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Klondike Gold Rush GOETZMAN, Henry J. (b. 1864), Mammoth Plate of the Steamer \"Flora\" with 120 Passengers aboard 150 Miles above Dawson en route to White Horse. Dawson, Yukon Territory: 1900.
Estimate: $1,000-$1,500
Passed
Live Auction
Visions of America: The Stephen White Collection
Location
Cincinnati
Description

Klondike Gold Rush
GOETZMAN, Henry J. (b. 1864), Mammoth Plate of the Steamer "Flora" with 120 Passengers aboard 150 Miles above Dawson en route to White Horse. Dawson, Yukon Territory: 1900.


19 5/8 x 15 7/8 in. silver gelatin photograph. Titled, dated, and credited to Goetzman in the negative. A mammoth plate gold rush photograph. Men and women stand on the decks of the steamer Flora, with large signage reading "Royal Mail," and "This Life Boat is Reserved As A Stateroom for Goetzman, The Dawson Photographer."

The Flora was built in 1898 at Lake Bennett, Yukon Territory, for the Bennett Lake and Klondike Navigation company. A sternwheeler paddle boat, she was a small steamer licensed to carry 75 passengers and for much of her career ran various routes carrying mail, miners and supplies. In May, 1902 she was wrecked by ice, salvaged and converted to a coal barge. A rare Klondike image.

This lot is located in Cincinnati.

Condition
Some minor surface abrasions, with wear to edge and corners including creasing and one small rip to left margin.