Frank La Roche photograph collection [graphic], 1890-1902.

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Frank La Roche photograph collection [graphic], 1890-1902.

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Includes photographs of Klondike gold rush activities and views from the communities of Kasaan, Ketchikan, Sitka, and Skagway during the same time period.

165 photographs : b&w.

Alaska State Library

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La Roche, Frank

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Frank LaRoche was born in Philadelphia on June 20, 1853. He began his photographic career in Pennsylvania, traveling from Florida to Iowa. In 1889, he opened LaRoche Studios in Seattle, Washington. He married Ida M. Crary in Seattle and had a son, Frank Jr., who also became a photographer and opened another studio in Bremerton, Washington. From 1890-1902, the father and son frequently traveled to Alaska photographing Southeast Alaska and the Klondike Gold Rush. The book, "Enroute to the Klondike...