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 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
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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
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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 circa 1910s
3 12
Cascade Mountains, WA
circa 1910s

British ColumbiaReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
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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 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
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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 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
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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 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
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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 circa 1910s

The Yukon TerritoryReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
Page item
13 48-49 circa 1910s
13 50 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 circa 1910s
14 54 circa 1910s
14 55
Log cabins in Dawson, Yukon Territory
circa 1910s

The Yukon Territory and the KlondikeReturn to Top

Container(s) Description Dates
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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 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 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
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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 circa 1910s
20 78 circa 1910s
20 79 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 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
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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 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 circa 1910s
27 106
Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta
circa 1910s
27 107
Castle Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta
circa 1910s

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)