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| Title | Steamer WILLAMETTE departing from the crowded Seattle waterfront for the Klondike, ca. 1899 |
| Photographer | Wilse, Anders Beer, 1865-1949 |
| Date | ca. 1899 |
| Notes | From 1897 to 1898, Seattle was deluged by hopeful miners en route to the Klondike gold fields in Alaska. After gathering supplies, herd animals, tools and gear, prospectors boarded steamers for the long journey up to the Yukon.
Caption on image: "The Klondike Fever", "Willamette" leaving Seattle with 800 passengers
Wilse No 20 Seattle
Stamped on verso: Scenic Fotografer, McDonald Blk. 811 2nd Ave. Seattle Wash.
Wilse 20 |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Willamette (Ship); Passengers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle; Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Central business districts--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Location Depicted | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Seattle Photograph Collection
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| Order Number | SEA2677
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| Negative Number | Wilse 20 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Anders Beer Wilse Photographs. PH Coll 285 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek ArtixScan 1800f at 120 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x512 ppi. 2006. |
