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English: Skagway street scene, 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Frank H. Nowell  (1864–1950)  wikidata:Q26202833
 
Frank H. Nowell
Alternative names
Frank Hamilton Nowell
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 19 February 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1950 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Portsmouth
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q26202833
Title
English: Skagway street scene, 1898
Description
English: By 1898, Skagway, Alaska, had a busy business district which sold goods and services to people leaving for the Klondike gold fields.

This photo shows downtown Skagway in 1898. Businesses which can be seen in the photo include drugstores, outfitters, an agency for hiring packers to carry one's supplies along the trail, a hardware store and tinsmith, and several saloons. Two women stand in the middle of the dirt steet, surrounded by passing wagons.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Business districts; Carts & wagons; Gold rushes; Streets
Depicted place
English: Skagway (Alaska)
Date 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 20 cm (7.8 in); width: 26 cm (10.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,20U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,26U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
7359
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
Permission
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Public domain

The author died in 1950, 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 70 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.
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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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