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English: Tent city at Lake Bennett, 1898   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Eric A. Hegg  (fl. 1897–1930)  wikidata:Q5385972
 
Eric A. Hegg
Alternative names
E.A. Hegg; E. A. Hegg
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 18 September 1867 / 17 September 1867 / 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 13 December 1947 / 13 December 1948 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Bollnäs San Diego
Work period 1897 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q5385972
Title
English: Tent city at Lake Bennett, 1898
Description
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In early spring 1898, roughly 10,000 gold seekers were camped on the shore of Lake Bennett waiting for the ice to clear. They assembled their supplies and built boats and scows to take them down the Yukon River. Until the railroad was completed in 1900, Bennett continued to be a major jumping off spot for the Klondike gold fields. This 1898 photo by Eric Hegg shows part of the tent city at Bennett. Lumber and unfinished boats can be seen near many of the tents.

Original title: Lake Bennett British Columbia

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Camps; Gold rushes; Tents
Depicted place
English: Bennett Lake (Yukon)
Date 1898
date QS:P571,+1898-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w
Dimensions height: 10 cm (3.9 in); width: 17 cm (6.6 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,10U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,17U174728
institution QS:P195,Q219563
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The author died in 1948, 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 75 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.

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Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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