Eric A. Hegg photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1898-1913.

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Eric A. Hegg photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1898-1913.

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Collection includes images primarily of the gold rush era, including views of Bennett (NWT), Chilkoot Trail, the Scales, Chitina, Copper River and Northwestern Railway, Skagway, Seward and the White Pass & Yukon Route in Alaska and the Yukon Territory. A first edition of Hegg's photographic book, "Souvenir of Nome Alaska, Illustrations by E.A. Hegg, Seattle, Washington," c. 1900, is included in the collection.

92 photographs : b&w.1 publication (56 images) : ill., b&w, plates ; 23 x 31 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7682252

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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, ...

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...

Copper River and Northwestern Railway

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