O. P. Anderson Map & Blue Print Company Inc., compiler, publisher
Published / Created:
[1897]
Call Number:
741 1897
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
cartographic image
Description:
BEIN 741 1897: Map removed from cover and mounted on linen; cover housed separately. Autograph on inside front cover: J.L. Hiller[?], Oct. 15, 1898, Junneau. Manuscript note on inside front cover: Gold seekers map, Seattle, 1897., Negative blueline print., Relief shown by hachures and spot heights., Distances in miles between various locations are shown in tables for the main map as well as for the inset map "Lake Routes.", "N.B. This map has been duly copyrighted and must not be reproduced.", This map focuses on the Canadian territory Yukon. In 1897 it was still part of the Northwest Territories and is called that on this map. In 1898 the western part of the Northwest Territories became the Yukon. The border dispute between Alaska and Canada was resolved in 1903 by arbitration. This maps appears to show the border between Southeast Alaska and Canada as claimed by the United States before the arbitration., and Includes inset maps of Klondike River; Lake Routes; Rink Rapids.
Photographs documenting the Klondike gold rush, including views of miners and mining towns and transportation to the mines via railway, steamer, and dog sled. Views en route to the gold fields feature the Klondike, Yukon, Pelly and Stewart rivers, Lake Le Barge, the White Horse and Five Finger Rapids, the Five Fingers islands, Miles Canyon, and Chilkoot Pass. There are also photographs of hunting expeditions and of caribou and moose, City views feature many images of Dawson City, where the Goetzmans were based, as well as views of Minto, Mayo City, Eagle City, Sitka, Gold Bottom, Gold Run, Forty Mile Town, Fort Wrangel, Bonanza Creek and Chechaco Hill. Posts and personnel of the Northwest Mounted Police posts are well documented, and there are also group portraits of Alaskan athletic teams, miners, prominent citizens, and the Dawson Rifle Club, and Several photographs show the Goetzman's dog sled, decorated with advertisements for photographic supplies and services. There are also four studio portraits of Mrs. Goetzman, one of which includes her cat
Description:
Accompanied by a box list. and Included with the photographs are a watercolor of the Five Fingers, a metal stamp with Mrs. H. J. Goetzman's signature in relief, and a letter written on a "Klondike mail card" made of birch bark, from Mrs. H. J. Goetzman to her daughter Miss Edith Goetzman, January 22, 1904.
Subject (Geographic):
Yukon Territory., Yukon, Yukon Territory, Klondike River Valley (Alaska), Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), and Dawson (Yukon)
Subject (Name):
Goetzman, H. J., Mrs. and Goetzman, Edith.
Subject (Topic):
Photographers, Mining, Pictorial works, Railroads, Steamers, and Gold discoveries
