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English: Asahel Curtis and companion on Skagway Trail, ca. 1897   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Asahel Curtis  (1874–1941)  wikidata:Q4803332
 
Asahel Curtis
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 1874 Edit this at Wikidata 1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Minnesota Seattle
Work period 1888 Edit this at Wikidata–1941 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
Seattle, Washington
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4803332
Title
English: Asahel Curtis and companion on Skagway Trail, ca. 1897
Description
English:

Seattleite Asahel Curtis left for the Klondike in 1897 and stayed two years, taking photos for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. With today's tiny cameras and one-hour printing, it is easy to forget that he and the other gold rush photographers had to haul hundreds of pounds of glass photographic plates, heavy equipment, and chemicals through the wilderness and find places to set up their darkrooms. This photo shows Seattle photographer Asahel Curtis (right) and an unidentified companion at their snowy campsite on the Skagway Trail through White Pass. Curtis is holding a large format camera which used glass plates to produce negatives.

Upper left corner of the photo is obscured by an overlapping photo on the album page. Original photo in "Klondike Rush of '98" Photograph Album, 2010.3.14.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Cameras; Camping; Gold rushes; Photographers; Tents; Trails & paths
Depicted place
English: Skagway Trail (Alaska and Yukon); White Pass Trail (Alaska and Yukon)
Date circa 1897
date QS:P571,+1897-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Medium
English: 1 photographic print: b&w
Dimensions height: 4.5 in (11.4 cm); width: 5 in (12.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,4.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,5U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7072
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain

The author died in 1941, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 80 years or fewer.

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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
Other versions Asahel Curtis and his camera at a roadhouse, on the White Pass or Skagway Trail (CURTIS 547).jpeg
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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