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A street of cribs in Lousetown, originally "Midnight Hour Oshiwara, or 'White Chapel' of Dawson" "

Canadian Photo Archive1898

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Gatineau, Canada

Paradise Alley, c1898.

Original black and white photograph of a rustic street, likely a series of cribs in Lousetown, or Klondike City. A few women are posed leaning out of the buildings.

An inscription on the photograph reads "Larss & Duclos Photos Dawson Y.T. // Midnight Hour Oshiwara, or 'White Chapel' of Dawson"

Per Edvard Larss and Joseph E.N. Ducloss ran a photographic studio in Dawson and took iconic photographs in and around Dawson during the Gold Rush era.

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  • Title: A street of cribs in Lousetown, originally "Midnight Hour Oshiwara, or 'White Chapel' of Dawson" "
  • Creator: Canadian Photo Archive
  • Date Created: 1898
  • Location Created: Dawson City, Yukon
  • Type: PHOTOGRAPH
  • Original Source: Dawson City Museum
  • Rights: Dawson City Museum, 1998.22.720
  • Medium: film
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