William E. Meed collection, ca. 1898-1953 (bulk, ca. 1898-1907) [graphic]. ca. 1898-1953.

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William E. Meed collection, ca. 1898-1953 (bulk, ca. 1898-1907) [graphic]. ca. 1898-1953.

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The collection consists of one journal, 42 clippings, and 327 vintage photographic prints depicting activities and scenes related to the Klondike Gold Rush in the vicinity of Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, ca. 1898-1953 (with the bulk of the materials dating from ca. 1898 to 1907). About 110 of the photographs were taken by Meed, and many are by well-known photographers such as Eric A. Hegg, H.C. Barley, H.J. Goetzman, George G. Cantwell, and the firm of Kinsey & Kinsey (Clark Kinsey and Clarence Kinsey). Meed's snapshots show his wife and family, friends, and fellow workers, as well as Dawson dwellings, docks and freighting activities, dogsled outings, and wilderness roadhouses. The commercially photographed items document Klondike mines and mining activities, Dawson street scenes, views along the Chilkoot Trail and the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, steamboats and steamboat landings, and other Klondike scenes.

Photographs: 327 photographic prints : b&w ; various sizes.Journal: 1 v.Ephemera: 42 items ; various sizes.

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White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)

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The White Pass & Yukon Route built the White Pass Railway, a 110-mile, narrow-gauge railroad running from Skagway, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada; construction began in 1898 and was completed in 1900. From the description of Payroll records, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702171545 From the description of Payroll records, 1900. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 80056574 The White Pass & Yukon Route built the White Pass Railway, a 110-mile, ...

Barley, H. C. (Harrie C.), -1909

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In 1898-1899 Harrie C. Barley was official photographer for the White Pass & Yukon Route, a narrow-gauge railroad that ran from Skagway, Alaska, to Whitehorse, Yukon. In that capacity, he documented the railroad's construction and early operation. He subsequently maintained a photography business at 4th and Broadway Streets in Skagway. He died in San Francisco in 1909. From the description of H. C. Barley photographs, 1898-1900. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record ...

Meed, William E.

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William Meed went to Dawson, Yukon Territory, in 1898. He was an amateur photographer and photograph collector who took many of his own photos of life in Dawson and the Klondike Gold Rush, and also collected photos taken by others. Meed worked in river transportation as freight and passenger agent of the Lake Bennett and Klondike Steam Navigation Company, in the same capacity for the Canadian Development Company, and as general manager of the Stewart River Gold Dredging Company. He was founder, ...

Cantwell, George E.

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Kinsey & Kinsey.

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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...

Kinsey, Clarence

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Kinsey, Clark

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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...

Meed family

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Meed, Mabel

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