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Whitehorse, Yukon Territory - Aerial View with Sternwheelers on the Yukon River - Postcard SP24
Historical postcard of White Horse, Yukon Territory, published by Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher, San Francisco. Catalogue no. 316. Undivided back Post Card; unused.
Scene Details:
- Tinted aerial panoramic view of Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, looking north along the Yukon River
- Two large sternwheeler steamboats docked at the waterfront, with a third visible mid-river
- Extensive log and frame buildings of the early townsite spread along the east bank
- White canvas tents visible among the buildings, indicating the frontier settlement era
- Dense boreal forest of spruce and pine covering the hillsides behind the town
- Snow-capped mountain peaks rising above the treeline in the background
- Caption in red: "316 — White Horse, Yukon Territory"
- Published by Edward H. Mitchell, Publisher, San Francisco; undivided back Post Card; stamp box reads "Domestic One Cent / Foreign Two Cents"; unused — no stamp, no address, no message
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