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Nome, Alaska, Photograph Collection, approximately 1902-1913
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Nome, Alaska, Photograph Collection
- Dates
- approximately
1902-1913 (inclusive)19021913
- Quantity
- 21 photographic prints (1 folder)
- Collection Number
- PH0602
- Summary
- The collection contains images taken between 1902 and 1913 of Nome, the Inuit people, dogsleds, and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundson's sloop GJOA, the first to travel the Northwest Passage from east to west.
- Repository
-
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
-
Selections from the collection can be viewed on the Libraries' Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
In July, 1898, gold was discovered on Anvil Creek near what was to become Nome, Alaska. The prospectors soon began to arrive, and by 1900, U.S. Census statistics listed Nome as the home of one-third of Alaska's white population. Little is left of the architecture from these early years, primarily because of large fires in 1905 and 1934, as well as violent storms in 1900, 1913, 1945, and 1974.
Due to the harsh climate for most of the year, ships were vital to Nome. Mail arrived via ship and dog team throughout the winter months, and there were long delays between deliveries. The S.S. Corwin delivered mail starting in late May or early June, following the revenue-cutter Bear through the ice to Nome. If the ice was unnavigable for either ship, dog teams would bring the mail ashore.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The collection contains photographs of Nome, Alaska, and vicinity. Included are images of Nome street scenes, dogsled teams running the mail ashore from the Corwin , and Norwegian explorer Roald Amundson's sloop GJOA , the first to travel the Northwest Passage from east to west.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Views of Nome, AlaskaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 1 |
Water Wagon with
town view
Lomen Bros
(photographer)
|
ca. 1910-1913 |
| 1 | 2 | ca. 1910-1913 | |
| 1 | 3 | ca. 1910-1913 | |
| 1 | 4 |
Panorama of
First Avenue after storm
[Lomen Bros.?]
(photographer)
|
1913 |
Inuit of Nome, AlaskaReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 5 | May 1902 | |
| 1 | 6 | ca. 1907 | |
| 1 | 7 | ||
| 1 | 8 |
Inuit man, Chief
Klatsutamnrat, with stick
MacDonald
(photographer)
|
|
| 1 | 9 | ||
| 1 | 10 | ||
| 1 | 11 | Two Inuit
children |
|
| 1 | 12 | ca. 1907 |
DogsledsReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 13 | Two men fishing
on ice, Nome |
ca. 1900s |
| 1 | 14 | Men with sled
and dog team |
Bringing Mail Ashore from the Steamer Corwin Return to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 15 |
Men with dogsled
team
MacDonald
(photographer)
“Sport Smith bringing ashore first mail from SS
Corwin, 5 miles on Bering Sea."
|
June 2, 1907 |
| 1 | 16 |
Men with sled
and dog team
MacDonald
(photographer)
|
June 2, 1907 |
| 1 | 17 |
Men with sled
and dog team
MacDonald
(photographer)
“Freighting from steamer Corwin
with dog teams.”
|
June 2, 1907 |
Ships & MiscellaneousReturn to Top
| Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folder | item | ||
| 1 | 18a | "Sloop
GJOA arriving ... after completing Northwest
Passage"
MacDonald
(photographer)
|
Aug. 31, 1906 |
| 1 | 18b | "The
GJOA, Nome, Alaska, Capt. Amundson
commanding"
MacDonald
(photographer)
|
|
| 1 | 19 | ca. 1906-1907 | |
| 1 | 20 | Man in front of
tar paper hut
MacDonald
(photographer)
|
1907 |
| 1 | 21 | Two men on ice
with boat
MacDonald
(photographer)
|
June 9, 1907 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Buildings--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Freight and freightage--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Frontier and pioneer life--Alaska--Nome-Photographs
- Gold rushes--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Inuit--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Ships--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Sled dogs--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Sleds--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Streets--Alaska--Nome--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Nome (Alaska)--Photographs
