Frank La Roche
Illustration — An old Native Alaskan woman and children in Wrangell, Alaska (1894) Frank La Roche (June 20, 1853 – April 12, 1936) was an American photographer who captured scenes of the Klondike gold rush and Chilkoot trail as well as Seattle, Washington where he had a studio. He published a book of photographs with descriptions En Route to the Klondike in 1898. La Roche was born and raised in Philadelphia.
Also recorded as Frank La Roche, Sr.
Frank La Roche
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- 1853 · Philadelphia.
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- English
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Illustration — An old Native Alaskan woman and children in Wrangell, Alaska (1894) Frank La Roche (June 20, 1853 – April 12, 1936) was an American photographer who captured scenes of the Klondike gold rush and Chilkoot trail as well as Seattle, Washington where he had a studio. He published a book of photographs with descriptions En Route to the Klondike in 1898. La Roche was born and raised in Philadelphia.
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Born at Philadelphia in 1853, died in Sedro-Woolley in 1934.
The recorded working language is English. Places of work recorded in the authority are Seattle. Work by Frank La Roche is recorded in the collections of Photography Collection, Musea Brugge and J. Paul Getty Museum.
Transcribed from photograph: "Seattle Houses. Angeline, Princess. House Pike St. and Western Ave. Built 1881. Frame. Exterior. Front entrance with Princess Angeline and dog on porch."
La Roche, Frank, 1853-1934 · File URL IIIF manifest Catalog record
Transcribed from photograph: "Skid road: early logging during the 1880's and '90s (To prevent the ends of the logs from digging into the ground they were skidded over half-buried cross-logs, placed several feet apart.)" Location and date unknown.
La Roche, Frank, 1853-1934 · Catalog record
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- 1.La Roche, Frank. En route to the Klondike, Chilkoot Pass and Skaguay Trail. Press of the Henry O. Shepard Co. February 25, 1897.
- 2.Frank La Roche, Skagway's first professional photographer by Karl Gurcke. Juneau Empire. December 5, 2018.
- 3.Frank La Roche Photographs. content.lib.washington.edu.
- 4.Tracking clues to locate the photographer behind this 1890s Lake Union image. The Seattle Times article by Paul Dorpat. November 1, 2018.
- 5.Department, Library of Congress Reference. Guide to the Special Collections of Prints & Photographs in the Library of Congress. Reference Department, Library of Congress. February 25, 1955.
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