Lot of 93 magic lantern slides of the Klondike Gold Rush, ca 1906-1907. All are standard 3.25 x 5 in. glass slides, with either inked titles on affixed labels or titles in the negatives. Those with titles in the negative are credited to photographer J. Doody, for Jeremiah D. Doody, who produced images in the Yukon Territory ca 1899-1915, from an address in Dawson City. Doody had moved to the Yukon from California in 1898 and initially worked with photographer H.C. Barley in Whitehorse, and partnered with Edward J. Hamacher as Hamacher & Doody around 1899. Beforehand, he had done work for the Smithsonian Institution in Central America and for the U.S. Army in Texas, and also had a brief career as a cowboy in Kansas. The collection forms a great record of activities in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, well beyond just gold mining. Beginning with a view of the steamer Excelsior leaving San Francisco in 1897, there is coverage of transportation by ocean steamer to the Chilkoot Pass, by foot and sled over the Pass and along the Chilkoot Trail, by scow through the rapid rivers of spring and summer, by horse-drawn wagon down the Whitehorse Trail, and, of course, by dog sled in the winter. Views of steamers carrying lumber and equipment and of dredges in the Yukon River are also included, and even an automobile driving down the frozen river. About 20 views capture logging operations, including the harvesting of lumber, transportation by horse-drawn sled and steamer, and the construction of cabins. Views of settlements include a cabin interior, a roadhouse, several views of tent towns, and views of Dawson and Whitehorse, from the streets and from the hillsides. As far as wildlife, views include caribou herds and trails, a bounty of wolf and lynx furs caught near the Pelly River, two trappers carrying a bear, and a wooly mammoth head and tusks so well preserved that it appears to retain the skin. The actual gold mining views show operations ranging from two prospectors using a simple rocker to large dredging machines, enormous sluices, and a massive tailings dam. There is also a map of Twelve Mile River-Bonanza Creek and a view of a pan full of nuggets, labeled A Seven Thousand Dollar Clean Up on Livingston Creek, Large Nugget $470. Condition: Most with some soiling but should be very good after a cleaning. Edge cloth loose on many. Ten slides with cracked glass.
Lot of 93 magic lantern slides of the Klondike Gold Rush, ca 1906-1907. All are standard 3.25 x 5 in. glass slides, with either inked titles on affixed labels or titles in the negatives. Those with titles in the negative are credited to photographer J. Doody, for Jeremiah D. Doody, who produced images in the Yukon Territory ca 1899-1915, from an address in Dawson City. Doody had moved to the Yukon from California in 1898 and initially worked with photographer H.C. Barley in Whitehorse, and partnered with Edward J. Hamacher as Hamacher & Doody around 1899. Beforehand, he had done work for the Smithsonian Institution in Central America and for the U.S. Army in Texas, and also had a brief career as a cowboy in Kansas. The collection forms a great record of activities in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush, well beyond just gold mining. Beginning with a view of the steamer Excelsior leaving San Francisco in 1897, there is coverage of transportation by ocean steamer to the Chilkoot Pass, by foot and sled over the Pass and along the Chilkoot Trail, by scow through the rapid rivers of spring and summer, by horse-drawn wagon down the Whitehorse Trail, and, of course, by dog sled in the winter. Views of steamers carrying lumber and equipment and of dredges in the Yukon River are also included, and even an automobile driving down the frozen river. About 20 views capture logging operations, including the harvesting of lumber, transportation by horse-drawn sled and steamer, and the construction of cabins. Views of settlements include a cabin interior, a roadhouse, several views of tent towns, and views of Dawson and Whitehorse, from the streets and from the hillsides. As far as wildlife, views include caribou herds and trails, a bounty of wolf and lynx furs caught near the Pelly River, two trappers carrying a bear, and a wooly mammoth head and tusks so well preserved that it appears to retain the skin. The actual gold mining views show operations ranging from two prospectors using a simple rocker to large dredging machines, enormous sluices, and a massive tailings dam. There is also a map of Twelve Mile River-Bonanza Creek and a view of a pan full of nuggets, labeled A Seven Thousand Dollar Clean Up on Livingston Creek, Large Nugget $470. Condition: Most with some soiling but should be very good after a cleaning. Edge cloth loose on many. Ten slides with cracked glass.
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