Unveiling of a Monument to the Pack Animals Lost on the Stamped to the Klondike,  August 24, 1929.

Unveiling of a Monument to the Pack Animals Lost on the Stamped to the Klondike, August 24, 1929.

Accession Number: 1994.259.59-PER
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Black and white view of a large crowd gathered on train tracks in a mountain pass. A train car is visible at right with several more people on the deck. There appears to be a dais and a monument that is mostly obscured.

Inscription verso: The unveiling Aug. 24, 1929 courtesy Mrs. Chris Gloslie daughter of Florence and Bert Hartshorn.

The monument refers to the monument that was instigated by Florence Hartshorn to commemorate the pack animals that died along the route to the Klondike. See 1994.259.60.