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The FIRST WHITEHORSE BIG BAND: 1908. - top row l/r - unknown; Bill Dickinson, cashier for W.P.Y.R.; unknown, a printer at the Whitehorse STAR; G.B. Edwards, agent for W.P.Y.R. Whitehorse; Fred Langholtz, wood dealer and freighter; Jack Worley, general handyman. Middle row - Ransome Alguire, hotel man; Bill Vey, mechanic in shipyard area; Wm. Robison, a painter; Matthew Watson, later owned store in Carcross; Frank Harbottle, ex–N.W.M.P.; Eli Hume, building contractor. Bottom row - J.P. Whitney, band leader and instructor, owner of Whitney and Pedler store; Eddie Fendel, worked for Whitney & Pedler; E.J. Hamacher, photographer; Tom McRae, clothing store; Bill Watson, telegraph messenger; R. Unsworth, hardware merchant, originator of the band; Frank Estrada, cook. Photo from Watson Family Coll./Yukon Archives.

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