H.J. Goetzman Klondike gold rush photographs, 1897-1903 [graphic].

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H.J. Goetzman Klondike gold rush photographs, 1897-1903 [graphic].

H.J. Goetzman Klondike gold rush photographs contain images of taken by H.J. Goetzman or his studio. These include scenes of the journey from Seattle to Dawson and the gold fields, mining operations, life and events in Dawson, and other settlements in the Yukon Territory.

84 black and white photographic prints (2 boxes)8 negatives (1 box) : glass plate.

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Goetzman, H. J.

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H.J. Goetzman worked as a photographer in the Yukon from 1897 until 1904. Trained as a commercial photographer, Goetzman recorded the scenery, life and activity of the route to the gold fields through Alaska and Canada, Dyea, the Chilkoot Trail, White Pass Canyon, Bennett, Dawson, and the Klondike gold fields. He ran Goetzman's Photographic Studio in Dawson from 1898 to 1904. At the height of the gold rush he employed seven photographers. In January 1901, he released a photo album w...