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Robertson, Lorenzo E. "Ren"[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]

Male 1859 - 1906  (46 years)


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  • Name Robertson, Lorenzo E. "Ren"  [2] 
    • VARIANT NAME: Robertson, L.E.
    Birth 14 Jul 1859  Fox Valley, Linn County, OR Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Gender Male 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1898?-1904?  Dawson, YT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) Before 1898  Chicago, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1898  Glenora, BC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Where Active (Non-Specific Address) 1904-1906  Fairbanks, AK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 9 Mar 1906  Fairbanks, AK Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Person ID I764  Camera Workers | R, vol. 1, 1858-1900
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2024 

  • Photos
    L.E. Robertson view of Bennett, BC, ca. spring 1899.    		L.E. Robertson view of Bennett, BC, ca. spring 1899.
    Visible (left to right) are the Dawson Hotel (under construction or renovation), an open-faced building marked "Warehouse", an arch with the words "Bennett Lake and Klondyke Navigation Co. Ltd." between the warehouse and the building to its right, likely the office of the company, the Yukon Hotel in a tent, a building with a sign for the "Canadian Development Co. Ltd.", its roof unfinished, and two sternwheelers under construction. Several tents also dot the landscape. The lake is still iced over. The year that forms part of the caption at the bottom is not fully legible, but is likely 1899.

  • Notes 
    • STATUS: Commercial.
    • BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY: He worked as a photographer prior to 1898 in Chicago before moving to Dawson. The BVIPA photo is captioned "Glenora, B.C. Showing R.R. Grade. July 3rd, 1898" along with Robertson's name. In Oct 1903 Herman A. Darms published some of Robertson's photographs of Dawson, including images taken at a horticultural and industrial display the month before.
    • IDENTIFYING MARKS: pre-Klondike photos may bear credit line "L.E. Robertson Photo. Chicago, Ill." BC photos may be titled, dated and marked "L.E. Robertson Photo". Alaska photos may be titled and marked "L.E. Robertson Photo". [8]

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] COLLECTION: BVIPA (Reliability: 3).
      Item A-05505 (HP014130), Glenora, BC, 3 Jul 1898.

    2. [S156] COLLECTION: ORHSOC (Reliability: 3).
      Lorenzo E. Robertson photographs [graphic], circa 1897-1904.

    3. [S169] COLLECTION: UWL.
      Early photographers collection, 1860-1943; URL (accessed 10 Jul 2024): https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv52062#IDJ24FQVRCYZPQLFUH3PYPN2B41FOLA3CJYHVDPSES1ZAA5GAUTO4G

    4. [S174] COLLECTION: YWA (Reliability: 3).
      Photo no. 1992.

    5. [S647] Census of Canada 1901.

    6. [S276] Ken L. Elder and John H. Grainger, Elder and Grainger (1989), (Ketchikan, AK: Tongass Publishing, 1989).

    7. [S832] Find a Grave (Web site) (Reliability: 3).
      A portrait of the photographer is available here.
      URL (accessed 7 Jan 2017): http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=88654251

    8. [S900] LiveAuctioneers.com (Web site) (Reliability: 3).
      Lot no. 2007, L.E. Robertson Alaska Gold Rush Photo 1905; URL (accessed 7 Jan 2017): https://new.liveauctioneers.com/item/3831857_le-robertson-alaska-gold-rush-photo-1905