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Aftermath of an avalanche near the summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1897-1898
Aftermath of an avalanche near the summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1897-1898
TitleAftermath of an avalanche near the summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1897-1898
PhotographerUnknown
Date1897-1898
NotesCaption on album page: At great snowslide. O.I. Powerhouse. Summit in distance.

Numerous slides occured on April 3, 1898 between Sheep Camp and the Scales on the Chilkoot Trail. About 65 people died.

PH Coll 397.10
Contextual NotesImages from a photograph album documenting Klondikers traveling along the Chilkoot and White pass Trails during the Klondike Gold Rush, 1897-1898.
Subjects (LCTGM)Avalanches--Alaska; Passes (Landforms)--Alaska
Subjects (LCSH)Chilkoot Pass; Mountain passes--Alaska
Location DepictedUnited States--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass
Digital CollectionAlaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
Order NumberAWC4012
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Negative NumberUW28855
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionKlondyke Album: Dyea and Skagway Trails photograph album. PH Coll 397
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2010
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