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English: Street in Skagway during the gold rush, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: Street in Skagway during the gold rush, ca. 1898
Description
English: Gold seekers who were headed to the Klondike gold fields via White Pass landed in Skagway, Alaska. The weather and the conditions on the White Pass Trail were so bad that people sometimes got stuck in Skagway for several days before they could head north. Businesses in Skagway took advantage of this.

This photo, taken around 1898 by Asahel Curtis, shows a street in Skagway during the gold rush. Boards have been laid down on the muddy street to provide a walkway. Small wooden buildings are interspersed with tents. Clancy's Saloon sits prominently on the right. Part of a sign advertising life insurance can be seen at the upper far left.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Bars; Clancy's Saloon (Skagway, Alaska); Gold rushes; Streets; Wooden sidewalks
Depicted place
English: Skagway (Alaska)
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 12 cm (4.7 in); width: 17 cm (6.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,12U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,17U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7001
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain

The author died in 1941, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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