Alaska State Library – Historical Collections Finding Aids

Stampeders freighting on the trail at the height of the gold rush to the Klondike, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-39

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

A grizzled old‑timer with his outfit on the trail to the Golden Klondike, 1898. His joy is born of the fact that age had not conquered him. Note the talisman in his blouse pocket:

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-40

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

Rubbing shoulders daily with hardship, cheechako and old-timer alike pressed onward over steep, dangerous, snow-clad wastes to the Yukon. Nearing the summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-41

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

Facing always the possibility of fragments breaking off some icecapped edge and starting avalanches above them the weary army of gold seekers toiled on to Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-42

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

Constantly fighting cold, hardship and fatigue, gold seekers enjoying a well earned rest on the snow-clad summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-43

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

Raw reality at the upper end of Peterson's Tramway on Chilkoot Pass. Stampeders undergoing some grueling work transporting provisions over the ice-cold summit of the pass, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-44

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

No place for weaklings here; endure the strain or fall out; that was the law of the trail. Gold seekers ascending the summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-45

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

A view of the jagged, cloud-piercing peaks of Chilkoot Pass unrelieved by tree or shrub. Gold seekers surging upward and onward with renewed energy to the Golden Klondike, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-46

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

A bird's eye view of Chilkoot Pass showing the camp teeming with life and excitement in 1898. Hostile nature ever challenging man's courage on the trail of '98.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-47

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

The most spectacular scene on the Trail of '98. Yukoners standing the acid test of the wilderness ascending the summit of bleak, forbidding Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Item — Box: PCA 21

Identifier: PCA0021-48

Content Description From the Collection:

The photographs in this album, published by the Winter and Pond Company in 1934, depict life on the Trail of '98, the famous Klondike Gold Rush Trail from Skagway to Whitehorse over the Chilkoot Trail. The photographs were probably all taken in 1898.

Dates: 1934; Event: 1898

Found in: Alaska State Library - Historical Collections Finding Aids / PCA 21, Winter and Pond photograph collection, 1934 ; Trail of '98 - thirty-six years ago. 1934 / PCA 21 Album

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Box PCA 21

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Stampeders freighting on the trail at the height of the gold rush to the Klondike, 1898.

A grizzled old‑timer with his outfit on the trail to the Golden Klondike, 1898. His joy is born of the fact that age had not conquered him. Note the talisman in his blouse pocket:

Rubbing shoulders daily with hardship, cheechako and old-timer alike pressed onward over steep, dangerous, snow-clad wastes to the Yukon. Nearing the summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Facing always the possibility of fragments breaking off some icecapped edge and starting avalanches above them the weary army of gold seekers toiled on to Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Constantly fighting cold, hardship and fatigue, gold seekers enjoying a well earned rest on the snow-clad summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

Raw reality at the upper end of Peterson's Tramway on Chilkoot Pass. Stampeders undergoing some grueling work transporting provisions over the ice-cold summit of the pass, 1898.

No place for weaklings here; endure the strain or fall out; that was the law of the trail. Gold seekers ascending the summit of Chilkoot Pass, 1898.

A view of the jagged, cloud-piercing peaks of Chilkoot Pass unrelieved by tree or shrub. Gold seekers surging upward and onward with renewed energy to the Golden Klondike, 1898.

A bird's eye view of Chilkoot Pass showing the camp teeming with life and excitement in 1898. Hostile nature ever challenging man's courage on the trail of '98.

The most spectacular scene on the Trail of '98. Yukoners standing the acid test of the wilderness ascending the summit of bleak, forbidding Chilkoot Pass, 1898.