Skagway, Alaska, 1915 – Historic Photograph Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Skagway, Alaska, 1915, a historic image rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Library of Congress record: Skagway, 1915
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Skagway, Alaska, 1915
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Skagway, Alaska, in 1915 was a small town that still carried the marks of the Klondike gold rush, when prospectors crowded through its harbor on the way to the Yukon goldfields in 1897 and 1898. The White Pass and Yukon Route railway, completed in 1900, climbed from the town over the coastal mountains to the Yukon interior, and by the 1910s it was the main link for freight and passengers heading north. Much of the local economy rested on that railroad, on steamship traffic to Seattle and other Pacific ports, and on the supply trade that served mining camps in the interior. Residents would have known the town as the gateway to the north, a place still shaped by the boom years and the rough reputation of its early days, including the 1898 gunfight in which the gambler Jefferson "Soapy" Smith was killed.
| Created / published | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Creator | sheelor, f. w. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Alaska |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,088 px · prints to 18 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Skagway, 1915 |
| Reference | AK Skagway 1915 |
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