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English: Steamship MORGAN CITY leaving Seattle for Alaska, April 26, 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Anders Beer Wilse  (1865–1949)  wikidata:Q144339
 
Anders Beer Wilse
Description Norwegian photographer
father of Robert Charles Wilse
Date of birth/death 12 June 1865 Edit this at Wikidata 21 February 1949 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Flekkefjord Municipality Oslo
Work period 1900–49
Work location
Kristiania (Oslo), Kragerø, Seattle
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q144339
Title
English: Steamship MORGAN CITY leaving Seattle for Alaska, April 26, 1898
Description
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From 1897 to 1898, Seattle was deluged by hopeful miners en route to the Klondike gold fields in Alaska. After gathering supplies, herd animals, tools and gear, prospectors boarded steamers for the long journey up to the Yukon.

Caption on image: Seattle April 26 98 Wilse Photo Seattle

Wilse 497

PH Coll 285.9

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Morgan City (Ship); Ships--Washington (State)--Seattle; Passengers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Piers & wharves--Washington (State)--Seattle; Waterfronts--Washington (State)--Seattle; Elliott Bay (Wash.); Bays (Bodies of water)--Washington (State)--Seattle; Logs
Joseph Ladue, founder of Klondike City, had the Morgan City brought around Cape Horn from New York. After one trip from Seattle to Skagway, Alaska and Valdez, Alaska he leased it at US$600 per day as a troop transport to the Philippines. The ship was lost in the Sea of Japan in September 1899.
Depicted place Seattle
Date Taken on 26 April 1898
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
2667
Source
English: Seattle Photographs
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Order Number
InfoField
SEA2682

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