Alaska, Washington and Canada Trip photograph album

Alaska, Washington and Canada Trip photograph album, circa 1910s

Overview of the Collection

Title

Alaska, Washington and Canada Trip photograph album

Dates

circa 1910s (inclusive)

Quantity

112 photographic prints in 1 album (1 box)

Collection Number

PH0203

Summary

Photographs of a trip through Washington, Alaska, and Canada

Repository

University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu

Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Request at UW

Additional Reference Guides

Languages

English

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs of Washington, Canadian and Alaska scenes including White Pass, Dawson, Grand Forks, Alert Bay, Fraser River, Banff, Victoria, and Spokane. Many of the images portray steamboats, totem poles (Alert Bay), settlements, mining, and hotels. This album documents a journey by rail and boat from Spokane, WA, into British Columbia, back to Washington, to Alaska and the Yukon Territory, back to British Columbia, and into Alberta. It is likely that the men pictured in the last photos of the album are those who took the trip. There is an index in the album.

Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top

The item numbers are based on the numbers provided in the index in the album. There is no number 25 in the album, and there are items labeled 27x and 43x.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

Restrictions on Use

Restrictions may exist on reproduction, quotation, or publication. Contact Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries for details.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Acquisition Information

Donor: Montana Historical Society, July 1969

Processing Note

Processed by Kevin Bicknell, 2013.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

Spokane, WA and British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
0	0	Index to photographs on inside cover	circa 1910s
1	1	Spokane, WA from the Spokane River.	circa 1910s
1	2	Nelson, British Columbia from Kootenay Lake	circa 1910s
1	3	Water and mountains near Nelson, British Columbia	circa 1910s
1	4	Water, trees, and mountains near Nelson, British Columbia	circa 1910s

British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
2	5	Bonnington Falls on the Kootenay River, British Columbia	circa 1910s
2	6	Rossland, British Columbia	circa 1910s
2	7	Boundary line of the Regional District of Kootenay Boundary, British Columbia	circa 1910s
2	8	The Columbia River and town of Trail, British Columbia	circa 1910s

WashingtonReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
3	9	River in Cascade Mountains, WA	circa 1910s
3	10	Train tracks along a river in the Cascade Mountains, WA	circa 1910s
3	11	Mt. Index in the Cascade Mountains, WA	circa 1910s
3	12	Cascade Mountains, WA	circa 1910s

British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
4	13	Parliament building in Victoria, British Columbia Construction began on the building in 1893 and was completed in 1897. The building was officially opened to operations in 1898. The government buildings in Victoria, BC were designed by 25 year old architect, Francis Rattenbury.	circa 1910s
4	14	Union Club in Victoria, British Columbia The Union Club was founded in Van Volkenburg’s butcher shop on the corner of Yates and Government Streets in April of 1879. On May 2, 1885, construction was completed on the group’s first clubhouse on the corner of Douglas St. and Courtney St. In 1913, the club moved into their current location on Humboldt Street.	circa 1910s
4	15	SteamshipPrincess May Built by Hawthorne, Leslie, and Co. in England in 1888, the Princess Mayran from Vancouver, BC to Skagway, AK from 1901 to 1910. On August 5, 1910, the ship wrecked on a group of rocks off the shore of Sentinel Island, AK. At the time of the crash, the ship carried 100 passengers and 75 crew, all of which were able to safely exit the vessel after the crash.	Before August 5, 1910
4	16	Mountains covered in trees and snow as seen from the water Items 16 through 20 are labeled "En Route" in the table of contents of the album. Due to the fact that the previous items in the collection are photos taken around Victoria, BC and the items following are photos taken in Alaska, it is probable that these photos were taken as the travelers moved north off the coast of British Columbia.	circa 1910s

British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
5	17-20	Mountains covered in trees and snow as seen from the water	circa 1910s

Alaska and British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
6	21	Mountains coverd in trees and snow as seen from the water	circa 1910s
6	22	Sumdum Glacier near Juneau, AK	circa 1910s
6	23	Mountains and a glacier Caption in contents: Santa Ana	circa 1910s
6	24	Totem pole in Port Simpson, British Columbia	circa 1910s

AlaskaReturn to Top

There is no number 25 in the album.

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
7	26	Juneau, AK	circa 1910s
7	27	Lynn Canal The canal connects Skagway and Haines, AK to Juneau, AK and the Inside Passage	circa 1910s
7	27X	Lynn Canal The number 27x is used to match the index of the album.	circa 1910s
7	28	Distant view of Fort Seward in Haines, AK	circa 1910s

White PassReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
8	29	White Pass The pass served as one of the main routes between Skagway, AK and the Yukon Territory where the gold rush took place. Starvation, insanity and crime plagued the trail, and many died along the route. Often, White Pass was littered with the frozen bodies of dead horses, garnering its nickname, "Dead Horse Trail."	circa 1910s
8	30	Mountains with snow and trees in White Pass	circa 1910s
8	31	Mountains with clouds and a train in the distance in White Pass	circa 1910s
8	32	Mountains covered in snow in White Pass	circa 1910s

White Pass and the Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
9	33	Railroad tracks, telephone wires, and fog in White Pass	circa 1910s
9	34	Railroad tracks on a hillside in White Pass	circa 1910s
9	35	Flags and buildings at the summit of White Pass	circa 1910s
9	36	Bennett Lake, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s

The Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
10	37	A train alongside Bennett Lake, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
10	38	Mountains and railroad tracks alongside Bennett Lake,Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
10	39	Men running White Horse Rapids The rapids on the Yukon River were named for their resemblnce to white mane on a horse's back. Eventually, the rapids lent their name to the town that arose along their shores. The rapids were so dangerous that the Mountain Police would not allow boats to run them without an experienced pilot onboard. As a result, some men made a living as pilots for hire on this stretch of the Yukon River.	circa 1910s
10	40	White Horse Rapids as seen from the water	circa 1910s

The Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
11	41	Tents with signs and a man standing in an entrance Signs read: Cap P. Martins Cigar Store; Ice Cold Lemonade; Vancouver Hotel.	circa 1910s
11	42	SteamshipSelkirk	circa 1910s
11	43	Yukon River with mountains in the background	circa 1910s
11	43X	Banks of the Yukon River The number 43x is used to match the index of the album.	circa 1910s

The Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
12	44	Eagle's Nest Bluff,Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
12	45	A settlement on the shore of the Yukon River	circa 1910s
12	46	A settlement and dogs on the shore of the Yukon river	circa 1910s
12	47	SteamshipWhite Horsewith hills in the background	circa 1910s

The Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
13	48-49	Five Finger Rapids on the Yukon River	circa 1910s
13	50	SteamshipWhite Horse	circa 1910s
13	51	An ash deposit along the banks of the Yukon River	circa 1910s

Dawson, Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
14	52	Dawson as seen from the Yukon River	circa 1910s
14	53	A group of men and a dog team in front of the Great Northern Hotel in Dawson, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
14	54	The Fair View Hotel in Dawson, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
14	55	Log cabins in Dawson, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s

The Yukon Territory and the KlondikeReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
15	56	The Klondike River in Dawson, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
15	57	A building with flags and a crowd of people in the Klondike region	circa 1910s
15	58	Hills and a settlement in the Klondike region	circa 1910s
15	59	A horsedrawn cart on a road in the Klondike region	circa 1910s

The Klondike and the Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
16	60-61	A mining operation in the Klondike region	circa 1910s
16	62	A crowd gathered around a sluice box while miners pan for gold.	circa 1910s
16	63	Grand Forks, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s

Grand Forks, Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
17	64	Hills and a mining operation in Grand Forks, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
17	65	Grand Forks, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
17	66	Miners sluicing in Grand Forks, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s
17	67	A main street and the Dewey hotel in Grand Forks, Yukon Territory	circa 1910s

Dawson, Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
18	68	A group of people gathered around a tent Label in photograph index: Dome. [There was a Dome roadhouse and also an area called Dome near Dawson, Yukon Territory.]	circa 1910s
18	69	A group of people gathered around a rocker box A rocker box is a piece of equipment used by miners to help separate gold particles from other matter.	circa 1910s
18	70	A man in a kilt holding bagpipes standing in front of the Dawson Amateur Athletic Association building at midnight The Dawson Amateur Athletic Club building, was erected sometime in latter half of the 1890s. The building cost $42,000 to build, and housed a number of recreational facilities. One of these facilties, a curling rink, was home to the Dawson City Curling club, which claimed to be the second largest in the world at the time. Due to the geographic location of the city, the sun only set for a short period of time each day in the height of the summer season, and outdoor sporting events were often held at midnight.	circa 1910s
18	71	Water and hills in Dawson at midnight	circa 1910s

Taku Inlet, AlaskaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
19	72	Ice floating in Taku Inlet, Alaska	circa 1910s
19	73	Taku Inlet, Alaska	circa 1910s
19	74-75	Ice floating inTaku Inlet, Alaska	circa 1910s

Alert Bay, British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
20	76	Totem Pole in front of a building in Alert Bay, British Columbia Alert Bay, located on Cormorant Island, is home to the Kwakwaka'wakw natives, a group of tribes that speak the Kwak'wala language.	circa 1910s
20	77	A totem pole and a building in Alert Bay, British Columbia	circa 1910s
20	78	A totem pole and building with native painting in Alert Bay, British Columbia	circa 1910s
20	79	Totem poles, people, and buildings in Alert Bay, British Columbia	circa 1910s

British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
21	80	A building with native carvings in Alert Bay, British Columbia	circa 1910s
21	81	Native paintings and carvings in Alert Bay, British Columbia	circa 1910s
21	82	A carving of a bird in Alert Bay, British Columbia	circa 1910s
21	83	Railroad tracks and cliffs in Fraser Canyon, Birtish Columbia Fraser Canyon, located in southern British Columbia, was home to its own gold rush in the 1850s and 1860s.	circa 1910s

Fraser Canyon, British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
22	84	A mountain and the Fraser River, British Columbia	circa 1910s
22	85	A bridge crossing the Fraser River, British Columbia	circa 1910s
22	86	A train bridge on a hillside in Fraser Canyon, British Columbia	circa 1910s
22	87	The Canadian Pacific Railway Cisco Bridge in Fraser Canyon, British Columbia The Cisco Bridges are a pair of railroad bridges running through Fraser Canyon in southern British Columbia. One is part of the Canadian Pacific Railway's route, and the other The Canadian National Railway's. The two respective sets of tracks run on opposite sides of the Fraser River, exchanging sides at the Cisco bridges. The Bridge pictured here, belonging to the Canadian Pacific Railway, enters the Cantilever Bar Tunnel at its west end, which runs through the side of Cisco Bluff.	circa 1910s

Fraser Canyon and Glacier National Park, British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
23	88	A train entering a tunnel alongside the Fraser River, British Columbia	circa 1910s
23	89	A river in Glacier National Park, British Columbia	circa 1910s
23	90	A river and mountains in Glacier National Park, British Columbia	circa 1910s
23	91	View of Mount Sir Macdonald in Glacier National Park, British Columbia Mount Sir Macdonald was originally named Mount Carrol, but was renamed to honor the Canadian Prime Minister John A. Macdonald.	circa 1910s

Illecillewaet Glacier, British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
24	92	Illecillewaet Glacier The Illecillewaet Glacier is located just south of Mount Sir Macdonald in the Selkirk Mountains of Glacier National Park.	circa 1910s
24	93	A group of men and women on Illecillewaet Glacier in the Selkirk Mountains of Glacier National Park	circa 1910s
24	94-95	Illecillewaet Glacier	circa 1910s

British Columbia and AlbertaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
25	96	A mountain between Glacier National Park and the town of Field, British Columbia	circa 1910s
25	97	Cliffs and trees between Glacier National Park and the town of Field, British Columbia	circa 1910s
25	98	Lake Louise with Mt. Victoria in the background, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s
25	99	Lake Agnes, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s

Banff National Park, AlbertaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
26	100	Lake Louise with Big Beehive in the background	circa 1910s
26	101	Water and mountains, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s
26	102	Bow Falls, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s
26	103	Bison, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s

Banff National Park, AlbertaReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
27	104	Bison and cows, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s
27	105	Bear, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s
27	106	Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s
27	107	Castle Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta	circa 1910s

Travelers and crewReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
Page	item
28	108	Men posing in front of a train car	circa 1910s
28	109	Men sitting on the side of a train car, one pointing to "Olympia" printed on the car	circa 1910s
28	110	Men near the side of a train car with "olympia" printed on it	circa 1910s
28	111	African American railroad porters and cook standing outside a train car with "Olympia" printed on it.	circa 1910s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

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