1890s White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad Playing Cards Photos Alaska+ Steamships

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1890s White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad Playing Cards Photos Alaska+ Steamships Mining w Box
Original rare vintage playing cards set in original slip case . . . and gold gilt edges
Wonderful Gold Rush memorabilia
“The Golden Land of Midnight Sun”
The top side of the cards is the famous Railroad – Gateway to The Yukon – The White Pass & Yukon Route
The Stamp on the box says 2 cents and has Act of Aug 1894
Features 52 different real photo vignette scenes around the White Pass & Yukon route
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Joker
present, as issued, of “The White Pass & Yukon Route – Double Daily Train Service Between Skaguay and White Horse . . . Through Line and Through Service Skaguay to Dawson summer and Winter of a Mountain Goat and there is one informational card that shows a Map of the State of Washington and surrounding areas
Additional cards
include:
An informational Card
:
“The White Pass & Yukon Route to The Golden Land of Midnight Sun
MAP
card showing the route
Table of Distances
card of different route destinations
Ever seen a “Cedar Stump Residence . . . with Windows”!
What about the Launching of the Battleship Nebraska in Seattle?
Full Deck – with 4 extra informational cards for a total of 56 cards . . .
I show you many examples of the card subjects in the photos above and MORE below
Undated, (other than the stamp) but I think would be from the 1890s
Towns represented
include:
Skaguay
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Atlin
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Dawson
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Bennett
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Frasier and several more
Subjects include:
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Moore’s Wharf, Skaguay
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Societe Miniere, Boulder Creek, Atlin
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Cows in Atlin, B.C.
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Big Horn Hunters Near White Horse
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Skaguay
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Broadway, Skaguay
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Carribou
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B.Y.N. Co’s Fleet at White Horse
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W.P & Y.R. Railcar
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Train on Steel Bridge
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Mining Scene, Lower Dominion
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Dawson, Third Ave.
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Steamer White Horse in Five Fingers
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Steamer Selkirk, Fifty Mile River
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Steamer Dawson – Loading Wood for Fuel
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Engine and Train at Summit of White Pass
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Train at Bennett, B.C.
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Clifton WP&YR
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WP&YR Royal Mail Dawson
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Fishing in Summit Lake
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East Fork from Rocky Point Train
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Middle Lake, Near Frasier
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Quiet Sentinel Boat on Yukon River
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A Klondike Gold Prospector with his dog
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Railroad near Glacier Station
~ Lake Claire, Skaguay
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Toochi Mt. Opposite Atlin
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Novdenskjold River along Stage Route
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Porcupine Mountain
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Glacier Near Skaguay
~ Steamer Victorian at Five Fingers
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Bullion Creek
~ Mining Scene Lower Dominion
And Many More!
Condition:
Very good condition
- complete deck with minor wear – cards are crisp -
no tears or rips
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the inside slip case is excellent and the outside slip case is very good with some rubbing on the edges
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really an excellent set!
Look at my feedback and bid with confidence!
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I combine shipping
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Thanks for looking!
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