Historic Photograph Collections

Florence M. Hartshorn Photographs, 1899-1900

Biographical Sketch
Scope and Contents
Related Materials
Ownership

Collection number: PH203_05

Image shown: Mrs. A.K. Hartshorn arriving at White Pass from Skagway.1899-1900. Florence M. Hartshorn photograph collection, PH203_05_03, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299. All rights reserved.

Extent: .2 linear ft. (1 container)

Abstract

Florence M. Hartshorn (1869-1943) was a photographer who lived in the Yukon during the gold rush. The collection consists of an album and loose prints made by Mrs. Hartshorn and her husband, documenting the landscape of the region, entrepreneurs and residents.

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Florence M. Hartshorn photographs, PH203_05-[item number], Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1299.

Biographical Sketch

Florence M. Hartshorn was born in Michigan in 1869, as was her husband, Albert K. Hartshorn. They had one daughter, Hazel Hartshorn Goslie. In July 1898 she arrived in Skagway, Alaska, and traveled north to Log Cabin, British Columbia, where her husband had established a blacksmith shop. This was the peak of the Yukon gold rush, and she saw first-hand the rugged conditions and the creativity by which the people survived. Florence began assisting photographer E.J. Hamacher at Lake Bennett in 1898. The Hartshorns lived in Canada until the 1920s. By the 1930s, Florence had moved to Seattle and the couple were divorced. In the late 1920s she helped raise money for a monument to be placed in Dead Horse Gulch, commemorating the thousands of pack animals that died transporting supplies to the gold fields. Florence M. Hartshorn died in Washington State in 1943.

Scope and Content Note

The collection consists of an album of 17 prints and 14 loose prints, housed in a single box.

• PH203_05_01: White Pass. [Exterior view of cabin with tripod chairs out front, dog in doorway.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska/Canada-White Pass
• PH203_05_02: Blacksmith shop. [Smith (A.K. Hartshorn) at work by portable forge and anvil. Horses and cabin in background.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Klondike region
• PH203_05_03: Mrs. A.K. Hartshorn arriving at White Pass from Skagway. [Woman on horse in front of Log Cabin cabin, under Restaurant sign. Mountains in background.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska/Canada-White Pass
• PH203_05_04: Lake Bennett. Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Canada-Bennett, British ColumbiaPH203_05_05: Alaska Moonlight (?). [View of moon through clouds over mountains. Tents in foreground.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Klondike region
• PH203_05_06: Transporting fowls to Dawson City. [Two riders and train of pack mules laden with slatted crates holding poultry. Mountain in background.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Klondike region
• PH203_05_07: Greek Church at Sitka. [Exterior frontal view of cathedral of St. Michael. Peak in background.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Sitka
• PH203_05_07: Pack train on way to Dawson. [Man poses with six laden mules and horses. Structures and mountain in background.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Klondike region
• PH203_05_08: Typical Klondyke miner. [Rear view of man carrying pack with pick and shovel, sluice pan, bedroll, and coffeepot.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Klondike region
• PH203_05_09: Portage around rapids in Yukon River. [Three men pose with a burro carrying one end of a set of long poles. Camp in background.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_10: Totem pole. [View of Chief Shake's totem pole outside white clapboard house.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Wrangell
• PH203_05_11: Greek church at Sitka. [View of façade of St. Michaels' Cathedral, Orthodox church.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Sitka
• PH203_05_12: Wrangell. [View from shore across waterfront and harbor islands. Sternwheeler and sailboats visible.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska-Wrangell
• PH203_05_13: Dawson or bust. [Hitch of puppies lined up on Dawson street, watched by four men. Buildings and peaks in background. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Canada-Dawson, Yukon Territory
• PH203_05_14: Summit of hill at Bennett. 2,500 feet high. How is that for a climb. [View from height over town and Lake Bennett, with mountain range in background. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Canada-Bennett, British Columbia
• PH203_05_15: Scows bound for Dawson. [Pair of barges powered by twin sails and oars on Yukon River. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_16: Hazel and Goldie B., her little friend in Bennett. [Two little girls posed in studio, one has hands over the other's eyes. Doll and paraphernalia at feet. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Canada-Bennett, British Columbia
• PH203_05_17: Ready for a ride. Hartshorn family. [Florence and Hazel sit in sled pulled by three dogs at water's edge. A.K. Hartshorn stands as musher. "Australian" and another sternwheeler at shore. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_18: Bennett, B.C. Fall '99. [View from ship to small town amid snow, on shore. Loose print.] Date: 1899 fall. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Canada-Bennett, British Columbia
• PH203_05_19: Bennett, B.C. July 1900. Mrs. H. [Florence Hartshorn stands on log bridge by river. Cabin in background. Loose print.] Date: 1900 Jul. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Canada-Bennett, British Columbia
• PH203_05_20: House on scow went to Circle City. [Small cabin on barge at dock. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_21: Bennett city. Where we lived. [View from height over Bennett. Mountain range in background. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_22: After the storm. [View across hills and water to mountains and illuminated clouds.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_23: Tunnel into quartz claim. [A.K. Hartshorn, Hazel and another little girl stand in timber-framed entrance to mine. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_24: Attlin, B.C. [View across valley to town. Hazel Hartshorn climbing tree in foreground. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, A.K. Loc: Attlin, B.C.
• PH203_05_25: White fish and trout. [Still life of fish spilling from basket.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Alaska/Canada-Yukon River
• PH203_05_26: Mrs. Booth, Goldie, Hazel and I off on a picnic. We took our one picture, trees growing out of solid rock. [Florence and Hazel Hartshorn and friends posed by small conifers. Loose print.] Date: 1899-1900. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Canada-Bennett, British Columbia
• PH203_05_27: "Gleaner," "Nora," [Siplum or Sophia] and "Austrialian" on home for this winter [?]. Taken in 99 at Whitehorse. [Sternwheelers at dock. Loose print.] Date: 1899. By: Hartshorn, Florence M. Loc: Canada-Whitehorse, Yukon Territory

Related materials

Special Collections has extensive manuscript and photograph collections relating to Alaska and the Yukon in the early 20th century, including the Clarence Andrews papers and photographs. The University of Washington has several Hartshorn photographs in the Alaska and Western Canada collection, and a scrapbook relating to the campaign for the trail memorial..

Ownership

Publication rights: Property rights reside with Special Collections and University Archives. Copyright resides with the creators of the documents or their heirs. All requests for permission to publish images must be submitted to the Photographs Curator of Special Collections and University Archives. The reader must also obtain permission of the copyright holder.

Access restrictions: None.

Provenance: Unknown.

Processed by: Normandy S. Helmer

Date Completed: October 2005

Maintained by: N. Helmer, spcarref@uoregon.edu