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ERIC A. HEGG. Photographs and Published Albums; 1898-1905. .25 cu. ft. List.
Eric A. Hegg was born in Sweden. In 1897, he joined the gold rush to Alaska and the Yukon Territories. Hegg first settled in the town of Dyea where he set up a small photo studio. In the beginning of 1898, Hegg opened another studio in Skagway. He and his partner, Per Larss documented the struggles of stampeders attempting to gain access to the Klondike gold fields by crossing the famous Chilkoot Pass. He also traveled the trail to Dawson in June of 1898, capturing images of miners and their claims. In the summer of 1899, Hegg followed the gold rush to Nome, after selling his Dawson studio to Larss and Joseph Duclos. Hegg spent two years in the Nome area, recording images of the mining activities there until he closed his studio in 1902. Hegg moved to Southeast Alaska where he worked in the Juneau areas until 1918. Eric A. Hegg died in San Diego, California, in 1955.
This collection includes photos and souvenir albums published by Eric A. Hegg. The collection contains 28 cyanotype and 2 black and white photographs, plus three published souvenir albums. The photographs include images of the Klondike and surrounding areas taken during the gold rush period of 1998 through 1900. The souvenir albums contain halftone prints of Hegg photos. The first album depicts life in the Klondike during the 1898 gold rush. The second album deals with the Nome gold rush at the beginning of the twentieth century. The third album contains images of Southeast Alaska, circa 1905.
This collection was acquired by the archives in 2001.
HMC-0513
KRH 7/2001