[Textual records related to Klondike gold rush]
Textual records consist of gold commissioner's court documents, receipts, certificate of the assignment of a placer mining claim, grants for placer mining, bank drafts, and used envelopes.
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File consists of 18 original handwritten letters to Harvey, Bailey and Co., from correspondents in the United States intending to travel to the Klondike Gold Rush by the overland Route via Ashcroft, B.C. Outfitting the Poor Man
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[Textual records related to Yukon gold rush]
Textual records consist of gold commissioner's court documents, receipts, certificate of the assignment of a placer mining claim, grants for placer mining, free miner's certificate, certificates of work, correspondence, Canadian Bank of Commerce and Bank of British North America checks, Canadian gold rush centennial maps, postcard, British Yukon Navigation Co. Ltd pass, and White Pass & Yukon Railway first class ticket.
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The heroic method [4 miners atop a sluice box and two prospectors with rocker box and dog]
Image possibly taken by Dr. John Brown.
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Three mounted Canadian Bank of Commerce cheques
One of the cheques was written by Robert Service while he was working as a teller for the Canadian Bank of Commerce at Dawson.
Service, Robert W.
[Twelve letters relating to the Klondike gold rush and the "All-Canadian Route" via Ashcroft, B.C.]
A detailed list with summaries of each letter is included.
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Message inscribed on verso of 11-75-01.
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[Two views of Whitehorse, Yukon]
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[Various landscapes and river scenes including Ounalaska]
Captions inscribed on verso.
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[Various scenes from Seattle, Alaska, and Klondike]
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[Various scenes of Yukon, Nome Alaska, and San Francisco Fire]
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[Various views of Skagway, Yukon, including landscapes, hospital, and cabin]
Harry L. Suydam stamped on verso, some contain handwritten captions on verso. Included with album is small informational page on Hazel Achison (1894-1898)-- find a grave memorial. 'Four year old Hazel was the first of many who died during a major epidemic of cerebro-spinal meningitis in 1898.' Signatures on photograph and mats match that of Asahel Curtis, presumably the creator of these photographs.
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[Various views of Yukon territory, Skagway, Whitehorse and surrounding area]
Contains 11 photographs including Steamer Landing Whitehorse, Broadway Skagway Alaska, Dog Team N.W.M. Police, Lake Bennett, B.C. Canada, before the washout at Lewis Lake, Police Post Yukon Territory.
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Message inscribed on verso of 11-90-01. Address and message inscribed on verso of 11-90-04.
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[Views of mining, boats, dog sleds, street scene and landscapes]
Photographs contain inscription on verso.
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Yukon Gold Co., Alaska Commercial Co., Northern Commercial Co., Dawson
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