Peter R. Ritchie photograph collection, 1870-1927

Contains 7 photographic postcards, 22 photographs, newspaper clippings, menus, letters and other ephemera. Describes the trip taken by P.R. Ritchie in 1898 via Dyea across the Chilkoot Pass, Lindeman Lake, and down the Yukon River to Dawson.

• 1: Map of Alaska
• 2: Johnstone Straits
• 3: Totem poles at Skidgate, British Columbia
• 4: Totem poles, Alert Bay, British Columbia
• 5: Unidentified coastal Native village; dwellings, totem poles.
• 6: Islands near Ketchikan
• 7: In Wrangell Narrows
• 8: Totem poles Sitka?
• 9: Skagway from the summit of Mt. Dewey showing 40 miles of Lynn Canal.
• 10: Klondikers ascending Chilkoot Pass, 1898
• 11: Klondikers ascending Chilkoot Pass, 1898
• 12: Klondikers ascending Chilkoot Pass and tramway, 1898
• 13: Summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898
• 14: Dogsled team
• 15: Klondikers with horse drawn sleds cracked
• 16: Hunter with snowshoes and (dead?) animals
• 17: Cutting grade on tunnel, White Pass & Yukon Railroad.
• 18: Klondikers with horses drawn sleds, probably White Pass, Alaska.
• 19: White Pass & Yukon Railroad tracks above canyon.
• 20: Interior of rail car, White Pass & Yukon Railroad
• 21: White Pass & Yukon Railroad tracks.
• 22: Bridge spanning Dead Horse Gulch near the summit of White Pass on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, Alaska.
• 23: Klondikers sailing on Lake Marsh, Yukon Territory.
• 24: Boat in Miles Canyon, Yukon River
• 25: Steamboat White horse in Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River.
• 26: Boat navigating Whitehorse Rapids, Yukon River
• 27: Boat navigating Whitehorse Rapids, Yukon River
• 28: Boat navigating Whitehorse Rapids, Yukon River (Case and Draper 697)
• 29: White Horse, Yukon Territory
• 30: Steamboat on Thirty Mile River (Yukon River)
• 31: Steamboat White horse in Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River.
• 32: Street scene, Dawson, Yukon Territory
• 33: Bird's-eye view of Dawson, Yukon Territory (cracked)
• 34: Bird's-eye view of Dawson, Yukon Territory (cracked)
• 35: 2nd Ave., Dawson, Yukon Territory (cracked)
• 36: Robert Service's cabin
• 37: Robert Service and cabin
• 38: G.B. Edward's sweet pea garden, Dawson
• 39: Mining dredge near Dawson
• 40: Over half a million, pyramid of gold bars, Bank of B N A, Dawson, Y.T. Adams and Larkin Photo
• 41: Potato field near Dawson
• 42: Caribou swimming the Yukon
• 43: Sunset near midnight
• 44: Caribou swimming the Yukon
• 45: Caribou swimming the Yukon
• 46: Tagish Lake, Yukon Territory (cracked)
• 47: Atlin Inn, Atlin, British Columbia
• 48: West Bay, Atlin Lake, British Columbia
• 49: Atlin Mts. From Atlin Inn, Atlin, British Columbia
• 50: Lake Atlin, British Columbia
• 51: Fish catch, Lake Atlin, British Columbia
• 52: Cathedral Mts., Lake Atlin, British Columbia
• 53: Fox farm, Atlin, British Columbia
• 54: Baby black foxes, Atlin, British Columbia (cracked)
• 55: Griswell. Cabin in snow
• 56: Blanchard's flowers, Skagway
• 57: Blanchard's nasturtiums Skagway
• 58: Wildflowers, Denver Glacier Alaska
• 59: Llewellyn Glacier Climbing party above lake
• 60: Crevasse, Llewellyn Glacier Climbers peering into crevasse
• 61: Husky catching salmon
• 62: Ptarmigan on mountainside
• 63: Mountaineers on glacier
• 64: Horse drawn sled outside of log cabin
• 65: Caribou swimming river
• 66: Unidentified waterfall
• 67: Unidentified glacier (cracked)
• 68: Unidentified glacier (cracked)
• 69: Unidentified mountain
• 70: Unidentified mountain
• 71: Unidentified mountain
• 72: Map of Alaska
• 73: Map of U.S. comparative to size of Alaska
• 74: Map of Alaska to accompany Annual report of Governor, 1927.
• 75: Alaska and her People (text)
• 76: Best bargain America ever made (text)
• 77: Beaver Alaska
• 78: Reindeer Alaska
• 79: Ketchikan, Alaska. Salmon leaping up falls going back to their old home.
• 80: Salmon on boat. Alaska
• 81: Salmon drying. Alaska
• 82: Cabin and food cache. Alaska
• 83: Food cache Alaska (cracked)
• 84: Sitka, Alaska
• 85: Unidentified town, Alaska
• 86: Kennicott Copper Mine Alaska
• 87: Curry Hotel, Alaska railroad
• 88: Mt. Katmai showing top blown off. Alaska
• 89: Mt. Katmai ?
• 90: Sunset (cracked)
• 91: Sunset in Glacier Bay Alaska
• 92: Dawn on Mt. Rainier. From Seattle distance 60 miles.
• 93: Tacoma & E. Railway above Elbe. A.H. Barnes.
• 94: Mt. Baker. Huntoon.
• 95: Mt. Shuksan from top of Table Mt. B.W. Huntoon photo, Bellingham, Washington
• 96: Mt. Baker Lodge, 60 miles from Bellingham. Huntoon.
• 97: Map of Canada
• 98: Canadian Pacific Railway Unidentified dam and spillway
• 99: Canadian Pacific Railway Native Americans in ceremonial dress in parade
• 100: Canadian Pacific Railway Dignitary delivering speech to crowd at park
• 101: Canadian Pacific Railway Crowd gathered for fair
• 102: Canadian Pacific Railway Man playing bagpipe
• 103: Buffalo herd
• 104: Antelope in Buffalo Park
• 105: Elk, Buffalo Park
• 106: Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Rockies
• 107: Canadian Pacific Railway Bighorn sheep
• 108: Canadian Pacific Railway View from Lake Louise Hotel
• 109: Canadian Pacific Railway Canadian Pacific Hotel
• 110: Canadian Pacific Railway Harbor, Vancouver, B.C.? (cracked)
• 111: From Victoria, B.C. Swans, Beacon Hill Park
• 112: Ranch scene
• 113: Granville St., Vancouver, B.C. 1913.
• 114: Stanley Park, Vancouver
• 115: Dominion Square, Montreal
• 116: Mount Robson, Yellowhead Pass, Canadian Rockies
• 117: Canada's Grand Trunk and Grand Trunk Pacific Railways and Connections. map
• 118: G.N. elevator, Port Arthur
• 119: Legislative Buildings, Victoria
• 120: Experimental farm, Agassiz
• 121: Victoria
• 122: Forest trees, B.C.
• 123: Seven miles of stooks and stacks. Farm land
• 124: Horse ranching
• 125: Local grain elevators and flour mill
• 126: Winnipeg in 1870
• 127: Ploughing on homestead
• 128: Winnipeg, Main St., 1905.
• 129: Quebec from Point Levis, Panorama
• 130-149: Scotland. Glasgow and environs.
• 150-154: International Correspondence Schools text
• 155: Metropolitan Life Bldg, new York
• 156-158: Misc.
• 159: Biplane
• 160: Commander Lowell Smith's plane no. 2 at Clover Field, California. Taken just prior to the flight around the world.
• 161: Backpacker