Object Details
Photographer
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
Collection Collector
Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.
Collection Citation
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.
Scope and Contents
Summit of White Pass, a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of Alaska and British Columbia. It leads from Skagway, Alaska to the chain of lakes that are at the headwaters of the Yukon River, Crater Lake, Lake Lindeman and Bennett Lake, and was one of the two main passes used by prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush. This view shows the White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, built in 1898.
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Photographer
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952
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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs
Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs / Series 1: Harriman Alaska Expedition / 1.8: White Pass Railroad
Sponsor
This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Extent
1 Lantern slide
Date
1899 June 7
Container
Box 12
Archival Repository
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier
NMAI.AC.053, Item L00832
Type
Archival materials
Slides
Lantern slides
Collection Rights
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Collection Restrictions
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Record ID
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