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Approach to Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 snowslide, Alaska.
Approach to Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 snowslide, Alaska.
TitleApproach to Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 snowslide, Alaska.
PhotographerHegg, Eric A., 1867-1948
Date1898
Notes[Aftermath of the April 3, 1898 avalanche between Sheep Camp and Chilkoot summit]. Sixty-three bodies were dug out from the snow. (Murray Morgan, One Man's Gold Rush, p. 60)

Caption on image: ""Scene of snow slide on Chilkoot Pass April 3rd 1898""

Klondike Gold Rush.
Subjects (LCTGM)Avalanches--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass
Subjects (LCSH)Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
Mountain passes--Alaska
Location DepictedUnited States--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass
Digital CollectionEric A. Hegg Photographs
Order NumberHEG124
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Negative NumberHegg 79
RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionEric A. Hegg Photograph Collection. PH Coll 274
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 4/1999.
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