File:Cabin with window made of bottles, Yukon Territory, ca 1898 (MEED 40).jpg

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English: Cabin with window made of bottles, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Cantwell, George G.
Title
English: Cabin with window made of bottles, Yukon Territory, ca. 1898.
Description
English: Caption on image: "A Klondyke bottle window"

































































PH Coll 246.55

































































[Meed journal: "At the time of the Gold Rush few thought of window glass, but as the long summer daylight waned the need became apparent. Various substitutes were used. A flour sack tacked over the opening after being smeared with melted lard, permitted dim lighting; bottles set lightly together worked better. One enterprising man had as original idea; he went around to all the stores and bought all the mirrors available and even after paying a good price for the same, he made a profit for himself by cleaning off the silvered side and reselling them as clear window glass."

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Cabins--Yukon; Windows--Yukon; Bottles--Yukon; Recycling--Yukon
  • Subjects (LCSH): Waste products as building materials--Yukon
Depicted place Yukon
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
40
Source
English: William E. Meed Collection
Permission
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Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
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MEE010

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