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English: Klondikers with gear gathered at The Scales waiting to ascend Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, probably 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
George G. Cantwell  (fl. 1910)  wikidata:Q62641868
 
Alternative names
G. G. Cantwell
Description American photographer
Location of birth Puyallup
Work period 1910 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q62641868
Title
English: Klondikers with gear gathered at The Scales waiting to ascend Chilkoot Pass, Alaska, probably 1898
Description
English:

PH Coll 298.7

The Chilkoot trail rose 900 feet to the base of the Chilkoot Pass to an area called the Scales. This was a rough rock-strewn area so named because it was the last place where travelers could have their packs reweighed, and adjustments could be made to their payments. The Scales was also used as a place where travelers could store their provisions and supplies while going to lower levels to get the remainder, before continuing on their journey up the Pass.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Camps--Chilkoot Pass;; Tents--Chilkoot Pass; ; Trails & paths--Alaska; ; Passes (Landforms)--Alaska
  • Subjects (LCSH): Chilkoot Pass;; Mountain passes--Alaska; ; Freight and freightage--Chilkoot Pass
Depicted place Chilkoot Trail
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
8025
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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