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James Albert Johnson Fonds, 82/341 (Yukon Archives Caption List) James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #1 Hannah Carmack holding her 9-month-old son, George Carmack, June 1861. From 1861 tintype. 82/341 #2 Perry Carmack, father of George Carmack. Photo taken in 1870, one year before his death at age 40. 82/341 #3 Rosella Carmack and James Watson on their wedding day in 1869. Rosella was 14; Watson was 38, the same age as her father. 82/341 #4 Rosella Carmack, age 22, 1877. 82/341 #5 Rosella and James Watson in 1887, when Watson was 56 and Rosella 32. 82/341 #6 Private George W. Carmack, U. S. Marine Corps. Photo taken in 1881, when Carmack was 21. Photo from 1881 tintype. 82/341 #7 George Carmack in 1883 at the age of 23. last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 1 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #8 USS Wachusett at Mare Island in 1881. George Carmack boarded the Wachusett at Mare Island on February 3, 1882 and sailed for Sitka. He remained at Sitka until October 3, 1882, then returned to Mare Island on the Wachusett. 82/341 #9 USS Pinta in Juneau harbor, 1889. After outfitting in Juneau, George Carmack and his six prospector companions boarded the Pinta in May, 1885. The Pinta carried the Carmack party to Dyea, where they started up the Chilkoot Trail to the upper Yukon valley. 82/341 #10 The USS Pinta in Victoria, B.C. on May 24, 1891. 82/341 #11 Map drawn by George Carmack showing camping places in upper Yukon valley during 1885 prospecting trip. Original map in letter sent to sister Rosella in fall of 1885. 82/341 #12 Application filed by George Carmack when he recorded Discovery Claim on Bonanza Creek in fall of 1896. 82/341 #13 Original spruce tree stake marking corner of Carmack's Discovery Claim on Bonanza Creek, staked by Carmack on August 17, 1896. last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 2 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #14 George Carmack in Dawson, 1897. 82/341 #15 Kate Carmack, Graphie Carmack and George Carmack posing in front of their log cabin on Bonanza Creek, 1897. 82/341 #16 Skookum Jim on his No.1 Above claim on Bonanza Creek, 1899. 82/341 #17 [Skookum Jim, his wife and daughter, George Carmack and Patsy Henderson] Skookum Jim (Keish) and family in front of house, 1901. [George Carmack, unidentified man, Skookum Jim's wife Mary, Skookum Jim's daughter Daisy, Skookum Jim (James Mason) with a gold pan in hand, Patsy Henderson. They are gathered around a porch of a wood sided house. Two dogs are with them. A wooden crate on the porch reads "Thistle Brand Canned Goods, Brighton Ont. Canada". Hills are in the background. Photographs 83/102 #4, 82/341 #17, 88/58R #33, 88/58R #35, and 2000/37 #7 are the same image.] - [between 1898 and 1900]. 82/341 #18 George Carmack in Dawson, 1898. Sketches by Art Buell, famous Klondike artist. last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 3 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #19 George Carmack on Discovery Claim, Bonanza Creek, 1898. 82/341 #20 George Carmack in doorway of Klondike Hotel, Dawson, 1898. 82/341 #21 [Formal studio portrait of] Kate Carmack (Shaaw Tláa) in California, 1898. [Same image as 2000/37, #5] - 1898. 82/341 #22 [Formal studio portrait of] George Carmack, Kate Carmack and Graphie Carmack in California, 1898. 82/341 #23 George Carmack in California, 1898. 82/341 #24 George Carmack in Microbane Medical automobile, 1899. [sign reads: "Use Dr. Peterson's Microbane Hair Grower"] 82/341 #25 Green Tree Hotel, Dawson, 1899. [also 5624] 82/341 #26 Marguerite Laimee Carmack in Seattle, 1920. last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 4 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #27 Marguerite and George Carmack in their Mobile Steamer. 1902. 82/341 #28 Kate Carmack's cabin at Carcross, about 1910. 82/341 #29 Kate Carmack's grave at Carcross in 1958. 82/341 #30 Gold telegraph key presented to President William H. Taft by George Carmack in 1909. 82/341 #31 George Carmack in Seattle, 1909. 82/341 #32 George Carmack in family group, Seattle, 1910. 82/341 #33 Graphie Carmack with two grandchildren in 1960. 82/341 #34 [Smaller print - found in Fairbanks/Griffith box. On back of print Griffith states he brought the Seattle P.I. Paper to Dawson in June 1898.] last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 5 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #35 Dawson. Ladue fire. 82/341 #36 On the Dome. Rocky Mountains 60 miles in the distance. By Goetzman, Dawson. #233. 82/341 #37 Dawson City August 1897. Larss and Duclos photo. 82/341 #38 Unloading rails at Klondike City, Klondike Mines Railway. Wolfe Photo Dawson, Y.T. 82/341 #39 Returning from the 'Hunt' in the Rocky Mountains Klondike Regions, Apr., 1900. Larss and Duclos Photos, Dawson. #2604. 82/341 #40 A Yukon Lumber Team 1898. Larss and Duclos Photos. Dawson Y.T. 1898. #2201. 82/341 #41 [AB Building] last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 6 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #42 [Mounted photo of Whitehorse Stage in front of Alaska Commercial Co.] 82/341 #43 Leonard Inflating His Baloon [Balloon] Dawson. June 24, 1901. 82/341 #44 Looking Down Gold Run from 35. By Goetzman, 191. 82/341 #45 No. 25G Below Lower Discovery Dominion Creek. Wolfe Photo Dawson Y.T. '08. 20. 82/341 #46 Crossing the Klondyke Under Difficulties Just before the Breaking of Ice Spring 1900 [Two men and a horse pulling a loaded sled crossing the Klondike River during spring break-up.] [Photographs 82/313 #6299 and 82/341 #46 are the same image.] - 1900. - Photographer: Larss & Duclos. 82/341 #47 Last Chance Steam Jigger in Operation. Goetzman Dawson. 443. last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 7 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #48 Mining on King Solomon Hill. (Property of Harry Ash) by Goetzman. 290. 82/341 #49 Boulder Hill, 33 B.B. L.L. (Klondyke Goldfields), Goetzman, Dawson 244. 82/341 #50 Bench Claims OPP' 35 Hunker Creek owned by D.Y. M. Co. Wolfe Photo Dawson. Y.T. '06. #440. [See also #60] 82/341 #51 [Group of two women and five men, cabins and other buildings in background and hillside]. Wolfe Photo Dawson Y.T. '06 518 82/341 #52 Late goods scowed into Dawson. Oct. 21, 1903. Goetzman Photo 4. 82/341 #53 No. 11 Below Hunker (Klondyke Goldfields) by Goetzman , Dawson. #237. 82/341 #54 Bench Claims OPP' 35 Hunker Creek owned by D.Y. M. Co. Wolfe Photo #435. last modified on: 2019-12-29 status: approved 8 James Albert Johnson fonds acc# 82/341 YUKON ARCHIVES PHOTO CAPTION LIST Caption information supplied by donor and taken from photographs. Information in square brackets [ ] provided by Archivist. Further details about these photographs are available in the Yukon Archives Descriptive Database at www.yukonarchives.ca PHO 038 YA# Description: 82/341 #55 Below Upper Dominion. Goetzman 247. 82/341 #56 Bear Creek Dredge at Work. Aug. 14, 1906. Wolfe Photo #426. 82/341 #57 The Big Fire of White Horse May the Twenty Third. 1905. Photo by J. Doody. 82/341 #58 Horticultural Fair - Dawson Sept. 1903. Goetzman Photo 82/341 #59 [Building - Ladies Emporium - Mrs. Robt. Hutcheon] 82/341 #60 Bench Claims OPP' 35 Hunker Creek owned by D.Y.
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