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English: Steamer WILLAMETTE departing from the crowded Seattle waterfront for the Klondike, ca. 1899   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Wilse, Anders Beer
Title
English: Steamer WILLAMETTE departing from the crowded Seattle waterfront for the Klondike, ca. 1899
Description
English:

From 1897 to 1898, Seattle was deluged by hopeful miners en route to the Klondike gold fields in Alaska. After gathering supplies, herd animals, tools and gear, prospectors boarded steamers for the long journey up to the Yukon.

Caption on image: "The Klondike Fever", "Willamette" leaving Seattle with 800 passengers Wilse No 20 Seattle

Stamped on verso: Scenic Fotografer, McDonald Blk. 811 2nd Ave. Seattle Wash

PH Coll 285.3

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Willamette (Ship); Passengers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle
  • Subjects (LCSH): Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle
Depicted place Seattle
Date circa 1899
date QS:P571,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
2612
Source
English: Seattle Photographs
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
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SEA2677

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