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| Title | Chilkoot Pass, ca. 1898 |
| Photographer | Webster & Stevens |
| Date | ca. 1898 |
| Caption | Some of the people rushing to the Klondike gold fields went by ship to Dyea, Alaska, and continued into Canada on foot by way of Chilkoot Pass. The Canadian government required each person to bring enough food and equipment to last a year. This generally weighed a thousand pounds or more, and it took several trips to carry it over the pass. Some people hired members of local native tribes to help.
This photo, taken in 1897 or 1898, shows a long line of people climbing up the steep slopes of Chilkoot Pass. A crowd of people clusters around the scales (center). A railroad built over White Pass in 1899 took away most of the traffic through Chilkoot Pass. |
| Notes | Negative marked: "J.M.B."Original photograph: 1897 or 1898. Copied or acquired after 1902 by Webster & Stevens |
| Subjects | Passes (Landforms); Gold rushes |
| Places | Chilkoot Pass (Alaska and British Columbia); Alaska |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.13188 |
| 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 | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 negative: glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | W&S 18, 079 |
