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Shoeing horses in the woods, Skaguay (sic), Alaska / Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska. – Vintage Print

Shoeing horses in the woods, Skaguay (sic), Alaska / Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska., c1897. — historic photograph
Shoeing horses in the woods, Skaguay (sic), Alaska / Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska., c1897.. Historic photograph from the Horses 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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Shoeing horses in the woods, Skaguay (sic), Alaska / Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska. 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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Shoeing horses in the woods, Skaguay (sic), Alaska / Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska.

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Captioned "Skaguay," the spelling of the period, this cabinet card shows a blacksmith shoeing horses in a clearing among the trees near the town, which was then the main supply point for prospectors bound for the Klondike. Winter & Pond of Juneau made the photograph around 1897, just as the gold rush was building. Pack animals hauled goods over the rough trails toward the Chilkoot and White Pass, and many did not survive the journey, so reliable shoeing was essential work. The studio's copyright registration printed on the mount helps date the image.

Created / publishedc1897.
Medium1 photographic print on card mount : albumen.
GenrePortrait photographs 1890-1900.Group portraits 1890-1900.Cabinet photographs 1890-1900.Albumen prints 1890-1900.
Notes58912C U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Winter & Pond. No. 356.
SubjectsBlacksmithing--Alaska--Skagway--1890-1900.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,256 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-198329

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