Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilcoot Pass, Alaska – Historic Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilcoot Pass, Alaska. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Bound for the Klondike gold fields, Chilcoot Pass, Alaska
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Chilcoot Pass, on the boundary between Alaska and British Columbia, was the route many prospectors took to the Klondike, and this stereograph card shows the scene as it was reaching viewers around 1898. Stampeders who came over the pass had to haul a year's supplies, which the Canadian authorities set at roughly a ton per person, in relays up its steep slopes, including the "Golden Stairs" of cut steps in the snow. Keystone View Company, which published stereo cards like this one under B.L. Singley's copyright, sold such views to home audiences who used viewers to see the scene in three dimensions. The record's details come from the original caption card and are unverified.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Notes | Stereo copyrighted by B.L. Singley (Keystone View Co.). No. 9191. This record contains unverified data from caption card. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 802 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-152606 |
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