Photographs of mountainous views in Colorado, including Royal Gorge, Marshall Pass, Castle Gate and Garden of the Gods, and views along the Denver & Rio Grand and Union Pacific railways. Some items are photographs of paintings
Snapshots of a westward rail journey in 1892, possibly taken by someone traveling with a group of Freemasons. Men in masonic caps and regalia appear in several of the images, and one is captioned "Group of citizens (at Station to see Sir Kts.)". The photos show Niagara Falls, New York, including a boat moving through the streets on a trolley track; Pullman, Illinois; the depots at Red Oaks, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska; the railroad bridge between Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa; Florence and other unidentified towns in Nebraska; Gunnison, Roggin, and Glenwood Springs in Colorado; the Marshall Pass through the Rocky Mountains; unidentified prairie homesteads and scenes; and several unidentified depots and scenic stops
Description:
Photographer unidentified., Title devised by cataloger., and Manuscript captions on verso of most photos. Card mounts printed on verso: "From Dame, Stoddard & Kendall, 374 Washington Street, Boston. Kodak, Kamaret and Hawk-eye Cameras, Developing & Reloading."
Subject (Geographic):
United States, West (U.S.), Missouri river, Niagara Falls (N.Y.), Pullman (Chicago, Ill.), Omaha (Neb.), Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Glenwood Springs (Colo.), Gunnison (Colo.), and Marshall Pass (Colo.)
Subject (Topic):
Railroads, Railroad travel, Freemasons, Travelers, Railroad stations, Railroad bridges, Frontier and pioneer life, and Prairies
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
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
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
The collection documents the construction and expansion of the Moffat Road. With one exception, the photographs in the album were taken by C. L. McClure, and show views from and of the railway and its many tunnels, including several towns along the route. One photo, likely taken by F. J. Francis, shows David Moffat and other men on the caboose of a train entering tunnel number 35. Many of the photographs in the album are retouched in the negative, some heavily. The album also includes a newspaper clipping describing the sale of railway bonds to investors in October 1902 by Frank B. Gibson of the International Trust Company, Additional photographs include views of the Moffat Road by McClure, F. J. Francis, and others, as well as general views of the area, including some by the Detroit Publishing Co. F. J. Francis's images document the opening of Gore Canyon; two of these include David Moffat. One image by an unidentified photographer shows the blasting of a tunnel. A number of photographs show Grand Lake, including a series taken in 1890. Manuscript captions on two photographs identify one man as "Daddy;" based on a comparison with the clipping in the album, this may be Frank B. Gibson. Another man is identified as J. A. Ferguson. The photographs are accompanied by a clipping concerning Gibson's appointment as financial director of the railway in 1908, and Two photographs of Alaska are also present: one shows Princeton Glacier, Nassau Fjord; the other a glacier on the Alaska Central Railway
Description:
The Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, also known as "the Moffat Road" after its creator David Moffat, crossed the Continental Divide over Rollins Pass, northwest of Denver, Colorado. Construction began in 1903, and the line reached Steamboat Springs by 1909. After Moffat's death in 1911, the railroad failed financially and was reorganized as the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad. In 1928 the route over the pass was superceded by the Moffat Tunnel, which runs through James Peak., In 2 boxes., Title devised by cataloger., and Captions in the negative for all McClure photographs, and for some others. Manuscript captions on many loose photographs.
Subject (Geographic):
Colorado, Kremmling, Colo., Hot Sulphur Springs (Colo.), Estes Park (Colo.), Grand Lake (Colo.), and Alaska
Subject (Name):
Francis, F. J., Gibson, Frank B., McClure, Louis Charles, 1867-1957., Moffat, David H. 1839-1911 (David Halliday),, Alaska Central Railway Company, Denver, Northwestern and Pacific Railway, and Detroit Publishing Co.
Photographs of logging operations in Shelton, Washington Territory, along the line of the Satsop railroad. Included are views of loggers, ox and horse teams hauling logs, trains loaded with cut timber, and the office and store of the Satsop Rail Road Company
Shows 4 profiles., "These are profiles not of the actual trails of the surveying parties, but of the best railroad routes which came under their observation.", and Includes text.
