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| Title | George and Marguerite Carmack, sitting in a steam driven locomobile in front of Mobile Company of America building, ca. 1902 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca.1902 |
| Notes | PH Coll 692.6 |
| Contextual Notes | George W. Carmack was a gold miner in the Yukon Territory and is credited for discovering gold on Rabbit Creek, (later Bonanza Creek), which launched the Klondike Gold Rush in 1896. Carmack later left his family and the Yukon and remarried in Olympia, Washington in 1900. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Steam automobiles--United States
Gold miners
Pioneers--United States
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Carmack, George W. (George Washington), 1860-1922
Carmack, Marguerite
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| Location Depicted | United States
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| Digital Collection | Portraits Collection
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| Order Number | POR632
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info
Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | UW232 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Photographs of George W. Carmack. PH Coll 692 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/YukonGoldDredgingPHColl662.xml |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Mounted on cardboard: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 100-150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2008 |
