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English: Unloading freight at Skagway, 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
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creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: Unloading freight at Skagway, 1898
Description
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Gold seekers heading to the Klondike gold fields via the Inland Passage could land at Skagway or Dyea. At first, ships had to anchor offshore and unload their passengers and freight onto barges which carried them ashore. There was usually an extra charge for this. This 1898 photo of the tidal flats at Skagway shows freight being unloaded from a barge. Horses and wagons stand by to carry freight and passengers into Skagway (out of sight to the left). The wooden pilings in the background will support the port's new piers.

Original photograph: Curtis, Asahel, 1898. Copied after 1975 by the Museum of History and Industry.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Carts & wagons; Gold rushes; Horse teams; Prospecting equipment & supplies; Waterfronts
Depicted place
English: Skagway (Alaska)
Date 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 negative: safety film, b&w
Dimensions height: 2.5 in (63.5 mm); width: 3 in (76.2 mm)
dimensions QS:P2048,2.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,3U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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The author died in 1941, 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 80 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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