Larss and Duclos

[1] Larss and Duclos took over the studio of Eric A. Hegg, who arrived in Skagway in October 1897 after a short stop in Dyea.

[2] In 1899, after a year in Yukon, Hegg returned to Skagway and left his studio in Dawson to Larss and Duclos.

[2] The pair witnessed the Chilkoot Trail and the Klondike gold rush capturing iconic photographs that are used to illustrate the era.

[4][5][6] The partnership dissolved in 1904 when Larss left the area for Denver and Nevada,[7] selling out to his partner.

[1] The pair's work is collected by various museums and archives in Canada, Alaska, and Washington State, many of them making their photographs available online.

Paying with gold dust in a Dawson City grocery store, 1899
The border pass on the Chilkoot Trail , 1898
People boarding a steamboat in Dawson, Yukon Territory heading for Cape Nome , September 1899
Horses pulling a wagon through a muddy Front Street in Dawson City, 1898
Canyon and Whitehorse Rapids Tramway, 1898
Fair View Hotel in Dawson, ca. 1899