P.E. Larss Photograph Collection, Album 41, 1898-1904. [microform].

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P.E. Larss Photograph Collection, Album 41, 1898-1904. [microform].

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Photographs taken by P.E. Larss, E.A. Hegg and J.E.N. Duclos of the Klondike gold fields, as well as Dawson, Y.T. and the surrounding area. Subjects include prospectors traveling to the Klondike, mining activities, landscapes, dog teams and other modes of transportation, social activities, steamships, and a variety of other images which document life during the Klondike gold rush.

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Duclos, J. E. N.

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Larss, P.E. (Pers Edward)

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P.E. Larss, later known as P.E. Larson, came to the United States from Sweden in 1881, at the age of 18. A commercial photographer, Larss met E.A. Hegg in Skagway and, in 1898, traveled as a member of the Hegg party down the Yukon River to Skagway. Larss and Hegg, and later Larss and Duclos, ran photography studios in Dawson, Y.T. From the description of P.E. Larss Photograph Collection, Album 41, 1898-1904. [microform]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 309444380 ...

Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948

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Eric A. Hegg was born in Bollnas, Sweden, in 1868 and came to America with his parents when he was three years old, settling in Wisconsin. Hegg studied art and photography (possibly as an apprentice to a local photographer). At fifteen, he opened his own studio in Washburn, Wisconsin. At the age of twenty-one, Hegg moved to the Puget Sound area, and by 1897, he owned two photo studios in Bellingham Bay, Washington. In that year, he left for the gold fields with a group of men from Bellingham Bay...