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W.W. Acheson family collection
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- Source of title proper: Title based on the name of the collectors of the collection.
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79 photographs : b&w copy prints
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Biographical history
William Acheson was one of the Acheson family who mined in Atlin. His parents were born in Grand Forks in 1902, and William and his brother Jack were born in Alaska. They mined on Pine Creek in 1936, for a few years before selling out to Carl Beal of Northern Resources. The family then joined with Ernest Patty and General McRae to form Spruce Creek Placers, which operated until 1947. Jack re-opened Spruce Creek after the war with his partner Maynard Wilson. William was later with Associated Construction and Management Co., San Francisco, California, and was married to Wilma Acheson.
Custodial history
The original glass lantern slides were owned by Jimmy Elmer, pioneer Klondike dredger. His widow sold them to the Acheson family of Atlin who donated them to the Atlin Historical Society, who in turn, loaned them to Yukon Archives for copying in 1981.
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The collection consists of copy prints taken of some of the glass lantern slides originally owned by Jimmy Elmer. Scenes show Klondike and Alaska scenes, ca. 1898-1913. There are views of stampeders, pack trains, tent camps, horse drawn sleighs, the Inside Passage, and Dawson area creeks. Many of the photographs were taken by Asahel Curtis.
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