Fourth of July Celebration, North West Mounted Police Square, Dawson, 1899.
Black and white view of a large crowd of men in the North West Mounted Police square at Fort Herchmer. Two American flags are evident.
Inscription recto: Larss & Duclos Photos Dawson // Fourth of July Celebration, N.W.M.P. Square, Dawson ’99. [Note the Larss & Duclos inscription is superimposed over E.A. Hegg’s signature].
Inscription verso: With Americans outnumbering Canadians 50 to one, a Fourth of July celebration was well attended in the North-West Mounted Police square in Dawson City, 1899. (Public Archives of Canada Photo).
