S.S. Casca, c1946 Mining; Living Conditions; Buildings Inscription recto: Dawson Girls

Inscription recto: Dawson Girls

Photograph looking north from Princess St

It first arrived in Dawson August 9

Stringer (Sadie Stringer)

Pork & Beans 25 cents

S.S. Casca, c1946 Mining; Living Conditions; Buildings Inscription recto: Dawson GirlsPhotograph of the S. S. Casca approaching Carmacks pushing a barge, The S. S. Casca was the third Casca and was built at Whitehorse in 1937, by the British Yukon Navigation Co. Inscription verso: Summer transportation on the Yukon River and main tributaries is by flatbottomed, paddlewheeled steamers. If their loads are large, sometimes they push barges ahead of them. The steamer is approaching Carmacks, Yukon.