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| Title | Million dollars in gold at U.S. Assay Office, Seattle, ca. 1899 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 |
| Date | ca. 1899 |
| Caption | The United States monetary system used to be on the gold standard. People used gold coins, as well as paper currency which was backed by gold. When gold started arriving in Seattle from the Klondike in 1898, the government opened an assay office to buy gold and to certify its purity. |
| Notes | Caption on image: Wilse.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Assaying--Washington (State)--Seattle; Government facilities--Washington (State)--Seattle; Gold rushes--Alaska |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1988.33.339 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Anders B. Wilse Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Anders B. Wilse Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 8 x 10 in.; sulfiding, discolored yellow |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | 348 |
