Yukon who is who

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Harrie C. Barley (d. 1909)
	
H.C. Barley was originally from Denver, Colorado. He was hired as a company photographer by the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&YR) in the spring of 1898. For two years he documented the construction of the railway that ran from Skagway to Whitehorse. He was known to risk his life in the pursuit of a perfect picture. He opened a photography studio in Skagway on Fourth Avenue between Broadway and Spring streets, and later moved to the corner of Broadway and Fourth Avenue. He lived in a log cabin on the outskirts of town with his wife and daughter. He briefly served on the Skagway City Council and was a member of the Elks Lodge.((Yukon Archives biographical sketch.)) Barley died of consumption at his home in San Francisco.((“H.C. Barley dead.” //Daily Alaskan//, 2 December 1909.)) 

The Yukon Archives holds a collection of Barley’s photographs of Skagway, WP&YR construction projects, and several Yukon and Alaska communities.