs)
Ordering & Use	For information on ordering and using this material: http://library.uaf.edu/order-photos
Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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