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Tappan Adney fonds
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154 photographs : b&w copy negs
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Tappan Adney was born in Athens, Ohio in 1868. He spent 16 months in the Yukon in 1897 as a correspondent for Harper's Illustrated Weekly and The Graphic. He also took photographs during his stay in the Klondike. He brought his writing and photographs together in a book "The Klondike Stampede" which was originally published in 1900 by Harper & Bros. Adney returned to the north to cover the Nome gold rush in 1900. He later moved to Woodstock, New Brunswick, where he died in 1950.
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Acquired from McGill University Libraries, Montreal, PQ in 1981.
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The fonds consists of photographs taken or collected by Tappan Adney during his work in the Yukon. Many views show miners and mining activity on the Klondike creeks, including Bonanza, Eldorado, French Hill, and Hunker. Also included are views of Dawson City, Moosehide, Circle City and Skagway. Any photographs showing Adney were probably taken by J. Pelletier, correspondent to the New York Times.
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Some of the images are duplicates.
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There are no donor-imposed restrictions on this material. General copyright or institutional or legal restrictions may apply. Use of the photographs must credit the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections of the McGill University Libraries.
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