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Nome, Alaska photograph album, 1898-1913
Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Nome, Alaska photograph album
- Dates
- 1898-1913 (inclusive)18981913
- Quantity
- 1 album with 192 photographic prints (1 box) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1213
- Summary
- Photographs of Alaska including Nome, Teller, Council and Barrow
- 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
-
Entire 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
Historical BackgroundReturn to Top
Nome is a town in western Alaska that was established during the gold rush. After initial reports of gold in 1898, the population of previously uninhabited Nome soared to 10,000 people by 1900. It continued to be a thriving town throughout the gold rush period and remains today one of Alaska's larger towns. The communities of Teller and Council were also founded as a result of the gold rush, but experienced less economic success. Teller today has a population of about 300 people, while Council has been abandoned. Barrow is the northernmost city in the United States of America. Barrow has been populated by the Inupiaq people of Alaska for centuries.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Album contains images of Alaskan wildlife, individual and group portraits of Native Alaskans and early settlers, landscapes, buildings, totem poles, boats, and waterfronts in the towns of Barrow, Council, Nome, and Teller. Also features images of daily activities including military exercises, mining, boating, and dog sledding. Includes photographs taken in San Francisco, CA, and Victoria, BC. Identified photographers include Barnett (first name unknown), Arthur L. Bell, Beverly B. Dobbs, Otto D. Goetze, the Lomen Brothers, Frank H. Nowell, and Joseph Seiner.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Nome, Alaska Photograph AlbumReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
---|---|---|---|
Album | item | ||
1 | 1 |
Display of trophy walrus heads on side
of boat (Lomen 770)
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Same photograph in Lomen Brothers Photographs collection. Also
similar to photograph in Arthur Churchill Warner Photographs Collection PH Coll
273. Same scene (boat with walruses) but shot from a different angle.
|
circa 1899-1902 |
1 | 2a | Alaskan tundra with sun in the middle of the
horizon |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 2b | Eskimo man standing, Nome, Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 2c | Snow covered tree branches |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 3 |
People picnicking on Kings Mountain at midnight near
Nome, Alaska
Arthur L. Bell
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: Picnic Partys at Kings Mountain. Midnight,
June 20th 09. 10 miles from Nome, Alaska.
|
June 20, 1909 |
1 | 4a | Reindeer herd with mountains in the background at
Teller, Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 4b |
Eskimo men with packs dragging seals in the
snow
Barnett
(Photographer)
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 5 | Intake structure on Divining Creek at Hot Air Ditch Mine
owned by Kimball & Gilmore, Nome, Alaska (Nowell 4976)
Frank H. Nowell; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: Intake on Divining Creek of Hot Air Ditch
owned by Kimball & Gilmore. July 13th 1906.
|
July 13, 1906 |
1 | 6a | Dogs in a log pen
Caption on photo: Please come in - we can't come out. 113.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 6b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 6c | Man standing on sled with dog team |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 7 |
Hobson Creek and entrance to Miocene Tunnel, Nome,
Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: Hobson Creek Entrance to Miocene Tunnel. Nome
Precinct, Alaska.
|
circa 1910 |
1 | 8 | Seascape north of Cape Lisburne, Alaska
Joseph Seiner
(Photographer)
Duplicate of photo 55a. Caption on photo: Midnight sun north of
Cape Lisburne, Alaska.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 9 |
Group of people posed on hillside
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
|
1906-1913 |
1 | 10a | Old burn pile with house and mountains in
background |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 10b | View of camp from a distance |
1906-1913 |
1 | 10c | View of homestead from a distance |
1906-1913 |
1 | 11 |
Exterior view of the Seiffert Flats building, Nome,
Alaska
Frank H. Nowell; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: Seiffert Flats. Nome, Alaska. Oct. 27th
1906.
|
October 27, 1906 |
1 | 12 | Crowd watching the All Alaska sweepstakes dog mushing
race
The All Alaska sweepstakes dog mushing race is the oldest
organized dog mushing race in the world, beginning in 1908. It begins in Nome
and finishes in the small community of Candle. Caption on photo: All-Alaska
Sweep-Stake's dog race. Nome, Alaska. 1911. 729.
|
April 1911 |
1 | 13 |
Collapsed wooden dock covered in snow, Nome,
Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: The effect of the ice pack. Nome Dock. Jan,
1907.
|
January 1907 |
1 | 14a | Dog team resting in the snow, Norton Sound,
Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 14b | Snowy mound and spruce trees, Norton Sound,
Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 14c | Snowy spruce trees, Norton Sound, Alaska
Caption on photo: Norton Sound, Alaska. 128.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 15 |
Two companies of soldiers on skis lined up in the snow
in Fort Davis, Alaska (Lomen 373)
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: "Inspection and Muster." Co.'s "E" and "F"
30th Inf. U.S.A. Fort Davis, Alaska. March 31st, 1913.
|
March 31, 1913 |
1 | 16a | Scattered people on a snowy burm |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 16b |
Man standing outside of Mark's Hotel, Council,
Alaska
Mark's Hotel was built in response to a population boom in
Council during the gold rush. Caption on photo: Marks Hotel, Council,
Alaska.
|
circa 1906 |
1 | 16c |
Exterior of Holy Cross Hospital, Nome,
Alaska
The Holy Cross Hospital in Nome was founded in 1902 and closed
shortly thereafter in 1918. It was then converted into an apartment and office
building.
|
circa 1906 |
1 | 17 |
Judges, officers, and track officials at the All Alaska
sweepstakes posed outside, Nome, Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: Judges, officers, and track officials. 6th All
Alaska Sweepstakes. Nome, Alaska, 1913.
|
April 20, 1913 |
1 | 18a-c | Logging scenes, Norton Sound, Alaska
Caption on photo 18a: In the pine country - Norton Sound.
125.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 19 |
Crowd watching a dogsled team finish the All Alaska
sweepstakes race, town buildings in background, Nome, Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Similar to photo 21. Caption on photo: The Winners. Finish,
Bowen and Delzene entry, 6th All Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska, 1913.
Distance: 408 miles. Time: 75 hours, 42 mi. 27 sec. - Fay Delzene, driver.
|
April 1913 |
1 | 20a-b | Seascapes with ships visible |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 20c | Studio portrait of a seated man wearing a
suit |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 21 |
Crowd watching a dogsled team finish the All Alaska
sweepstakes race, town buildings visible in background, Nome,
Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Similar to photo 19. Caption on photo: Winners Second Place.
Finish Johnson entry 6th All Alaska Sweepstakes. Nome, Alaska, 1913. John
Johnson, driver.
|
April 1913 |
1 | 22a |
Waterfront in Teller, Alaska
Caption on photo: Teller, Alaska and water front.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 22b | Mining scene with man and horses, Teller,
Alaska
Caption on photo: Mining on Sunset Creek, Teller, Alaska.
139.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 22c | Crowd gathered outside of Lumber Storage Commission
buildings, Teller, Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 23 |
Men in military uniforms posed outside of a building in
the snow
Similar to photo 25.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 24 | Blank page (unknown photos removed before
acquisition) |
undated |
1 | 25 |
Men in military uniforms posed outside of a building in
the snow
Similar to photo 23.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 26a | Large snow pile shaped like a house with dog laying down
outside, Nome, Alaska
Caption on photo: Snow House. Nome, Alaska. 138.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 26b | Dog team at a great distance with glacier
behind |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 26c-d |
Men and dog team
Photos are vignetted in an oval.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 27 |
5th annual All Alaska sweepstakes dog mushing race
results and tracking table, Nome, Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
|
April 4, 1912 |
1 | 28 |
Crowd watching Fourth of July parade through the main
street, Lomen Brothers photo studio visible, Nome, Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: Fourth of July Parade, Nome, Alaska, 1911.
Sailors from U.S.R.C. "Bear" passing reviewing stand.
|
July 4, 1911 |
1 | 29 |
Studio portrait of Queen Ellen on a settee, Nome,
Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Winner of the beauty pageant accompanying the All Alaska
sweepstakes dog race. Caption on photo: Queen Ellen of Aksala, Nome, Alaska,
1911-'12.
|
1911-1912 |
1 | 30a-b |
Totem poles in front of buildings
Otto D. Goetze; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
Caption on photo 30b: O.D. Goetze
|
circa 1898-1908 |
1 | 31 |
Exterior view of Arctic Brotherhood Hall, Council,
Alaska
Lomen Brothers; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
The Arctic Brotherhood is a fraternal organization founded by
Alaskan goldminers in the interest of brotherhood. The Council chapter was
organized in 1900, but abandoned shortly thereafter as most of Council's
population left to look for gold in Nome, Alaska. Caption on photo: Arctic
Brotherhood Hall, Council, Alaska.
|
circa 1900 |
1 | 32a-b |
Totem poles in front of buildings
Otto D. Goetze; Nome, Alaska
(Photographer)
|
circa 1898-1908 |
1 | 33 |
Studio portrait of an Eskimo woman wearing
furs
Photographer is probably B.B. Dobbs.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 34a-c | Posed groups of people |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 35a | Two couples posed outside |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 35b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 36 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 37a | Man and dogsled in front of large snowpile |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 37b | Man and dogteam going over large snowpile |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 38 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 39 | Men in suits posed in front of water |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 41a |
Dog team pulling cart on train tracks, Nome,
Alaska
Page damaged (unknown photograph cut out of album before
acquisition).
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 41b | Group posed with dogs outside of a house
Page damaged (unknown photograph cut out of album before
acquisition).
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 42a-l | Various studio portraits
Page damaged (unknown photograph cut out of album before
acquisition).
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 43a-e | Various full-body portraits taken outside |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 44 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 45a-c | Posed group portraits shot outside
Photo 45a is a duplicate of photo 53a.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 46 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 47a | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 47b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 47c | Man in basket of dogsled with team |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 48 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 49a-h | Various groups posed outside, Nome, Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 50 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 51a-j | Various groups posed outside, Nome, Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 52 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 53a | Group posed in front of a snowy burm
Duplicate of photo 45a.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 53b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 53c | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 54 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 55a | Seascape north of Cape Lisburne, Alaska
Joseph Seiner
(Photographer)
Duplicate of photo 8. Caption on photo: Midnight Sun North of
Cape Lisburne, Alaska.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 55b-c |
Men hauling boat onto shore with harpooned seal in
water, Barrow, Alaska
Identical photographs, image reversed on 55c.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 56a | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 56b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 57a | Seascape |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 57b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 57c | Eskimo couple with dogs outside house |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 58a |
Eskimo men bring a harpooned seal onto shore, Prince of
Wales, Alaska
Caption on photo: Sealing - Prince of Wales, Alaska.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 58b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 59a | Reindeer herd grazing |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 59b | View of hills over water |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 59c | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 60a |
Eskimo family
Caption on photo: Alaskan Eskimo.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 60b | Reindeer herd grazing |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 61a | Reindeer herd at Cape Thompson, Alaska
Page damaged (unknown photos cut out of album before
acquisition).
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 61b |
Eskimo family outside of a house, Barrow,
Alaska
Page damaged (unknown photos cut out of album before
acquisition).
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 61c |
Eskimo women in fur parkas on a boat, Barrow,
Alaska
Page damaged (unknown photos cut out of album before
acquisition).
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 62 |
Eskimo skin boats being made, Barrow, Alaska
Page damaged (unknown photos cut out of album before
acquisition). Caption on photo: Oomiak frames - Eskimo skin boats.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 63a |
Schoolhouse in Barrow, Alaska
Caption on photo: Most northernly school on Western Hemisphere,
Barrow, Alaska.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 63b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 63c | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 64a | Men standing on a large snow pile, Barrow,
Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 64b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 64c | Skin boat loaded on a dogsled, Barrow,
Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 65a | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 65b | Eskimo man with dogs at camp, Barrow, Alaska |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 65c |
Dirt igloo in Barrow, Alaska
Caption on photo: Eskimo igloo at Barrow, Alaska.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 66a | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 66b | Sea ice |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 67 | View of a ship's crows nest and rigging |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 68a | Eskimos posed on a boat |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 68b | Group of Eskimos on a boat |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 68c | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 69 | People posed in the doorway of a house |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 70a | Mining equipment in the snow |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 70b | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 70c | Log houses in the snow |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 70d | Snowy camp from a distance |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 71a-b | Men sitting around a table in a cabin |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 72a | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 72b |
Horses dragging logging sledges through the
snow
Associated with photo 72c.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 72c | Horse team hitched to a logging sledge
Associated with photo 72b.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 73 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 74a |
Panorama of small town on the tundra
Panorama continued on next page, photo 75a.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 74b | City street view |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 74c | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 74d |
Panorama of a town with a small mountain
behind
Panorama continued on next page, photo 75d. Caption on photo:
Poto.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 75a | Panorama of a small town on the tundra
Panorama begun on previous page, photo 75a.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 75b | Two couples and a baby on the deck of a ship |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 75c | circa 1910 | |
1 | 75d | Panorama of a town with a small mountain behind
Panorama begun on previous page, photo 75d.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 76a-b |
Studio portraits of a young woman
Features the same woman as photos 77a-b.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 77a-b | Studio portraits of a young woman
Features the same woman as photos 76a-b.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 78a-f | Various family portraits shot outside
Size of buildings and plants visible suggest that it is unlikely
these photos were taken in Alaska.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 79-83 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 84a | circa 1906-1913 | |
1 | 84b | Large crowd in the stands of a stadium
Photo is torn in several places, very faded.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 85 | Blank page |
undated |
1 | 86a | Two couples posed on the steps of a house
Photo is very faded.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 86b | Men posed outside of a house |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 87a-d | Young woman posed in various outside
locations |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 88 |
View of the Bering Sea after a storm, Nome, Alaska
(Dobbs 836)
Beverly B. Dobbs
(Photographer)
Photo is toned blue. Caption on photo: Behring Sea, after a
storm at Nome.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 89 |
Sea scene with rescue boats, Nome, Alaska
Beverly B. Dobbs
(Photographer)
Photo is toned blue. Caption on photo: Nome life saving crew
making for disabled Greyhound.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 90a |
Women in fur parkas posed on a bridge
Similar to photo 90e.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 90b | Women and children in a horse and buggy |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 90c | Woman and children posed outside |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 90d | Group of young people posed in a yard |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 90e | Group laughing on a bridge
Similar to photo 90a.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 91 | circa 1902 | |
1 | 92a | Women posed in a garden
Similar to photo 92c.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 92b | Man standing on frozen lake |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 92c | Women seated near to a hammock hung from
pillars
Similar to photo 92a.
|
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 92d | Women in a field of sunflowers |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 92e | View of a town with harbor visible in the
background |
circa 1906-1913 |
1 | 92f | Roosevelt's Great White Fleet parade on the streets of
San Francisco, California
Caption on photo: San Francisco, May 7, 08. Van Ness Ave.
Atlantic Fleet.
|
May 7, 1908 |
1 | 93 |
Boy with a basket on Steadman Avenue of Nome, Alaska
(Nowell 5386)
Frank H. Nowell
(Photographer)
Caption on photo: Steadman Ave. Nome, Alaska, Mar. 30th
1907.
|
March 30, 1907 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Alaska Natives--Photographs
- Animals--Alaska--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
Geographical Names
- Alaska--Photographs
- Barrow, Point (Alaska)--Photographs
- Council (Alaska)--Photographs
- Nome (Alaska)--Photographs
- San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs
- Teller (Alaska)--Photographs
- Victoria (B.C.)--Photographs
Other Creators
-
Personal Names
- Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett) (photographer)
- Goetze, O. D. (Otto Daniel) (photographer)
- Lomen, Carl J (photographer)
- Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 (photographer)
Corporate Names
- Lomen Bros (photographer)