Summit of White Pass Boundary of Canada and Alaska

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Collection Citation: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

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Scope and Contents: Summit of White Pass, a mountain pass through the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains on the border of Alaska and British Columbia. It leads from Skagway, Alaska to the chain of lakes that are at the headwaters of the Yukon River, Crater Lake, Lake Lindeman and Bennett Lake, and was one of the two main passes used by prospectors during the Klondike Gold Rush. This view shows the White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad, built in 1898.

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs

Collector

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.

Summary

The Mary Harriman Rumsey collection largely consists of photographic prints and lantern slides documenting the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in summer 1899. These depict members of the expedition and Alaskan scenery and people. The collection also includes scenic photographs of Alaska taken by Dora Keen in 1914 and photographs of Blackfeet, Hopi, Apache, and Suquamish Indians made by Edward Curtis...