File:Railroad Avenue during the gold rush, ca 1898 (MOHAI 7152).jpg

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English: Railroad Avenue during the gold rush, ca. 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Anders Beer Wilse  (1865–1949)  wikidata:Q144339
 
Anders Beer Wilse
Description Norwegian photographer
father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death 12 June 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1949 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Flekkefjord Municipality Oslo
Work period 1900–49
Work location
Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q144339
Title
English: Railroad Avenue during the gold rush, ca. 1898
Description
English: Seattle's Railroad Avenue ran along the waterfront. During the peak gold rush period, from 1897 through about 1906, the avenue was busy with people headed to the Klondike and Nome gold fields. Merchants set up shops to sell supplies to the prospectors. Signs advertised last-minute purchases.

This Anders Wilse photo shows Railroad Avenue (now Alaskan Way) in 1897 or 1898, during the Klondike gold rush. A small crowd has gathered to look at the Klondike Home, a box-like aluminum house. The sign above the collapsible house reads "Portable Aluminum Houses. Air, frost, and fireproof. Just the thing for Alaska. Weight 150 pounds."

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Houses; Stores & shops
Depicted place
English: Seattle (Wash.)
Date circa 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print : gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 16 cm (6.2 in); width: 21 cm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,16U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,21U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7152
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1949, 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 70 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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