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The aurora borealis as seen at Dawson, the capitol of Yukon Territory – Antique Wall Art

The aurora borealis as seen at Dawson, the capitol of Yukon Territory, c1908. — historic photograph
The aurora borealis as seen at Dawson, the capitol of Yukon Territory, c1908.. Historic photograph from the Astrology & Magic 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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of The aurora borealis as seen at Dawson, the capitol of Yukon Territory. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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Few places in North America offered a better view of the northern lights than Dawson, which served as capital of Yukon Territory. Set at the junction of the Klondike and Yukon rivers, the town had boomed during the Gold Rush of the late 1890s and was still a remote frontier community in 1908. This photograph, copyrighted that year, shows an aurora borealis over Dawson, a sight residents saw often but that was hard to capture on the film and plates of the period. It survives as a record of how the sky looked over the town in the first decade of the twentieth century.

Created / publishedc1908.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1910.
NotesCopyright 1908 by Craig. Wittemann collection.
SubjectsAuroras--Yukon--Dawson--1900-1910.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,261 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-206072

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