Larss and Duclos

Larss and Duclos was a photographic studio partnership between Per Edvard Larss and Joseph E. N. Duclos (1863-1917) in Dawson City, Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.{{cite web | url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitLo.do;jsessionid=8DC13FF076D597AEBF17FF29B35BFED8?method=preview&lang=EN&id=7542 | title=Portraits of an Era - Larss and Duclos}}

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Duclos was born in Quebec and moved to Maine where he learned photography. He moved to Dawson with his wife Emily in 1898 via St. Michael, Alaska and the Yukon River. He mined on Lovett Gulch until he joined the studio. Duclos specialized in portraits while Larss photographed gold rush scenes and scenery.

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Larss and Duclos took over the studio of Eric A. Hegg, who arrived in Skagway in October 1897 after a short stop in Dyea. He immediately opened a studio and was joined a year later by his brother and a friend of the two brothers, Peter Andersson, along with Per Edvard Larss in the following spring, who also was a Swedish-American photographer.{{cite web|url=http://www.skagwaystories.org/2009/09/22/larss-duclos-photography/|title=Larss & Duclos Photography – Skagway Stories|date=22 September 2009 |publisher=}} In 1899, after a year in Yukon, Hegg returned to Skagway and left his studio in Dawson to Larss and Duclos.{{cite web | url=https://www.yukon-news.com/letters-opinions/a-long-strange-trip-for-dawson-mystery-photos/ | title=A long, strange trip for Dawson mystery photos

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}} Duclos was from Quebec.

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The pair witnessed the Chilkoot Trail and the Klondike gold rush capturing iconic photographs that are used to illustrate the era.{{Cite web |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/yt/chilkoot/culture/bateau-boat |title=Boat building - Chilkoot Trail National Historic Site |access-date=2018-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127152043/https://www.pc.gc.ca/en/lhn-nhs/yt/chilkoot/culture/bateau-boat |archive-date=2018-11-27 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.museedelhistoire.ca/blog/chercheur-dor/|title=Chercheur d'or|publisher=}}{{Cite web |url=https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/download/10570/11420 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193541/https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/download/10570/11420 |archive-date=2018-11-27 |url-status=dead }}

The partnership dissolved in 1904 when Larss left the area for Denver and Nevada,{{Cite web |url=https://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/PCA041.doc |title=Archived copy |access-date=2018-11-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127193445/https://library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/PCA041.doc |archive-date=2018-11-27 |url-status=dead }} selling out to his partner.{{cite web|url=http://cameraworkers.davidmattison.com/getperson.php?personID=I138&tree=cw18581950|title=Larss and Duclos: Camera Workers, 1858-1950|website=cameraworkers.davidmattison.com}} Duclos continued in the studio business until 1914.

==Collections==

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The pair's work is collected by various museums and archives in Canada, Alaska, and Washington State, many of them making their photographs available online.{{cite web|url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitLo.do;jsessionid=8DC13FF076D597AEBF17FF29B35BFED8?method=preview&lang=EN&id=7542|title=Portraits of an Era - Larss and Duclos|first=CHIN-Canadian Heritage Information|last=Network|website=www.virtualmuseum.ca}}

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These include the Royal Museum of British Columbia.{{cite web|url=https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/larss-and-duclos|title=Larss and Duclos - RBCM Archives|website=search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} University of Washington Libraries,{{cite web|url=http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09799|title=Archives West: Larss and Duclos photographs, 1898-1910|website=archiveswest.orbiscascade.org}} City of Vancouver Archives,{{cite web|url=https://searcharchives.vancouver.ca/larss-and-duclos|title=Larss and Duclos - City of Vancouver Archives|website=searcharchives.vancouver.ca}} Vancouver Public Library special collections,{{cite web|url=https://www3.vpl.ca/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?AC=SEE_ALSO&QF0=Creator&QI0==%22Larss+&+Duclos%22&XC=/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll&BU=http://www3.vpl.ca/spe/histphotos/LAphotos-search.htm&TN=PHOTOS&SN=AUTO17345&SE=5730&RN=3&MR=20&TR=10000&TX=1000&ES=0&CS=0&XP=&RF=LAbriefweb&EF=&DF=LAFull+Photo&RL=0&EL=0&DL=0&NP=2&ID=&MF=&MQ=&TI=0&DT=&ST=0&IR=17515&NR=0&NB=0&SV=0&SS=0&BG=&FG=&QS=&OEX=ISO-8859-1&OEH=ISO-8859-1|title=Inmagic DB/Text WebPublisher PRO - DB/Text WebPublisher cannot be accessed in this way.|website=www3.vpl.ca}} the Yukon Archives,{{cite web|url=http://yukon.minisisinc.com/scripts/mwimain.dll/144/REC/AUTH/SISN+316?SESSIONSEARCH|title=Yukon Archives: Larss & Duclos|website=yukon.minisisinc.com}} Alaska State Archives,{{cite web|url=http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm/search/field/creato/searchterm/Larss+&+Duclos/mode/exact|title=Alaska's Digital Archives|website=vilda.alaska.edu}} Dawson City Museum,{{cite web|url=http://www.dawsonmuseum.ca/photoarchives/?photo=12508&q=prostitutes&page=1|title=Dawson City Museum|website=www.dawsonmuseum.ca}} McCord{{cite web|url=http://collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca/scripts/search_results.php?Lang=1&artist=00289|title=Musée McCord Museum - Results|website=collections.musee-mccord.qc.ca}} and others.{{cite web|url=http://www.tc.gov.yk.ca/archives/findingaids/caption_lists/caption_list_89_19.pdf |title=Caption list |website=www.tc.gov.yk.ca |date=17 May 2022 }}