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English: Receiving mail at Tagish Post, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Eric A. Hegg  (1867–1947)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Eric A. Hegg
Alternative names
E.A. Hegg; E. A. Hegg
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 18 September 1867 Edit this at Wikidata 1948
Location of birth/death Bollnäs San Diego
Work period 1897 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q5385972
Title
English: Receiving mail at Tagish Post, ca. 1898
Description
English:

Mail from outside was usually the gold seekers' only link with home. It generally took over three months to get an answer to a letter sent to the eastern and central United States. Before 1901, the mail was carried by the Northwest Mounted Police. Regardless of the weather, miners often waited in line for the mail This 1898 photo by Eric Hegg shows the mail delivery at Tagish, British Columbia. Tagish, yet another site of gold strikes, is located northeast of White Pass, east of Lake Bennett.

Original photograph: Hegg, E.A., ca. 1898. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Crowds; Gold rushes; Postal service
Depicted place
English: Tagish (Yukon)
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 negative: safety film negatives, b&w
Dimensions height: 4 in (10.1 cm); width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6981
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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