William Werner Shorthill photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1898.

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William Werner Shorthill photograph collection [graphic], ca. 1898.

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The album contains photographs of Dyea, Skagway, gold mines and mining, Treadwell Gloryhole. Photographers represented in the collection include Case & Draper, E.A. Hegg, A.C. Hirschfeld and J.M. Blankenberg.

1 album (90 photographs, b&w) ; 40 x 28 cm.

Alaska State Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7761007

Alaska State Library

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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...

Hirschfeld, Albert Cyril, 1866-1926.

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Shorthill, William Werner, 1870-1948.

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William W. Shorthill lived in various areas of Alaska during the Klondike gold rush and early mining days of Treadwell, Douglas, and Juneau. He worked as Secretary to Alaska Governors Riggs and Strong. From the description of Memories 1943. (Alaska State Library). WorldCat record id: 42064718 William Werner Shorthill was born October 6, 1870 in Rockford Illinois to Thomas Andrew Shorthill and Sarah Elizabeth Werner. He operated the Olympic News Company in Dyea, Alaska, on Ma...

Case & Draper

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Blankenberg, John M.

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John Martin Blankenberg was born in Tragdor, Norway, October 24, 1860. He came to Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush and worked as a photographer in Dawson, Haines, and possibly other locations. Little is known of his personal life. He was married at one time and spent the latter part of his life in Tenakee, Alaska, which is where he died August 19, 1939. He is best known for his photos of Haines, the Tlingit Indians, and activities on the Chilkoot Pass, Lake Bennett and Lake Lindeman. ...