Following are some of the early photographs I have found of Skaguay Bay in 1897-98 at the time Soapy ruled the underworld. Click the photos you would like to enlarge for a better view.
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| 1897 Small craft owners made small fortunes rowing out to meet larger steamships and transferring passengers and cargo to the beach head |
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| August 27, 1897 |
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| 1897 Dyea River heading towards Skaguay Bay |
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| 1897 A floating wharf for unloading ships |
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| 1898 The wharves start appearing making unloading a whole lot easier |
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| 1900s Four massive wharves and the city of Skagway |
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| 1898 Previous to May and the building of the railroad |
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| 1897 |
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| January 1898 |
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| After the gold rush The wharves slowly die |
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| 1898 Better times |
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| 1898 Photographs from the beach |
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| 1897 Colorized photograph |
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| 1897 Unloading stampeders onto the rocking east side |
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| 1897 One of the many transportation boats in Skaguay Bay. This one heading to Haines 33 miles away |
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| August 1897 |
Jeff Smith
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