Scene on the approach to Chilkoot Pass depicting aftermath of the April 3, 1898 snowslide, Alaska.
Caption on image: "Approaching Chilkoot Pass, Spring 1898; En route to Klondike Gold Fields" Part of Goetzman series entitled: En route to the Klondike Gold Fields" Image is identical to Hegg 79 which is captioned: "Scenes of snow slide on Chilkoot Pass April 3rd 1898" " Aftermath of the April 3, 1898 avalanche between Sheep Camp and Chilkoot summit. Sixty-three bodies were dug out from the snow." (Murray Morgan, One Man's Gold Rush, p. 60) PH Coll 246.5 Klondike Gold Rush. *Subjects (LCTGM): Avalanches--Alaska--Chilkoot Pass *Subjects (LCSH): Chilkoot Pass (Alaska); Mountain passes--Alaska
- Date
- 1898-04-03
- Photographer / author
- Goetzman, H. J.
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 784 × 612 pixels
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Reason: its US copyright has expired (published before 1931).
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