Eric A. Hegg Photograph Collection, 1898-1913

Collection

Identifier: PCA 124

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Alaska's Digital Archives: Eric A. Hegg. Photographs, 1898-1913. ASL-PCA-124

Scope and Contents

Collection includes images of the gold rush era and scenes of the Chilkoot Trail, Chitina, Copper River, Skagway, and the White Pass & Yukon Route, particularly during the gold rush.

Dates

1898-1913

EAD

PCA0124

Biographical / Historical

Eric A. Hegg joined the stampede to the Klondike in 1897. He made his first trip to Dyea in the riverboat Skagit Chief and opened his first photograph studio there. With the completion of the White Pass & Yukon Railway, Hegg moved to a permanent location in Skagway. He hired pack trains and went over the White Pass Trail to Lake Bennett where he advertised, "E.A. Hegg views of Alaska, sent to all parts of the world." He traveled from Lake Bennett to Dawson on a custom boat that included a built-in darkroom. In 1900, after a brief trip to New York for a showing of his Chilkoot and Gold Rush images, he returned to Dawson and sold the studio to Larss and Duclos. He moved to Nome and later served as the official photographer for the Guggenheim interests in Cordova, photographing the construction of the Copper River and Northwestern Railway.

Extent

92 Photographic Prints : 1 publication

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Existence and Location of Originals

INVENTORY OF GLASS PLATE NEGATIVES Stored in cabinet in vault

1 Box #30-35, 91, 92

Existence and Location of Copies

Photographs digitized and available for viewing via Alaska's Digital Archives: 02-04, 09, 12-14, 24-25, 42, 67-68, 84, 86, 89

General

[Gary Christiansen’s (GC) added comments, 9/10/2002]

Processing Information

The photographs are numbered and sleeved in Mylar. An item-level collection guide is available. Gary Christiansen’s additional comments are indicated in the inventory by the initials, GC.

Digital Material

Alaska's Digital Archives: Eric A. Hegg. Photographs, 1898-1913. ASL-PCA-124

Finding Aid & Administrative Information

Title: Finding aid for the Eric A. Hegg Photograph Collection, 1898-1913
Status: In Progress
Author: Processed: Unknown ; Collection guide revised by: India Spartz 9/96 Gladi Kulp 9/02 ; Revised: Apr. 2004 ; ArchivesSpace finding aid by: Sandy Johnston 2019 May ; ArchivesSpace inventory added by: Sandy Johnston
Date: 2020 March
Description rules: Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description: Undetermined
Script of description: Code for undetermined script
Language of description note: English