H.A. Darms photograph collection,
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H.A. Darms photograph collection,
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Physical Description:
31 black and white photoprints, 1 scrapbook, 2 photograph albums, 1 original negative
General Note:
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
Photos of life in the Yukon Territory. Photos of mines and towns, miners, teachers, grocers, ministers and their families at work, on the road or trail, and in town. Some photos of Native peoples, dog teams, camps. Scrapbook of clippings about the Klondike Gold Rush. Includes two commercially produced photo albums: Dawson of Today, 1901, leading business firms recommended to the public. [20 leaves, 40 photographs] ; Views on the White Pass and Yukon Route ..., The Only Railroad in Alaska. and British Columbia North of the Summit of White Pass. [ca. 1900. 45 leaves, approximately 200 photographs. Mostly Barley photos.].
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Dawson of Today, 1901, leading business firms recommended to the public.
Views on the White Pass and Yukon Route, the only railroad in Alaska and British Columbia north of the summit of White Pass.
Biographical/Historical Data:
Darms was a photographer and printer. According to Arthur Schmidt, Darms at one time also operated a stage line. "Born of Swiss immigrant parents (Baldazar and Elizabeth [Trueb] Darms), H.A. Darms lived in Yountville (Napa County), California, before moving to Dawson in 1898. He established himself as a printer under the name Darms Printing Co. and worked at this business until at least 1902. His business address was Third St. Although how and where Darms learned to photograph is unknown, Elder & Grainger believe he apprenticed under a Dawson photographer. One possibility as an instructor is Lorenzo E. Robertson whose work Darms published in October 1903. Darms toured Yukon mining sites in the spring 1904 and an account of his trip was published in the Whitehorse Daily Evening Star. By 1905 Darms added a third career skill to his repertoire: photo-engraver. He published The Yukon Illustrated booklet that January which was intended to be issued on a weekly basis. According to Elder & Grainger (1989), several versions were published over the course of 1905. Darms again travelled that year: in July he went with the American Institute of Mining Engineers to several mining sites. On his own that same month he visited the N.A.T. & T. operations on Miller and Glacier Creeks." From: Camera workers: the British Columbia, Alaska & Yukon photographic directory, 1858-1950 - D - Volume 1 (1858-1900), by David Mattison. http://www.members.shaw.ca/bchistorian/cw1-d-names.html.
Restrictions on Access:
Access to the collection is unrestricted.