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English: Summit of Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 avalanche, Alaska.   (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: Summit of Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 avalanche, Alaska.
Description
English: Shows tents and supplies buried in snow . "[Aftermath of the April 3, 1898 avalanche between Sheep Camp and Chilkoot summit]. Sixty-three bodies were dug out from the snow." (Murray Morgan, One Man's Gold Rush, p. 60) Caption on image: "On the summit of Chilkoot Pass after the snowslide. April 3rd 1898. copyright 1898" Original image in Hegg Album 1, page 35 . Original photograph by Eric A. Hegg 203; copied by Webster and Stevens 142.A . Klondike Gold Rush.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Mountain passes--Alaska; Avalanches--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass; Tents--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass
  • Subjects (LCSH): Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
Depicted place
English: United States--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass
Date 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Accession number
49
Source
English: Eric A. Hegg Photographs
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