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English: Group of men waiting for mail in Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
George G. Cantwell  (fl. 1910)  wikidata:Q62641868
 
Alternative names
G. G. Cantwell
Description American photographer
Location of birth Puyallup
Work period 1910 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q62641868
Title
English: Group of men waiting for mail in Dawson, Yukon, circa 1899
Description
English:

On verso of image: Waiting for mail in Dawson PH Coll 298.39a

At the height of the gold rush boom, most of Dawson's population was American-born. For those now living so far from home, getting to the gold fields may have seemed easy compared to getting their mail. Both the Canadian and the U.S. government were caught off guard by the speed and volume of the stampede. During the summer, mail could be carried by boat along the Yukon from St. Michael's, Alaska, but winter mail was brought up from Skagway, across the pass and into Dawson by dog sled. First class mail had the best chance of getting through, especially during winter months. Everything else was left for summer steamships. [Source: National Postal Museum web site, http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/almostamericans.htm

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Post offices--Yukon--Dawson; Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson; Group portraits
  • Subjects (LCSH): Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings, structures, etc.
Depicted place Dawson City
Date circa 1899
date QS:P571,+1899-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
522
Source
English: Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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