[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.