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Klondike "Magic Lantern" Broadside for Carson CIty, Nevada Lecture

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Klondike  Magic Lantern  Broadside for Carson CIty, Nevada Lecture
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Gorgeous framed broadside advertising "All About Alaska and the Klondike Gold Fields," "A Grand Illustrated Klondike Lecture Entertainment" featuring "50 Magnificent Views projected from the Magic Lantern." Event took place February 14th, 1898 in Carson City, Nevada. Adults 25 cent, children 10 cents. "A most interesting and instructive lecture will be given, describing the frozen Northern Country, Its People, Their Methods of Living, the Newly Discovered Gold Fields, Their Fabulous Wealth, How to Reach Them, a Description of the Different Routes, the Expense of the Trip, etc." Drawing of a prospector panning for gold. Printed by Sears, Roebuck & Co., Chicago. Condition: 4" long rubbing bottom left corner, otherwise very good condition. Framed: 26.5" x 20"



This poster was meant to entertain and inspire. This lecture was shown in Carson City on February 14, 1898 [Reno newspapers]. Did anyone attending this lecture find their way to the Alaska Gold Fields? Prospecting in Nevada was at a low and many miners, prospectors and investors found their way to the Klondike. Date: 1898 Location: Klondike, Alaska HWAC# 24515