<p>On verso of image:  Winter Quarters -- 1900 to 1901, Stewart river, Y.T.
Filed in Yukon Territory</p>
<p>The WILL H. ISOM was built in 1901 at Ballard, Washington, for the North American Transportation &amp; Trading Co. She was the largest towboat ever to operate on the Yukon, being 983 tons with dimensions of 183.8x36.5x5.6. She was fitted to carry passengers and freight, as well as to handle two or more large freight barges. (pp 67-68) Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).</p>
<ul><li>Subjects (LCTGM): Steamboats--Yukon; Stern wheelers--Yukon; Sailors--Yukon; Group portraits</li>
<li>Subjects (LCSH): Will H. Isom (Steamboat); Paddle steamers--Yukon; Steamboat workers--Yukon</li></ul>
Webster &amp; Stevens
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