Collection of six vintage prints of prospector photographs of Alaska by famous swedish-american photographer Eric A. Hegg. Photographs of: 1. Miles Glacier Bridge (Copper River & Northwestern Railway) (Hegg 388) / 2. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 Alaska (Hegg 404) / 3. Baird Canyon – C.R. & N.W. Railway – Alaska (Hegg 385) / 4. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 100 – Alaska (Hegg 394) / 5. Alaganik Copper River – (Hegg 134) / 6. C.R. & N.W. Railway – Mile 129 – (Hegg 458)
Alaska, [c. 1898 – 1910]. Oblong Octavo. 24 cm x 19 cm. Very good conditon with some creasing to two photographs and a cut to the corner of one image. Provenance: From the collection of Expedition – insurer J.H.Lukach. / The collection of vintage photographs comes together with another collectable-item: The “Klondike – Album”, by Ethel Anderson Becker. The publication is called: “Klondike ‘98 – E.A. Hegg’s Gold Rush Album”. Revised Edition. Portland, Binfords & Mort, 1967. 22.5 cm x 28.5 cm. 96 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. / Also included is an envelope with seven (7) vintage negatives (10.5 cm x 13 cm) titled “Fishing in Alaska”, inside an envelope of “McCoy & Stilwell Opticians, 41 East 42nd Street, New York, Established 1860, Branch at Flushing, N.Y.
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