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Approximately 140 items in all, comprising about 100 original photographs, the remainder being brochures, deeds, maps, court documents, letters, boat and train schedules, and more. Fantastic assemblage of rare and significant documentation of Alaska and the Klondike during the vibrant years of the gold rush. The photographs include views of Nome, Skagway, Valdes, Unga, Dawson, Sitka, Juneau, Unalaska, Kodiak and other scarce locales. Notable among these is an important view of "Driving the Last Spike of the White Pass and Yukon R.R. at lake Bennett" in 1899. The ephemera and original documents include quitclaim deeds, legal licenses, mining business letters, receipts, court summons, maps, and other scarce items. Photograph: “Driving the last spike of the White Pass and Yukon R.R. at Lake Bennett July 6th, 99” by E.A. Hegg. Photograph of Sitka 1887 on mount of Partridge Photo. Boston. Photograph of Chilkaht, Alaska, 1891 on mount of F. Jay Haynes. Photograph of Valdez, Alaska, by P.S. Hunt. c.1900. Photograph of “Log Cabin Pre’s Church Juneau Alaska” by LaRoche Photo Seattle. Undated. Photograph of dogsled. On mount Elite Photo S.F. Undated. Prospectus for the Lemon Creek Company, placer mining in southeast Alaska, 4pp w/map 1899. Telegram form, White Pass & Yukon Route. 1900. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. illustrated schedule & large map. 1905. Alaska Commercial Co. receipt for Apollo Consolidated Mining Co. 1897. Pacific Coast Steamship Co. Alaska Puget Sound, illustrated schedule & map. c.1905. Alaska Land of Gold and Glacier, illustrated booklet. 1898. Wright. The Muir Glacier Alaska. Society of Alaskan Natural History. c.1887. Receipt for $80 to secure passage to Nome, Alaska, on Steamer Portland. 1902. Photograph of Juneau, Alaska. c.1900. Three small snapshot photographs of Dawson. Quitclaim deed for “Frisco” placer mining claim on Salmon River. 1899. Printed postcard about the Salvation Army expedition to the Klondike. 1898. Printed letter from Alaska Mining Company to shareholders, with envelope. 1884. Two photographs of Unalaska. Photograph of Skagway showing vigilantes. Undated. Photograph “Sitka, Alaska, taken at 9:30 P.M.” by LaRoche. c.1900. Photograph of Strickler Tunnel by Hiestan. Undated. Photograph of native woman nursing 2 babies, titled “Mickaninies Kow-Kow” by Nowell. 1904. Photograph, “S.S. ‘Corwin’ and ‘Diamond L’ in ice at Nome,” June 15th, 1908. Report of the Governor of Alaska for Fiscal Year 1902. Thin board on which are mounted 15 photographs & cyanotypes (both sides) of Alaskan scenes. Deed for a placer mine in the Juneau Mining District, Alaska. 1899. Power of attorney to sell mining property in Alaska, 1899. Certification of a license to practice law in Nome, Alaska, partially printed form. 1901. Envelope with map of Alaska. 1898. Manuscript receipt with four Yukon revenue stamps affixed. 1912. Letter on Alaska Mill and Mining Co. letterhead, Douglas Island, Alaska, 1889. Two checks, Dawson City & Fairbanks, 1898 & c.1900. Acceptance letter of bond for appeal, John Lennon defendant, Dawson revenue stamp, 1904. Scheduling of “Appointment of Taxation” for John Lennon Dawson revenue stamps, 1904. Letter on Sumdum Mining Co. letterhead, Sumdum, Alaska, 1899. Letter from Nome, Alaska, 1909, with envelope having Seattle postmark. Letter from Juneau, Alaska, 1895. Pacific Coast Steamship Co.: Alaska, Nome, Tanana, Dawson… Schedule and map. 1905. Letter on letterhead of Apollo Consolidated Mining Co., Unga, Alaska re: Fire loss. 1897. Three photographs attrib. to O.D. Goetze: Nome bathhouses; destroyed buildings; Dutch Harbor. Undated. Six photographs of Alaska, c.1910-1925 (plus 1 of Idaho). Photograph of primitive drawing of landing place at Nome, Alaska. 1899. Stereoview of New Metlakahtla, Salmon Cannery. Photograph, “Juneau or Harrisburg Alaska.” c.1900. All About Alaska, issued by Pacific Coast Steamship Co. 1894. White Pass & Yukon Route, Through Li