File:Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898 (MOHAI 6911).jpg

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English: Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
English: Curtis, Asahel, 1874-1941.
Title
English: Open-air grocery store in Dawson, c1898.
Description
English: By the end of July 1898, over 40,000 gold seekers had poured into Dawson, Yukon Territory. Some of the city's busines was conducted in tents or in the open air.

In this photo, taken around 1898 by Asahel Curtis, customers are buying pies, loaves of bread, and cans of corned beef and sausage at an open air grocery store. The storekeeper is weighing the gold used to buy the goods.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Grocery stores; Shopping
Depicted place
English: Dawson (Yukon)
Date 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w
Dimensions height: 12 cm (4.7 in); width: 16 cm (6.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,12U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,16U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
6911
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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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.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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