Guide to the William E. Meed Photograph Collection
circa 1898-1953

Biographical Note

William E. Meed, with his wife Mabel, traveled to Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, in 1898 to work in river transportation during the Klondike gold rush. Meed became the freight and passenger agent for the Bennett Lake and Klondike Navigation Co. shortly after his arrival at Dawson in 1898. The company operated the vessels Ora, Nora, and Flora between Whitehorse and Dawson. He soon also became an agent for the Canadian Development Co., which operated the steamboats Victorian, Columbian, and Canadian.

At the turn of the century, Meed became chief owner and manager of the Yukon Dock Company at Dawson. He then formed the Stewart River Co. on Dec. 22, 1900, for the purpose of building and operating the first boat that was suitable for navigating the Stewart River. The sternwheel steamer Prospector was built in Whitehorse in 1901, the name indicating the exploratory purpose of the boat, and also identifying it with those men whom it was intended to serve. The Prospector was designed by a prominent Victoria boat builder, and Capt. James A. Ritchie was given command of the vessel.

The Meeds moved in 1907 to Victoria, British Columbia, where William was an orchardist and manager of a shipyard. Little is know of intervening years, but by 1936, William Meed was a salesman living alone in Vancouver, B.C., near his daughter Edna. In the 1940s, he wrote reminiscences of his Klondike experiences for a Vancouver newspaper.

Scope and Content

The collection primarily contains photographs compiled by William E. Meed documenting the Klondike gold rush and related activities in the vicinity of Dawson, Yukon Territory. Some images were taken by prominent commercial photographers such as Eric A. Hegg, Kinsey & Kinsey (Clark Kinsey and Clarence Kinsey), H.J. Goetzman, H.C. Barley, and George G. Cantwell. These depict Klondike mines and mining activities in the Dawson vicinity, Dawson street scenes, views along the Chilkoot Trail and the White Pass & Yukon Route railroad, steamboats and steamboat landings, and other Klondike scenes. Meed was an amateur photographer himself and took a number of photographs that document his own activities, his family and friends, and his fellow workers for the Stewart River Co. and aboard the steamboat Prospector. The snapshots show Dawson's cabin residences, the Dawson docks and freighting activities, outings by dogsled, wilderness roadhouses, and domestic scenes. The collection is accompanied by a series of captions derived from Meed's journal, a narrative account of his Klondike experiences that is keyed to the photographs. Also included are related newspaper clippings and correspondence.

Arrangement

The original order of the collection has been retained.

Restrictions on Access

Collection is open to the public.

General Notes

Lake Laberge is variously referred to as Lake Laberge, Lake LaBarge, and Lake LeBarge in the text accompanying the photographs.

Acquisition Info

Source: Edna Meed; received 1986.

Processing Info

Processed by Rebekah Dalby, 2003.

Inventory

Box/Folder

Item

Date

Photographs of Alaska and Yukon

1/1

1

Steamer City of Seattle (Barley 2415)

Photographer: H.C. Barley

2

Steamer Cutch, Port of Skagway (Barley 2145)

Photographer: H.C. Barley, Skagway

3

Totem pole, Wrangell, Alaska (Goetzman 318)

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

4

Chilkat Indian in full dance costume (Barley 2242)

1900

Photographer: H.C. Barley, Skagway

5

Pack train approaching Chilkoot Pass (Goetzman 618)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

6

Prospectors with freight preparing for ascent of Chilkoot Pass (Goetzman 605)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

7

Prospectors with freight during Chilkoot Pass ascent (Goetzman 603)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

8

Prospectors with freight during Chilkoot Pass ascent (Goetzman 601)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

9

Ascent of Chilkoot Pass (Goetzman 602)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

10

Packers ascending summit of Chilkoot Pass

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

11

Packers at summit of Chilkoot Pass (Goetzman 607)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

1/2

12

Packers and freight at summit of Chilkoot Pass (Goetzman 604)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

13

Packers and freight at summit of Chilkoot Pass (Goetzman 604)

Spring 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

Same image as item 47, without photographer's imprint.

14

Piles of freight in snow at summit of Chilkoot Pass

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

15

“One Mile River between Lindeman and Bennett” (Hegg 682)

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

16

“Looking up the summit of White Pass” (Hegg 245)

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

17

Angora goat team harnessed to loaded sled, near Skagway

ca. 1898

Photographer: [Eric A. Hegg?]

18

Bird’s-eye view of Bennett (Goetzman 621)

1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

19

Whipsawing in the Klondike (Goetzman 259)

ca. 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

20

Boats waiting to navigate Miles Canyon and White Horse Rapids (Goetzman 619)

ca. 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

1/3

21

Steamer Nora at Miles Canyon

July 1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

22

Miles Canyon dock

1899

23

Entering Miles Canyon (Goetzman 611)

ca. 1898-1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

24

Boat navigating upper end of Miles Canyon (Hegg 711)

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

25

Two boats navigating Miles Canyon

ca. 1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

26

Miles Canyon in winter covered with ice and snow

ca. 1898-1899

27

Boat navigating White Horse Rapids

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

28

Boat navigating White Horse Rapids (Hegg 713)

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

29

View of Lake Laberge (Goetzman 606)

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

30

Middle Laberge Roadhouse in winter

Apr. 7, 1902

1/4

31

Steamer Merwin ascending Five Finger Rapids (Goetzman 615)

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

32

Portaging over ice on Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River in winter

ca. 1899

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

33

Ice jam at Five Finger Rapids, Yukon River

ca. 1899

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

34

Sternwheel steamers Victorian, Columbian and Canadian at dock, [Dawson?]

ca. 1898

35

Steamer Victorian’s first trip up the Yukon

1899

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

36

“Steamer Victorian starting for White Horse"

July 8, 1899

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

37

Steamer Columbian leaving Dawson for White Horse

1899

38

“Steamers Casca and Prospector on the morning of their last trip to White Horse, 12:45 a.m.”

Oct. 1901

Photographer: J. Boony

39

Eldorado caught in frozen river halfway between White Horse and Dawson

ca. 1899

40

Steamer Australian, above Miles Canyon

ca. 1899

1/5

41

Steamer Susie at Dawson dock

1899

42

Steamers Columbian, Canadian and Lotta Talbot in winter quarters at Dawson (Goetzman) 172

Nov. 24, 1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

43

Steamer Prospector on Fifty Mile River (Lewes River) below White Horse

1901

44

“Scow wrecked in frozen Thirty Mile River, near Dawson" (Goetzman 158)

Oct. 21, 1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

45

Bird’s-eye view of Dawson (Goetzman 614)

Sept. 2, 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

46

View of Dawson with steamers frozen in river (Goetzman 167)

Nov. 21, 1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

47

Office building in Dawson

1899

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

48

Dog team on Front Street, Dawson

June 1899

49

First Avenue (Front Street) by moonlight, Dawson

ca. 1899-1900

50

Dawson warehouses and docks (Goetzman 476)

July 23, 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

1/6

51

Grandstand at Dawson

July 4, 1901

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

52

Meed family (with Mrs. Meed’s brother John Newton) in front of their cabin at Dawson

1905

Photographer: Peck Photo, Dawson

53

Frozen cabin near Dawson

ca. 1900

54

Frozen house near Dawson

ca. 1900

55

A house with a Klondike bottle window

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

56

Group in front of the Savoy Hotel

57

Group in front of the Gold Hill Hotel, Grand Forks

ca. 1900

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

58

Group and dogsled team in front of Moulton Hotel, Hunker Creek (Goetzman 227)

ca. 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

59

Couple in front of their cabin, Dawson

ca. 1900

60

Savoy Hotel

ca. 1900

1/7

61

Two miners in cabin

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

62

“Bartlett Brothers Freight Train en route to the mines”

ca. 1900

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

63

Men mining at Skookum Hill, Bonanza Creek

ca. 1900

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

64

Bird’s-eye view of Bonanza Creek, Golf Hill at right (Goetzman 623)

ca. 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

65

“Thawing with steam at #16 Eldorado” (Cantwell 17)

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

66

Underground mining at #16 Eldorado (Cantwell 19)

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

67

Mining underground

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

68

Miner “going down the shaft”

ca. 1900

Simulation of mining accident.

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

69

Miner being rescued

ca. 1900

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

Simulation of mining accident.

70

Miner being resuscitated

ca. 1900

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

Simulation of mining accident.

1/8

71

Miners sluicing at claim #39 below Hunker Creek

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

72

“Haywood Cate’s $2,000.00 dog team,” Dawson

ca. 1900

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

73

Dogsled team “leaving Dawson for home” (Goetzman 210)

Feb. 11, 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

74

U.S. Mail leaving Dawson

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

75

“Dick Gardner’s Circle City Express on Yukon River,” Dawson

ca. 1900

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg, Dawson

76

Nugget Express dogsled team between Dawson and the mines

ca. 1900

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

77

Dogsled team on Front Street, Dawson

ca. 1900

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

78

“Yukoners” on holiday outing with dogsled team

ca. 1900

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

79

Moose-hunter en route to Dawson (Goetzman 205)

ca. 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

80

Children with dogsled team

ca. 1900

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

1/9

81

Dog in front of Dawson cabins in winter

ca. 1900

82

Dogsled team with sled reading “Kinsey and Kinsey Nome Photographers,” near Grand Forks

ca. 1900

83

“First lady stampeder on Thistle Creek”

ca. 1900

Photographer: [Eric A. Hegg?]

84

“Dogs packing goods to the mines,” east side of Klondike River Bridge

ca. 1900

85

“Wolf trainer in Dawson,” dogs pulling sled

ca. 1900

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

86

“Yukon Belles,” Native American women on top of wood pile

ca. 1900

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

87

Game hunters in front of small cabin in snow

ca. 1900

88

“Baptisti Smith family and dwelling—the best moose hunter in the Yukon” (Goetzman 171)

ca. 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

89

Men in front of cabin in snow

ca. 1900

90

Hunters around campfire at night

ca. 1900

1/10

91

Native American woman and children at Moosehide Village

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

92

“Girl wanted,” man washing clothes outside of tent

ca. 1900

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg, Dawson City

93

“Girls wanted,” men doing domestic chores outside of cabin

ca. 1900

94

“Exhausted stampeder,” man sleeping

1898

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

95

Cable suspension bridge across Klondike River, connecting South Dawson with Klondike City

ca. 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

96

Mining tunnel in hillside claim

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

97

Frost at the mouth of a mining tunnel

ca. 1900

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

98

“Mammoth remains found in bottom of 55 ft. mining shaft,” Hunker Creek

Jan. 1901

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

99

“Ptarmigan,” birds

ca. 1900

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

100

“Moose calfs”

ca. 1900

Photographer: Hegg & Co. , Dawson

101

Photograph of several pen and ink sketches of Yukon drawn by Asa Thurston Haydon

Box

Date

Box

2

Album of Photographs of Alaska and Yukon

The album contains photographs relating to the Klondike gold rush in the vicinity of Dawson in the Yukon Territory during the years 1898 to 1899. Included are images of the Klondikers, the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, and the sternwheel steamers used to bring people and supplies up the Yukon River.

Page

Item

inside cover

101a

Photograph of several pen and ink sketches of Yukon drawn by Asa Thurston Haydon

Same image as item 101.

1

102

Steamer Australian

Same image as item 40.

2

103

Steamer Columbian’s first trip to White Horse

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

3

104

Steamer S.S. Bailey on Lake Bennett

4

105

Steamer Victorian leaving Dawson for White Horse

1899

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

5

106

Steamers Columbian, Victorian and Canadian in port at Dawson

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

6

107

Canadian Development Company’s dock at Dawson

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

7

108

Steamers Columbian and Eldorado racing from Dawson to White Horse Rapids

July 4, 1899

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

8

109

Steamer Gov. Pingree of Seattle leaving winter quarters at Steamboat Slough

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

9

110

Steamer Sarah at dock, Dawson

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

10

111

Men and Native American children in front of steamer Gold Star on Thirty Mile River

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

11

112

Five Finger Rapids

1898

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

12

[no image]

13

113

Five Finger Rapids

July 1899

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

14

114

Dawson warehouses, Yukon Dock Company

July 23, 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

15

115

Five Finger Rapids with group of people on cliffs

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

16

116

Log bridge

17

117

Fifty Mile River near Big Salmon, July 1999

July 1999

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman, Dawson

18

118

Sternwheeler Joseph Closett at a wood camp

19

119

Lava walls of Miles Canyon

Photographer: H.C. Barley

20

120

Entrance to Miles Canyon

Photographer: H.C. Barley

21

121

White Horse Rapids

1899

Photographer: H.C. Barley

22

122

“The cataract of Miles Canyon”

1899

Photographer: H.C. Barley

23

123

White Horse Rapids

Photographer: H.C. Barley

25

125

“Fishing at the mouth of Miles Canyon”

Photographer: H.C. Barley

126

Steamer Australian at Miles Canyon landing

Photographer: H.C. Barley

26

127

Horse pulling load on tramway

27

128

Men and horses at MacAuley’s Dock, Miles Canyon

July 1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

28

129

Men feeding bear in front of the Canyon Hotel and Saloon, Miles Canyon

July 1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

29

130

Steamer Nora at upper end of tramway, Miles Canyon

July 1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

30

131

Tramway at White Horse

31

132

People standing on a bridge

32

133

Hot air balloon landing on Front Street, Dawson

33

134

Men in front of office buildings, Dawson

Photographer: Hegg & Co.

Same image as item 47.

34

135a

Dog pack train en route to the mines

Photographer: Eric A. Hegg

135b-135d

Cabin

Same image as item 47.

135e

Man seated near trail

Same image as item 47.

35

136

Train at Rocky Point on the White Pass and Yukon Railroad

Photographer: H.C. Barley

36

137

Treadwell Gold Mine, Juneau, Alaska

1896

Photographer: Winter & Pond

37

138

Train on White Pass and Yukon Railroad route

Photographer: H.C. Barley

38

139

“Cutting the grade on Tunnel Mountain,” White Pass and Yukon Railroad

Photographer: H.C. Barley

140

Surveyor with horse and dog

Photographer: H.C. Barley

39

141-142

“Cutting the grade on Tunnel Mountain,” White Pass and Yukon Railroad

Photographer: H.C. Barley

40

143

Timber near Skagway

Photographer: H.C. Barley

144

Juneau, Alaska

1898

Photographer: Winter & Pond

41

145

Klondikers ascending the summit of Chilkoot Pass

Photographer: Winter & Pond

146

Looking southwest from Pinnacle Gap

Photographer: H.C. Barley

42

147

White Pass [summit?]

148

People among the crevasses of Denver Glacier

Photographer: H.C. Barley

43

149

Ice formation on glacier

Photographer: H.C. Barley

150

People in front of ice formation from the Muir Glacier

Photographer: H.C. Barley

44

151

Section of Muir Glacier

Photographer: H.C. Barley

152

Taku Glacier

1895

Photographer: Winter & Pond

45

153

Muir Glacier

154

S.S. City of Seattle on Glacier Bay, Muir Glacier

Photographer: H.C. Barley

46

155

People looking down into the depths of Mammoth Crevasse, Denver Glacier

Photographer: H.C. Barley

156

Denver Glacier near Skagway

Photographer: H.C. Barley

47

157

People above crevasse on Muir Glacier

1895

Photographer: Winter & Pond

158

Men shoveling snow on the “grade,” White Pass and Yukon Railroad

1899

Photographer: H.C. Barley

48

159

Canoe on ice floe on Yukon River

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

160

Portaging over ice jam at Five Finger Rapids

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

49

161

Miles Canyon in winter

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

162

Ice breaking up at Five Finger Rapids

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

50

163

Governor Pingree being rescued after falling through the ice

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

164

Miles Canyon in winter

Same image as item 161.

51

165

Man at Miles Canyon in winter

Photographer: Kinsey & Kinsey

166

Ice jam on Five Finger Rapids

52

167

Early morning on Lake Bennett

Photographer: H.C. Barley

168

Killing fur seals on St. Paul Island, Alaska

53

169

Auk Indian women and child, Juneau, Alaska

Photographer: Winter & Pond

170

Native women weaving baskets, Sitka, Alaska

1897

Photographer: Winter & Pond

54

171

Totem pole at Ketchikan

Photographer: H.C. Barley

172

Chief Shake’s totem poles, Fort Wrangel

1895

Photographer: Winter & Pond

55

173-175

“Sailor Bill” with fur coat

1898

Photographer: H.C. Barley

56

176

Klondike gold nuggets

57

177

"The Coming Queen of the Yukon," native child, Dawson

Photographer: Hegg & Co., Dawson

58

178a

Horse pack train taking supplies to the mines

178b

Man with horse pack train

178c

Horse pack train

59

179

Dogsled team on Lake Bennett

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

Box/Folder

Item

Date

Photographs of Alaska and Yukon

1/11

180

Group of natives on the bank of the McQuesten River

1902

181-183

Meed’s second cabin home in the Yukon

Photograph missing as of 2002.

1/12

184

Captain J.W. Allard shooting White Horse Rapids in a 15-foot skiff

Aug. 16, 1901

Photographer: Hamacher, White Horse

1/13

185

Steamer Prospector at White Horse

1901

2/1

186-187

Steamer Prospector on trial trip

2/3

188

Steamer Whitehorse on Five Finger Rapids

Photographer: Hamacker & Doody, White Horse

1/13

189

Dawson warehouses (Goetzman 476)

July 23, 1900

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

Same image as item 50.

2/4

190

Steamer S.S. Tees covered with ice

Photographer: H.C. Barley, Skagway

2/5

191

Steamer Prospector leaving Dawson for White Horse

1905

Photographer: O.C. Peck, Dawson

1/14

192

Steamer Prospector, Capt. James A. Ritchie at right of pilot house

ca. 1901

193

Klondike Nugget Excursion on steamer Prospector

194

[missing]

195

Meed’s wife, Mabel, sitting on bow of steamer Prospector

196

Mabel Meed sitting with another woman on the bow of steamer Prospector

197

Klondike Nugget Excursion on steamer Prospector

198

Mabel Meed and others on bank of Stewart River and steamer Prospector

199

Steamer Prospector at Dawson

200-201

Steamer Prospector leaving Dawson

1902

202-203

Mabel Meed at wheel of Prospector during Pelly River trip

1/15

204-215

Fraser Falls, Stewart River

1902

216-217

William and Mabel Meed at Fraser Falls, Stewart River

1902

218

William Meed at Fraser Falls, Stewart River

1902

219

Two women at Fraser Falls, Stewart River

1902

1/16

220

Prospectors with piles of freight preparing to portage around Fraser Falls

221-222

People at Mayo Landing, Stewart River

1902

Item 221 is the same image as item 141.

223

Office of Yukon Dock Company, Dawson

1900

224

Yukon Dock Company building, Front Street, Dawson

225

Yukon Dock Company office interior

226

Charles Severance inside office of Yukon Dock Company, Dawson

1900

227

William Meed inside office of Yukon Dock Company, Dawson

1900

228

Charles Cullin, purser of the steamer Victorian, inside office of Yukon Dock Company, Dawson

1900

229

Capt. Stephen Martin of steamer Canadian, inside office of Yukon Dock Company, Dawson

1900

230

Renwick Calderhead, head of Bennett Lake and Klondike Navigation Company, inside office of Yukon Dock Company, Dawson

1900

231

Flora Holmes, daughter of Captain William Holmes of the steamboat Columbian, inside office of Yukon Dock Company, Dawson

1900

1/17

232-233

Spectators on grandstand in front of Yukon Dock Company for Victoria Day

May 24, 1900

234

Two girls celebrating Victoria Day

May 24, 1900

235

Pole vaulting in celebration of Victoria Day, Dawson

May 24, 1900

236-238

Victoria Day celebrations, Dawson

May 24, 1900

239

Steamer Mary Graff at Yukon Dock, Dawson

240

Northern Commercial Company river boats in winter quarters, Steamboat Slough

241

Mabel Meed seated in cabin, Dawson

1902

1/18

242

William and Mabel Meed having tea inside cabin, Dawson

1902

243

Mabel Meed on porch of cabin

1902

244

Cabins at Dawson

1902

245

Mabel Meed in spruce forest on Lake Laberge

Apr. 12, 1902

246

Mabel Meed

1902

Photograph missing as of 2002.

247

Mabel Meed outside of log cabin, Lake Laberge

Apr. 1902

248

William and Mabel Meed outside of their first log cabin, Lake Laberge

1902

249

Mabel Meed and her brother-in-law Richard outside log cabin, Lake Laberge

1902

250

William and Mabel Meed outside log cabin, Lake Laberge

1902

251

Mabel Meed and men ice fishing on Lake Laberge

Apr. 29, 1902

252

Mabel Meed and others netting white fish on Lake Laberge

Apr. 1902

253

[number not used]

254-256

Meed family sledding with dog team over Lake Laberge

Apr. 1902

1/19

257

Mabel Meed with man and children in front of cabin, Lake Laberge

1902

258

[number not used]

259

Group in canoe on Lake Laberge

260

Crew of the steamer Prospector in front of Hotel Meed

261-264

Pinnacle Rock on the Pelly River

Aug. 1901

265

MacMillan River

266

Mudslide on MacMillan River

Aug. 1901

267

Signboard nailed to tree announcing arrival of steamer Prospector, Fraser Falls

1901

268

[number not used]

269

Schoolteachers Mr. and Mrs. J. Acklen with children Charlotte and Joe in front of their cabin, Dawson

ca. 1900

270

Schoolteachers Mr. and Mrs. J. Acklen with children Charlotte and Joe on porch of their cabin, Dawson

ca. 1900

1/20

271

Mr. and Mrs. Laurence McCarty with dogsled team on their wedding tour in the Klondike

Nov. 1900

Photographer: Meed Photographer, Dawson

272

McCarty's honeymoon trip

Nov. 1900

Photographer: Meed Photographer, Dawson

273-274

Mr. and Mrs. William Steinburger with baby in front of their store and lunch house at Bonanza Creek

275

William Steinburger taking supplies by dogsled team from Dawson to store at Bonanza Creek

276

William Steinburger standing at end of Klondike River Bridge

279-282

Dawson residents with dogsled team

1/21

283-285

Children playing in the snow, Dawson

286

Mrs. J. Acklen and child with dog and sled, Dawson

287

Women and children playing with dog and sled, Dawson

288

Boys playing ice hockey, Dawson

ca. 1900

289

Dogs on shore watching the Prospector, Selkirk

1902

290

Four-horse team hauling coal from Rock Creek to Dawson, using bob-sleighs

291

Dogsled team hauling mountain-sheep mutton

292

Dogsled team hauling food to camp

1/22

293

Winter landscape

Photographer: George G. Cantwell, Dawson

294

Men and dog in snow on Bonanza Trail

295

Winter landscape seen from Dawson Heights

Photographer: George G. Cantwell, Dawson

296

Midnight sun, Dawson

June 1900

297

“Sunrise from the Dome,” 2:20 a.m.

June 21, 1901

298

People on porch of roadhouse at the mouth of the Stewart River

1902

299

Mrs. Creamer and family in front of cabin, Dawson

1905

300

Mrs. Creamer and family gardening

Spring 1905

301

Skating rink, Dawson

1905

302

Feeding a moose calf in front of police post, near Stewart

1/23

303

“Frozen out,” cabin in snow

304

“Frozen out,” dog in front of cabins in snow

Photographer: George G. Cantwell

305-306

“Frozen out,” cabins in snow

307

Miner operating a windlass, 40 degrees below zero

308

Miner on river with gold pan

309

William Meed in front of Klondike River Bridge

310

Klondike River Bridge

311

Dawson School

1906

312

Native woodcutters (for steamboats), Dawson

1899

1/24

313

Chief Isaacs of the Moosehead tribe

Photographer: George G. Cantwell, Dawson

314

Stewart River native onboard Prospector with tame marten

315

Dick Meed, Mabel Meed, and Eileen Munro on log tramway, White Horse Rapids

1902

316

William Meed and Eileen Munro at White Horse Rapids

1902

317

Mabel Meed, Dick Meed, and Eileen Munro picnicking at White Horse

1902

318

A native Yukon boy in full winter costume

1902

319

Native of the lower Yukon with dogs

320

Arrival of Peel River natives, Dawson

Mar. 21, 1901

321

Native children, “Dog Salmon Johnnie,” and “Huckleberry Sue”

1902

322

Entrance to tunnel of Klondike placer mine

ca. 1899

323

Steamer Prospector

1902

Box

Item

M291

324

Panorama of Dawson, Front Street showing dogsleds and businesses

August 17,1899

Photographer: H.J. Goetzman

Hanging File

325

Panorama of Dawson with Yukon River in distance

1902

Hanging File

326

Panorama of Dawson with Yukon River in foreground

1902

XH1

327

Reunion banquet of the International Sourdoughs to celebrate 50th anniversary of the Klondike gold rush, Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C.

1948

Box/Folder

Item

1/25

328

Newspaper clippings relating to the Klondike gold rush in vicinity of Dawson, Yukon Territory

Aug. 19, 1901-Mar. 7, 1953

1/26

329

Letter written by Mabel Meed to her family in England

Sept. 15, 1905

1/27

330

Journal

Extended notes compiled by William Meed about the Klondike gold rush.

Subject Terms

Personal Names:

Barley, H. C., photographer.

Cantwell, George G., d. 1948, photographer.

Goetzman, H. J., photographer.

Hegg, Eric A., 1867-1948, photographer.

Kinsey, Clarence, photographer.

Kinsey, Clark, photographer.

Meed family--Photographs.

Meed, Mabel--Photographs.

Meed, William E., photographer.

Meed, William E.--Photographs.

Organizations:

Kinsey & Kinsey, photographer.

White Pass & Yukon Route (Firm)

Subjects:

Cabins--Yukon Territory--Photographs.

Dogsledding--Yukon Territory--Photographs.

Frontier and pioneer life--Yukon Territory--Photographs.

Gold miners--Yukon Territory--Photographs.

Gold mines and mining--Yukon Territory--Photographs.

Hunting--Yukon Territory--Photographs.

Steamboats--Yukon Territory--Photographs.

Geographic Names:

Chilkoot Trail--Photographs.

Dawson (Yukon)--Photographs.

Klondike River Valley (Yukon)--Gold discoveries--Photographs.

Macmillan River (Yukon)--Photographs.

Pelly River (Yukon)--Photographs.

Stewart River (Yukon : River)--Photographs.

Yukon River (Yukon and Alaska)--Photographs.

Yukon Territory--Gold discoveries--Photographs.

Genre Headings:

Clippings.

Diaries.

Letters.

Photographs.