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Bird’s Eye View of Dawson YT.

Dawson City Looking North

Dawson and Klondike City Looking North

Dawson, From the Klondyke Hills

Second Avenue from Queen Street, Midnight July 1st 1904

Front Street, Dawson, Y.T.

Government Mansion at Dawson, Y.T.

Governor’s Residence on Fire, Dec. 25th 1906 Dawson, Y.T.

Loading Machinery at Dawson Wharf,
Weight of Cylinder for Dredge (single piece), 27,250 lbs. Dawson, Y.T.
Hauled by J.A. McConnell

Arrival of Peel River Indians in Dawson , Y.T. March 21, 1901

Furs of the Yukon, Dawson, Y.T.

Leap Year on the Lower Yukon, Dawson, Y.T.

The Flight of the Spirits in the Klondyke

Klondyke Vegetables, Dawson, Y.T.

A Klondyke Garden Dawson Y.T.

Townsend's Greenhouse. Dawson, Y.T. Aug. 25, 1906

The Ogilvie Bridge Over The Klondyke River–Orr And Tukey’s Famous Stage Line Passing Over–Dawson, Y.T.

Passengers Disembarking at Dawson, Y.T. from White Pass Steamer

Bear Creek Dredge

Dredging Operations at the Mouth of Bear Creek
Dawson, Y.T.

Sluicing the Dumps

John Hough & Co. No. 45 Below Disc. Hunker Creek–Dawson, Y.T.

Dawson, Y.T.

Pack Train, Dawson, Y.T.

Sour Doughs on the Trail

White Mountain Sheep from Upper Klondyke

Dog team

Freighting on Bonanza

A Load of Caribou Arriving at Dawson, Y.T.

Yukon Ptarmigan, Dawson, Y.T.

Huskies

Huskies

Mastodon Head, Uncovered at a Depth of 42 Feet on No. 5, Below A. Mack’s Discovery,
Quartz Creek, Y.T. March 5th 1904, Length 4 Feet, Width 2 Feet 4 Inches, Tusks 7 Feet 6 Inches.

The Glacier That Spent a Winter in the Old Home

Over the Snowy Leagues of the Yukon, Dawson, Y.T.

Landahl's Emporium

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Albertype—Landahl’s Emporium

To me, one of the most fascinating uses of The Albertype Co.’s postcard publishing service was by Landahl’s Emporium of Dawson City, Yukon Territory. The time when the black & white Albertype cards were coming into their peak coincides with the period that the Yukon had become a destination for visitors keen to witness the aftermath of the phenomenon of the gold rush.

Dawson City was the centre of the Klondike Gold Rush, which began in 1896 and ended by 1899. By 1898, Dawson City had a population of 40,000, but by the end of the gold rush, the town's population plummeted to 8,000 people. When Dawson was incorporated as a city in 1902, the population was under 5,000.

Harry Landahl established Landahl’s Emporium at 116 Second Avenue South in late 1904. This was followed by a relocation to 205 King Street into the former location of Smith’s Book Store in 1906. Landahl’s Emporium was the publisher of a wide variety of Dawson postcards printed by The Albertype Co. from about August 1905 through July 1913.

In Ken Elder’s remarkable A History and Directory of Yukon Postcards 1897–1942, he lists an extensive checklist of dozens of Landahl’s Emporium postcards printed by The Albertype Co. In his book, he notes the following were customers of The Albertype Co.: Bourne, C.R., Altin, BC; Brown, H.E., Atlin, BC; Hall’s Book Store, Fairbanks, Alaska; Kern, Peter E., Skagway, Alaska; Landahl’s Emporium Dawson, YT; Lowman & Hanford Co., Seattle, Washington; Lowman & Hanford S. & P. Co., Seattle, Washington; Smith’s Book Store, Dawson, YT; White Pass & Yukon Route, Skagway, Alaska; Winter & Pond, Juneau, Alaska; and Zaccarelli, John, Dawson, YT.