File:Packers ascending summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898 (MOHAI 7145).jpg

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English: Packers ascending summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Eric A. Hegg  (fl. 1897–1930)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Eric A. Hegg
Alternative names
E.A. Hegg; E. A. Hegg
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 18 September 1867 / 17 September 1867 / 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 13 December 1947 / 13 December 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bollnäs Edit this at Wikidata San Diego Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1897 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5385972
Title
English: Packers ascending summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898
Description
English: The gold seekers climbed over 1,200 steps to reach the top of Chilkoot Pass where they crossed the border into Canada. The angle of climb was about 30 degrees, and the line could only move as fast as the slowest climber. Anyone who stopped to rest might wait hours to get back in line. The Northwest Mounted Police required that each person entering Canada bring a year's worth of supplies. This generally weighed more than a ton and might require twenty or more trips up the slope.

This 1898 photo of Chilkoot Pass shows a long line of people carrying their supplies to the summit. It might take a person twenty or more trips to carry everything to the Canadian border. The grooves in the snow, to the right of the line, were made by people sliding back down the slope to get another load.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Passes (Landforms); Snow; Trails & paths
Depicted place
English: Chilkoot Pass (Alaska and British Columbia)
Date 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 15 cm (5.9 in); width: 20 cm (7.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,15U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,20U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7145
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain

The author died in 1948, 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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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