1900 The Klondike A Souvenir Photo Book Gold Rush Mining Yukon Territory Dawson

Description: Original 1900 The Klondike A Souvenir Photo Book Gold Rush Mining Cantwell Photographer Extremely Rare Original antique photo souvenir book – I did not see another original one for sale on the internet . . . "Illustrations by George G. Cantwell, Photographer and Taxidermist, Dawson, Y.T." . . . Photographer George Cantwell worked in the Klondike during the 1890s Gold Rush before settling near Puyallup, then Everett, Washington around 1901. "Published by Rufus Buck, M.E., Member American Institute Mining Engineers" This has no introduction or text, it just dives right in with the Black & White Photos Starts off with a great photo of “The Prospector on the Klondike” Full Page photos and Multiple photo vignettes on one page I show you a LOT (30) more photos further below!! The photos are identified with text . . . a sampling of some of the subjects of the photos include: All about Gold Mining . . . Routes to the Gold Fields ~ Railways ~ Miners ~ Pioneers ~ A lot of content from Dawson ~ White Pass ~ Trails ~ Fire of Dawson ~ ~ Government Buildings ~ Department Stores ~ Steamers ~ Street Scenes ~ Panoramas ~ Cabins ~ Yukon ~ Nature ~ Staking a Claim ~ Miner’s Cabin ~ Dawson Homes ~ Mining on Hunter Creek ~ St. Andrews Hall ~ Preparation to Sluicing ~ Placer Gold ~ Mining Scenes ~ Thawing With Fire ~ Underground Mining ~ Pay-Streaks ~ Mining Machinery ~ French Hill ~ Eldorado ~ Rocking ~ Gold Panning ~ Dogs ~ Teslin Trail ~ Indians ~ Indian Graves ~ Nome Discoveries ~ Northwest Mounted Police ~ Boats ~ Mammoth Bones ~ Hunter’s Camp ~ Bonanza Creek ~ Cariboo Hunt ~ Rotary Plow on White Pass ~ Farming in the Yukon ~ and much more! Decorated Softcover (thick construction paper type) with gold gilt ~ 12 1/4” x 9 1/4” unpaginated – 76 pgs. "Half tones by Bolton & Strong, San Francisco." "Press of H.S. Crocker Company, San Francisco." Lots MORE photos below! Condition: Good condition ~ (I like to be thorough in my descriptions – so here are a lot of details:) Complete and tightly bound ~ inside photos are very good and nice and clean ~ no writing with exception of some pencil marks on the lower right of front cover and one other interior page with a pencil line in the bottom margin . . . the blank free front endpaper has some soiling and an edge tear and some light pencil marks (see photo below) – the title page has a soiled spot on the upper right corner and an edge tear (see photo) ~ first several pages have a small dogear to the lower right corner ~ the outside of the textblock has some spotting . . . the outside covers have some wear and tear – spotting and soiling, edge tear on the right edge ~ the spine cover has some roughness Glad to find this extremely rare book despite a few condition issues! Look at my feedback and bid with confidence! ~ I combine shipping ~ Thanks for looking! i10152 Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution

Price: 350 USD

Location: Clinton, Washington

End Time: 2024-12-08T01:32:50.000Z

Shipping Cost: 5.88 USD