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English: Two unidentified men trading furs with First Nations Stick tribe, Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory, 1894 or 1895   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Veazie Wilson
Title
English: Two unidentified men trading furs with First Nations Stick tribe, Lake Laberge, Yukon Territory, 1894 or 1895
Description
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Text from book handwritten on verso: The Sticks are the most stalward of the upper Yukon Indians. They claim to be "all same as Boston man." They are good hunters. Page 29. PH Coll 311.2

Veazie Wilson was as amateur photographer who documented the Fort Wrangell and Juneau area as well as the Yukon Territory between 1894-1895. He wanted to create a guide book to attract miners to the Alaskan region, but died of typhoid fever in 1895 prior to the publication of his book. The book was titled Ester Lyon's Glimpse of Alaska: A Collection of Views of the Interior of Alaska and the Klondike District from Photographs by Veazie Wilson, and was published in 1897.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Indians of North America--Commerce--Yukon; ; Fur trade--Yukon; Hides & skins
  • Subjects (LCSH): Fur traders--Yukon
Depicted place Lake Laberge
Date circa 1894
date QS:P571,+1894-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Dimensions height: 4.5 in (11.4 cm); width: 6.5 in (16.5 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,6.5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
2642
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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