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Scene on the approach to Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 snowslide, Alaska.
Scene on the approach to Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 snowslide, Alaska.
TitleScene on the approach to Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 snowslide, Alaska.
PhotographerGoetzman, H. J.
Date1898
NotesCaption on image: "Approaching Chilkoot Pass, Spring 1898; En route to Klondike Gold Fields"

Part of Goetzman series entitled: En route to the Klondike Gold Fields"

Image is identical to Hegg 79 which is captioned: "Scenes of snow slide on Chilkoot Pass April 3rd 1898"

"[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)

PH Coll 246.5

Klondike Gold Rush.
Subjects (LCTGM)Avalanches--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass
Subjects (LCSH)Chilkoot Pass (Alaska)
Mountain passes--Alaska
Location depictedUnited States--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass
Digital CollectionWilliam E. Meed Collection
Order NumberMEE142
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RepositoryUniversity of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Repository CollectionWilliam E. Meed Photograph Collection. PH Coll 246
Repository Collection GuideTo view the finding aid for this collection see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/MeedWilliamPHColl246.xml
Object TypePhotograph
Digital Reproduction InformationScanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 5/1998.
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