Jakob Sjolseth, Peter Kolloen and Jack Barrow with two dogs outside the Jo Jo Hotel, Dawson, Yukon Territory, probably 1898 (AL+CA 2300)

Caption on image: Jo Jo Hotel. Head of Gold Run. Wolfe Photo. Dawson Y.T.
Handwritten on verso: At Gold Run Creek. Right: Jakob Sjolseth. Center: Peter Kolloen. Left: Jack Barrow.

PH Coll 731.10
Henry and Inga Sojolseth Kolloen were Norwegian Americans who left Seattle in 1898 to seek gold in Alaska during the Gold Rush. The couple traveled separately to the Yukon Territory, where they were unsuccessful in finding gold. The couple then apparently settled down to run the Jo Jo Hotel located on Gold Run Creek in Dawson. Frank E. Wolfe owned and operated Wolfe Photo studio in Yukon Territory, Dawson from the late 1890s to around 1920. Wolfe Photo studio was one of the major photographers of the Yukon area gold rush.
Subjects (LCTGM): Hotels--Yukon--Dawson; Log buildings--Yukon--Dawson; Dogs--Yukon--Dawson
Subjects (LCSH): Sjolseth, Jakob; Kolloen, Peter; Barrow, Jack; Norwegian Americans; Jo Jo Hotel (Dawson, Yukon); Dawson (Yukon)--Buildings, structures, etc.