Heart of the Klondike written by Scott Marble. – Vintage Wall Art
(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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A window into the past: Heart of the Klondike written by Scott Marble., preserved in this vintage poster. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Heart of the Klondike written by Scott Marble.
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Rather than showing the gold fields, this lithograph depicts a line of pack animals crossing the Chilkoot Pass, the steep mountain route many prospectors took toward the Klondike. It advertised *Heart of the Klondike*, a melodrama written by Scott Marble, and reflects how theatrical producers of the late 1890s borrowed the excitement of the gold rush to draw audiences. The Strobridge Lithographing Company, a Cincinnati firm with a New York office, printed the sheet in color around 1897. The pass was notoriously hard going, and the poster's dramatic scene captures the struggle that made it a symbol of the rush.
| Created / published | Cin'ti ; New York : Strobridge Lith. Co., c1897. |
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| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 102 x 77 cm. |
| Genre | no. 4a (D size). Caption: Across the Chikoot Pass. N.Y. no. 7817." |
| Notes | C260310 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyright 1897 by The Strobridge Lith. Co. |
| Subjects | Travel--Chilkoot Pass. Pack animals--Chilkoot Pass. Frontier & pioneer life--Yukon Territory. Frontier & pioneer life--Alaska. Chilkoot Pass. Westerns. Melodramas. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,742 × 4,667 px · prints to 12 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221727 |
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