File:Miners meeting at Sheep Camp, Alaska for trial of camp thieves, ca 1896 (MOHAI 7031).jpg

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English: Miners meeting at Sheep Camp, Alaska for trial of camp thieves, ca. 1896   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Winter & Pond
Title
English: Miners meeting at Sheep Camp, Alaska for trial of camp thieves, ca. 1896
Description
English: At first, miners made and enforced their own laws on the Alaskan frontier. This photo shows a group of miners meeting to decide what to do about camp thieves. It was taken around 1896 at Sheep Camp, Alaska, about 12 miles north of Skagway. James Wickersham, an early Alaskan district judge reported that thieves were given thirty lashes on their bare backs and ordered to leave the country, which they usually did.
  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Judicial proceedings; Miners
Depicted place
English: Sheep Camp (Alaska)
Date circa 1896
date QS:P571,+1896-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 11 cm (4.3 in); width: 19 cm (7.4 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,11U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,19U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7031
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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The author died in 1945, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 75 years or fewer.

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.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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