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Railroad between Skagway and White Pass

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Railroad between Skagway and White Pass
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Object Details

Photographer

Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942

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

Scenic view of White Pass and Yukon Railway between Skagway and White Pass. White Pass is a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains. 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.
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GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sv4f1c63b42-85e1-4a18-a769-99a41ab9fdb1

Photographer

Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942

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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 Photographic print

Date

1899 June 7

Container

Box Oversize 1

Archival Repository

National Museum of the American Indian

Identifier

NMAI.AC.053, Item P11143

Type

Archival materials
Photographs
Photographic prints

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.

Collection Restrictions

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
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Record ID

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