wrapping it up

distant view of forty mile town during spring break-up of river ice on the yukon and forty mile rivers. caption on image: forty mile town, goetzman photo dawson

moose hunter returning from a hunt. sled dogs are pulling the sleigh of 1300 lbs. of game, .75 cents per pound wholesale. caption on image: goetzman dawson, 205

yukon rail road near dawson city. rail cars are loaded with coal. caption on image: "the only railroad in yukon ter. near dawson", "goetzman photo july 1902.

indigenous men dancing in front of a crowd of men and women in the a.c. co. yard off front street in dawson city yukon. caption on image: "indian dance in a.c co. yard". "24 may 1901 photographer goetzman"

the clifford sifton is encased in river ice. passengers are posing on the upper and lower deck of the sternwheeler. a flag is blowing in the wind.
in 1905, a closing-out advertisement was placed in the dawson daily news on behalf of the goetzmans' studio. years of searching for interesting subjects in professional photography was winding down, only to start another chapter in the life of the goetzmans, this time in san francisco.
the photograph supply house and studio along with original negatives were sold to j. morte h. craig. many negatives were lost as a result of water damage from a fire in april 1907.