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Loading supplies on to steamer in Skagway harbor, Alaska, 1897.
Loading supplies on to steamer in Skagway harbor, Alaska, 1897.
TitleLoading supplies on to steamer in Skagway harbor, Alaska, 1897.
PhotographerLa Roche, Frank
Date1897
NotesCaption on image: ""Skagua Alaska""

""We are going to be in it any way the cat jumps"". This expression was made use of by a prominent man in Skaguay and it practically conveys the intention of the townsmen in general. Not only are they discussing the best means of competing for the patronage of the miners on the overland trip, but they are rapidly developing all kinds of conveniences. The small boat in the picture is occupied in ferrying goods to the steamer which is at anchor waiting for high tide before proceeding on its journey. The raft beside the steamer is an odd looking structure, but its usefulness can be readily appreciated by those who have had any experience in this neighborhood."" (Frank La Roche, En Route to the Klondike, 1898)

Klondike Gold Rush.
Subjects (LCTGM)Boats--Alaska--Skagway
Rafts--Alaska--Skagway
Subjects (LCSH)Skagway (Alaska)
Location DepictedUnited States--Alaska--Skagway
Digital CollectionFrank La Roche Photograph Collection
Order NumberLAR272
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Negative NumberLa Roche 369
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
Repository CollectionFrank La Roche Photograph Collection. PH Coll 283
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 8/1998.
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