William Clark Fonda scrapbooks, 1897-1937.

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William Clark Fonda scrapbooks, 1897-1937.

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The William Clark Fonda scrapbooks are comprised of six volumes, which mainly contain clippings and ephemera dealing with the history of the Klondike Goldrush, Seattle local history, and Fonda's other interests and writings, including clippings of the column "Sourdoughs Who Have Made Good," a series of articles that appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Other topics covered in the scrapbooks include: Fonda's return trips to Alaska in the 1930s; his sitting for sculptor Alonzo Victor Lewis; postcards and other ephemera from the towns of Fonda and Fultonville, New York, where Fonda was raised; various Alaska Yukon clubs of which Fonda was a member; Klondike Kate Rockwell and Alexander Pantages; International Sourdough Reunion of 1935; and motion pictures and movie starts. Many of articles are about current news, crime, or are human interest stories. Several of the volumes are fragile.

6 v. ; sizes vary.

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Fonda, William Clark.

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William Clark Fonda (1858-1938), also known as "Skagway Bill," was an adventurer and early gold prospector during the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896-1899. Born in the town of Fonda, New York, he left at age seven to help build the Erie Canal. By age nine, he was painting the Brooklyn Bridge, and, by age 21, he owned a steam boat company operating on the Hudson River. In 1888, he took a job on a ship that sailed around the tip of South America to Seattle, Washington, where he settled and lived much o...

Rockwell, Kathleen Eloisa, 1876-1957

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Kathleen Eloisa Rockwell was born on October 14, 1876 in Junction City, Kansas. She lived in Spokane, Valdaraiso, and in New York City, where she was a chorus girl. She moved back to the west coast, performing in Spokane and Seattle before moving north to the Yukon to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Klondike gold rush. Throughout the years Rockwell pursued various business and personal interests in the far north and the Pacific northwest. She died in Oregon in 1957. ...

Lewis, Alonzo Victor, 1886-1946.

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Pantages, Alexander.

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Alaska-Yukon Pioneers

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