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Train bound for Atlin, British Columbia – Antique Print

Train bound for Atlin, British Columbia, [between ca. 1900 and ca. 1930] — historic photograph
Train bound for Atlin, British Columbia, [between ca. 1900 and ca. 1930]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(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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Train bound for Atlin, British Columbia comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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A train bound for Atlin, a town on the shore of Atlin Lake in northwestern British Columbia, places this picture in a remote corner of the Klondike-era North. Gold discoveries in the Atlin district in 1898 drew a rush of prospectors, and getting supplies and people into the area was slow and costly, so a railcar and locomotive heading there would have been a notable sight. The photograph is part of the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection, assembled by the husband-and-wife travel writers who documented places and people far from their home. The catalog also tags the image under Alaska, a reminder of how loosely the region's geography was often described at the time.

Created / published[between ca. 1900 and ca. 1930]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1940.
NotesTitle transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
SubjectsRailroad cars--Alaska--1890-1940. Railroad locomotives--Alaska--1890-1940.United States--Alaska
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 861 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-160252

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