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Lomen Brothers photographs, approximately 1900-1934
Overview of the Collection
- Photographer
- Lomen Bros
- Title
- Lomen Brothers photographs
- Dates
- approximately 1900-1934 (inclusive)19001934
- Quantity
- 518 photographic prints (2 boxes) and 67 mitrate negatives (1 box)
- Collection Number
- PH0328
- Summary
- Photographs of Alaska including images of Iñupiat people, Nome and residents, reindeer business, ships, airplanes
- Repository
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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
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Selections from the collection can be viewed on the Libraries Digital Collection website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator is required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.
- Languages
- English
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
G. J. Lomen and his son Carl originally came to Nome as part of the 1900 gold rush. G.J. Lomen soon established a profitable law practice. In 1903 Carl's mother, sister Helen, and brothers Ralph, Harry and Alfred moved from Minnesota to Nome. Brother George arrived in Nome in 1906, opening a men's furnishing store in 1907. The family was involved in many commercial and civic interests including law, their reindeer corporation, lighterage, retail, and photography. In 1908 the brothers bought a photographic studio and later bought the negatives of several other photographers including Dobbs, Nowell, Goetze and Kinne. Brothers Carl, Harry, Alfred, and Ralph Lomen were partners in the business. Harry managed the studio and all of them took photographs, quickly learning how to keep cameras in working order at Arctic temperatures. Alfred became particularly interested in photography and took most of the photos. In September 1934, a fire destroyed their studio along with 25,000-30,000 negatives and 50,000 commercial prints. Approximately 3,000 negatives were salvaged. The Lomens never reopened their photography business but they remained in Nome, pursuing their other business enterprises, including the Lomen Reindeer Corporation. By the 1940's they all moved to Seattle, Washington, where George died in 1934, Alfred in 1950, Harry in 1957 and Carl in 1965.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
Photographs and negatives depicting Nome and vicinity, Alaska, the Lomen family, their business activities, reindeer, residents of Nome, Iñupiat people, Nome mining operations, dogsled teams, ships and boats, and aviation. The collection includes Lomen Bros. Studio photos, informal snapshots, and photos printed from the negatives of other professional photographers.
Other Descriptive InformationReturn to Top
The Lomen Brothers bought negatives from several other professional photographers and reissued the photographs under the Lomen Bros. studio name, as was accepted practice in the early 20th century. Among the Lomens' purchases were negatives from Dobbs, Nowell, Kinne, Goetze and Kinne. About 40 were photos in this collection were identified as originating from non-Lomen studios, and are located in the Other Photographers series within this collection.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
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Restrictions on Use
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Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Lomen businesses and familyReturn to Top
The Lomen family was involved in many commercial and civic interests including law, retail, lighterage, photography, and their reindeer corporation. In 1908 the brothers opened a drugstore and bought a photographic studio. Polk's Business Directory from 1915 lists the brothers as photographers and stationers, Carl Lomen as Chief Clerk U.S. District Court, George Lomen & Co clothing and mens' furnishings, Gutbrand J Lomen as Attorney at Law, Notary public, and Norwegian Vice Consul, and Ralph Lomen as Chief of Police. The Lomen family developed a large reindeer empire in Alaska. They bought their first herd in 1914, created a natural cold storage plant at Elephant Point in 1920, and organized the Lomen Transportation Company to meet the problem of insufficient ocean shipboard refrigeration. The Lomen brothers' photography business in Nome ended in 1934 when the great Nome fire destroyed their studio. The Lomens remained in Nome, pursuing their many other business enterprises. They sold their interests in Lomen Reindeer in 1940, pursuant to the 1934 Reindeer Act, but continued in the lighterage business as Lomen Commercial Company of Nome.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Lomen businesses |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/1 | 1 |
Five officers and directors of Lomen and Co. with gold
bars in Lomen Bros. office (Lomen 1424) Jafet Lindeberg and G.J. Lomen, second and third from left;
Carl Lomen on the right.
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September 1919 |
1/1 | 2 | 1925-1940 | |
1/1 | 3 | 1925-1940 | |
1/1 | 4 | 1925-1940 | |
1/1 | 5 |
Lomen family outside the storefront of Lomen
Commercial Company General Merchandise building in Nome, Alaska Probably Carl Lomen, 2nd from left; Ralph Lomen, 3rd from
left; Helen Lomen 2nd from right; Alfred Lomen far right.
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1925-1940 |
1/1 | 6 | 1934 | |
1/1 | 7 | 1934 | |
1/1 | 8 |
Lomen Commercial Co. warehouse after 1945 storm viewed
from the harbor Written on verso: 1945 storm. Frozen ground presented
considerably more damage. spring 1946.
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Spring 1946 |
1/1 | 9 |
Front exterior of brick Lomen Commercial Company with
"Allis-Chalmers" sign and company car in Anchorage, Alaska Written on verso: LCC Anchorage Branch.
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circa 1950 |
1/1 | 10 | Interior room with fireplace, rocking chairs, display
of knick-knacks and postcards Probably the interior of a Lomen business.
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1920s-1930s |
Lomen Reindeer Corporation - Lomen Bros.
photos In 1914, the Lomen family purchased 1,200 reindeer from Alfred
Nilima, a Lapplander living in the Kotzebue Sound area. By 1918, the Lomen
brothers had purchased 6,268 deer from Lapp herds and the native missions at
Teller and Golovin. Between 1914 and 1929, the Lomen Corporation bought 14,083
reindeer at a total cost of $236,156.00. The Lomen brothers came to monopolize
the reindeer industry. The empire they established involved thousands of
reindeer and included corrals, slaughterhouses, cold storage plants,
refrigerated ships and retail stores where herding supplies are sold. They also
controlled three of the most important shipping posts. At the peak of the
commercial reindeer industry, the Lomen Brothers sold 50,000 reindeer carcasses
between 1927 and 1930. With the passage of the 1934 Reindeer Act on September
1, 1934, which restricted ownership of domestic reindeer in Alaska to Natives
only. The Lomens sold their large herd to the government at a low price in
1940.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/2 | 11 |
Group of reindeer grazing on grassy field at St.
Lawrence Bay, Siberia Lomen Studio stamp
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 12 | 1914-1934 | |
1/2 | 13a |
Closeup of the three reindeer grazing on a stony
outcrop in the summer Lomen Studio stamp
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 13b | Closeup of the three reindeer grazing on a stony
outcrop in the summer Enlarged, cropped image of 13a.Lomen Studio stamp.
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 13c | Closeup of the three reindeer grazing on a stony
outcrop in the summer Postcard of 13aLomen Studio stamp
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 14 |
Two reindeer grazing in the snow (Lomen
1134) Lomen Studio stamp
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 15a |
Close-up of reindeer in front of tree Lomen Studio stampWritten on verso, copyrighted by Lomen Bros Nome.
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 15b | Close-up of reindeer in front of tree Postcard size of 15a. Caption on photo: The Seasons Greetings from Carl and Laura
Lomen.
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 16 |
Native reindeer herder with reindeer and sled, Nome,
Alaska (Lomen 797) Lomen Studio stamp.
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 17 |
Reindeer teams loaded with fresh meat for Nome market
(Lomen 910) Lomen Studio stamp.
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1914-1934 |
1/2 | 18 | Reindeer sled teams with two herders (Lomen
611) Lomen Studio stamp.Caption on photo: On the trail.
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1914-1934 |
Reindeer - Lomen Bros. postcard size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/3 | 19 |
Aerial view of Elephant Point during
summer Elephant Point is where the Lomen brothers built their
reindeer plant with corrals and cold storage.
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1920-1930 |
1/3 | 20 | 1920-1930 | |
1/3 | 21 |
Postcard of large reindeer herd on plain Caption on photograph: [illeg.] herd 1916.
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1916 |
1/3 | 22 | Winter 1915-1916 | |
1/3 | 23 | 1914-1934 | |
1/3 | 24-27 | 1914-1934 | |
1/3 | 28 | 1914-1934 | |
1/3 | 29 | 1914-1934 | |
1/3 | 30 | 1914-1934 | |
1/3 | 31 | Three men and reindeer sled teams in front of a snow
covered cabin Written on verso: An abandoned cabin turned into a snow house
by covering it with blocks of snow.
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1914-1934 |
1/3 | 32 |
Man in fur parka with young reindeer in the
snow Caption on photo: Dan and 'Spot.'
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1914-1934 |
1/3 | 33 |
Iñupiat herder with two reindeer and sled on snow
field with trees (Lomen 598) Caption on photo: Eskimo deerman on the trail in Alaska.
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1914-1934 |
1/3 | 34 | 1914-1934 | |
1/3 | 35 |
Group of corralled reindeer with Santa
Claus The Lomens started using a Santa Claus promotion with reindeer
in 1923.
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1923-1935 |
1/3 | 36 | 1923-1935 | |
1/3 | 37 | 1923-1935 | |
1/3 | 38 | 1923-1935 | |
1/3 | 39 |
One reindeer grazing and four in background on small
ridge near brush Scanned from nitrate negative.
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1914-1934 |
1/3 | 40 |
Harry Lomen in field with sled and harnessed reindeer
"Dick" Scan of nitrate negative.Caption on postcard: Harry and "Dick".Lomen Studio stamp.
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1914-1934 |
Reindeer Fair According to Carl Lomen's memoir
Fifty years in Alaska, the
Reindeer Fair was started in 1915 as a way to increase interest in the reindeer
industry and provide an opportunity for widely dispersed Eskimo herdsmen to
exchange ideas. The first fair was held near Pilgrim River and on the Seward
Peninsula. "A week spent in friendly rivalry, competitions, and visiting would
give everybody an opportunity to observe various methods in action and to
exchange techniques of handling the animals." Contests and demonstrations were
held in lassoing, sled-lashing, shooting, races, etc. In 1916 the fair was held
in February, at the Kruzamapa Hot Springs, across Golden Gate Pass from Nome.
At the third and final fair in 1917, Eskimos arrived in their finest fur
parkas, and decorated reindeer harnesses with carved pieces of walrus ivory and
brightly colored yarn pompoms. In 1918, the influenza epidemic killed most of
the most experienced Eskimo deermen and the reindeer fairs were never
revived.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/4 | 41 |
Young reindeer in decorative harness Probably at Reindeer Fair.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 42 |
Deerman in parka with a reindeer in decorative
harness Probably at Reindeer Fair.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 43 |
Postcard of six Iñupiat men with their reindeer and
sleds with buildings in the background Caption on photo: Eskimo Reindeer men on the Kuzitrin River,
Alaska.Probably at Reindeer Fair.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 44 |
Postcard of reindeer sled caravan at Golden Gate Pass,
Alaska Probably at Reindeer Fair.Lomen Studio postcard.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 45 |
Herd of reindeer in snow-covered field (Lomen
583D) Caption on photo: Alaska reindeer - Igloo herd #1.Probably at Reindeer Fair.Lomen Studio postcard.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 46 |
Two Iñupiat people with two reindeer in decorated
harnesses with sled on snow-covered field Probably at Reindeer Fair.Lomen Bros. stamp.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 47 | Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs,
Alaska Lomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 48a | Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs,
Alaska Lomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 48b |
Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs,
Alaska Postcard of 13a with cropped image.Site of Reindeer Fair
Lomen Studio stamp
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 49a |
Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs,
Alaska Lomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 49b | Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs,
Alaska Cropped and enlarged print of 11aLomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 50 |
Large group of men in parkas and reindeer sleds (Lomen
548) Caption on edge of negative: Nome Entry - Jan. 1915 -Probably at 1915 Reindeer Fair.Scan of nitrate negative.
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January 1915 |
1/4 | 51 |
Reindeer sled caravan with four drivers in fur parkas
(Lomen 580A) Probably at Reindeer Fair.Lomen Studio stamp.Scan of nitrate negative.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 52 |
Reindeer sled with driver (probably Lomen) in parka
Caption on postcard: On the Trail, March, 1917.Probably at 1917 Reindeer Fair.Lomen Studio stamp.Scan of nitrate negative.
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March 1917 |
1/4 | 53 |
Driver in parka with reindeer sled team taking a break
at Pilgrim River, Alaska Probably en route to Reindeer Fair.Lomen Studio stamp.Scan of nitrate negative.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 54 |
Reindeer sled caravan viewed from the rear Probably en route to Reindeer Fair.Lomen Studio stamp.Scan of nitrate negative.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 55 |
Harry Lomen in fur parka with reindeer
"Alfred" Caption on postcard: Harry and Alfred.Probably at Reindeer Fair.Scan of nitrate negative.Lomen Studio stamp.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 56 |
Harry Lomen in fur parka and cap with three reindeer,
one lying down (Lomen 576) Caption on postcard: At the NuggetEn route to Reindeer Fair.Scan of nitrate negative.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 57a |
Harnessed reindeer lying down in brush (Lomen
596B) Possibly at Reindeer Fair.Scan of nitrate negative. 3-1/4" x 5-1/2" negative.
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1915-1917 |
1/4 | 57b |
Harnessed reindeer lying down in brush (Lomen
596B) Scan of nitrate negative. 2" x 3" negative; same image as 30na 3-1/4" x 5-1/2"
above.
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1915-1917 |
Reindeer - non Lomen Bros. studio photos |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/5 | 58 | Two reindeer grazing on grass through snow with a
reindeer in the distance and a dog nearby |
1914-1934 |
1/5 | 59 | Four reindeer interacting in the snow |
1914-1934 |
1/5 | 60 | 1914-1934 | |
1/5 | 61 | Seven reindeer grazing in the snow |
1914-1934 |
1/5 | 62 | Reindeer herders in snow field with reindeers, loaded
sled and large group of children Written on verso: Canadian Huskies visit camp.
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1914-1934 |
1/5 | 63 | 1914-1934 | |
1/5 | 64 | Large herd of reindeer in a corral |
1914-1934 |
1/5 | 65 |
Two reindeer, drivers and sleds at the Keewalik Plant
at Elephant Point, Alaska Written on verso: Sled deer hauling freight from Keewalik.
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November 22, 1927 |
1/5 | 66 | 1914-1934 | |
1/5 | 67 | 1914-1934 | |
1/5 | 68 | Reindeer in corral with lead attached |
1914-1934 |
1/5 | 69 | 1914-1934 | |
1/5 | 70 | 1914-1934 | |
1/5 | 71 |
A reindeer, Santa Claus and two men in parkas
(possibly Lomen brothers) visiting children in a hospital To promote the sale of reindeer meat and furs, Lomen and
Company collaborate with Macy’s Department Stores to stage annual Christmas
parades with Santa Clauses and teams of reindeer driven by Sami (Lapp) and
Native herders from Alaska
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1923-1935 |
1/5 | 72 | Two men with two pack reindeer on scrubby
field Printed on photo: USDA emblem.Written on verso: Packing reindeer south of the Yukon.
1926.
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1926 |
1/5 | 73 | Single reindeer in front of grazing herd |
1914-1934 |
1/5 | 74 | Reindeer grazing in snow |
1914-1934 |
1/5 | 75 |
Reindeer among rocks next to sea Scan of nitrate negative.
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1914-1934 |
1/5 | 76 |
Two Iñupiat men in a field carrying a reindeer hogtied
to a stick Scan of nitrate negative.
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1914-1934 |
1/5 | 77 |
Man (possibly Harry Lomen) in parka and cap with
harness and three tethered reindeer Scan of nitrate negative.
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1914-1934 |
1/5 | 78 |
Distant view of reindeer among rocks next to
sea Scan of nitrate negative.
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1914-1934 |
1/5 | 79 | Herd of reindeer in field with one man in suit and
hat Scan of nitrate negative.
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1914-1934 |
1/5 | 80 |
Man standing next to approximately 14 reindeer
carcasses hanging on rough-hewn outdoor log rack Scan of nitrate negative.
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circa 1920 |
1/5 | 81 |
Belly view of reindeer carcasses hung from outdoor
rack on beach, with man posing Scan of nitrate negative.
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circa 1920 |
1/5 | 82 |
Man with dog next to seven reindeer carcasses hung
from outdoor rack Scan of nitrate negative.
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circa 1920 |
1/5 | 83 |
Two men kneeling next to reindeer carcasses hung on
outdoor rack Scan of nitrate negative.
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circa 1920 |
1/5 | 84 |
Carl Lomen carrying baby reindeer with two men leaning
against reindeer pen Caption on negative: Igloo Point, 1925Scanned from nitrate negative.
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1925 |
Ship Silver Wave
postcards The Lomens organized the Lomen Transportation Company to meet
the problem of insufficient ocean refrigeration for reindeer meat. The small
schooner Silver Wave was purchased for the Lomen
Enterprise Steamship Company in 1923. Around 1924, the Lomens purchased a newly
built 60-foot motor vessel which they also named Silver
Wave. It was used for service along the coast between the Lomen
Company's several stations.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/6 | 85 |
Silver Wave in Port
Clarence Bay, Alaska Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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June 24, 1924 |
1/6 | 86 |
Silver Wave off shore
Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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June 24, 1924 |
1/6 | 87 |
Crew on board the Silver
Wave Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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June 24, 1924 |
1/6 | 88 |
Deck of Silver Wave with
rowboat and ropes Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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June 24, 1924 |
1/6 | 89 |
Crew on deck and rigging of Silver Wave, anchored offshore Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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June 24, 1924 |
1/6 | 90 | Boat Silver Wave in inlet
Lomen Bros stamp.[This is the later, 2nd Silver
Wave, purchased in 1924.
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1924-1925 |
Lomen family members Personal family photos.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/7 | 91 | Possibly Harry Lomen and woman standing in
yard Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1925 |
1/7 | 92 | Lomen brothers, sister and mother outside in
yard Probably Alfred on right, Carl on left.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1925 |
1/7 | 93 | A Lomen brother standing with two other men in Nome,
Alaska street Scanned from nitrate negative.
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June, 1926 |
1/7 | 94 | Two Lomen brothers standing with another man in Nome,
Alaska street with church tower in background (Lomen postcard) Scanned from nitrate negative.
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June, 1926 |
1/7 | 95 | Harry Lomen painting at easel Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1925 |
1/7 | 96 | Lomen brother in fur parka with rifle on ice
hummock Hummocks are masses of ice rising to heights of 20 feet above
the general level of the Arctic ice pack. These small hills of broken ice are
caused by the pressure of ice floes jamming and crushing against each other.
Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1925 |
1/7 | 97 | Man shoveling near dog resting on top of large pile
of residue or tailings Probably a Lomen brother.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1925 |
1/7 | 98 | Probably Carl Lomen outdoors holding model ship (
Silver Wave)? Scanned from nitrate negative.
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1924-1925 |
1/7 | 99 | Probably Harry Lomen standing next to
house Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1925 |
Lomen Studio workReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Portraits of Iñupiat men The term "Eskimo" is used in Alaska to refer to arctic Alaskans
including Inupiaq (Inupiat is the plural form, Inupiaq is singular and Iñupiak
is dual) Yupik, and Alutiiq people. Linguists now believe that "Eskimo" is
derived from an Ojibwa word meaning "to net snowshoes." "Inuit" refers only to
the Inupiat of northern Alaska, the Inuit of Canada, and the Kalaallit of
Greenland, and it is not a word in the Yupik languages of Alaska and Siberia.
(University of Alaska, Alaska Native Language Center
http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/resources/inuit-eskimo/) The Eskimo people have lived
in the Bering Straight region as an identifiable culture for at least 4,000 to
6,000 years.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/8 | 100 |
Portrait of young Iñupiat man, probably reindeer
herder Ablikak, wearing fur parka, vicinity of Nome, Alaska Written on verso: Tautuk.Label on copy in the Museum of History and Industry (#17210 in
Alaska- Eskimo Subject File) says "Ablika (ab-LY-Ka) a Port Clarence native,
Raindeer [sic] herder worth about $15,000 in reindeer".
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circa 1908-1915 |
Portraits of Iñupiat women |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/9 | 101 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/9 | 102 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/9 | 103 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/9 | 104 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/9 | 105 |
Two young Iñupiat women wearing fur parkas (Lomen
200) This black-and-white photo was hand-colored.
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circa 1908-1915 |
Iñupiat women - postcard size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/9 | 106 |
Postcard of young Iñupiat woman outdoors wearing fur
clothing Written on verso: Eskimo girl in fur parka standing on beach
in front of boat shelter.
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circa 1908-1915 |
Iñupiat mothers with infants |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/10 | 107 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/10 | 108 | circa 1908-1915 | |
Iñupiat children |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/11 | 109 |
Laughing Iñupiat child Ruth Makpii (Mugpi) Ipalook
wearing a fur parka, Seward Peninsula, Alaska Mukpie, a Point Barrow Iñupiat girl, was the youngest person
aboard, and one of the survivors of the SS Karluk,
part of the Canadian-Arctic Expedition of 1913, which sank on January 10, 1914.
Reference: Obituary, Nunatsiaq News, July 17, 2008.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/11 | 110 | circa 1908-1915 | |
Iñupiat children - postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/11 | 111 |
Four Iñupiat boys playing in the water (Lomen
418) Caption on photo: The Bathers.Extremely similar to Nowell's "Eskimo boys bathing in Grantley
Harbor, Teller," Alaska. Appears to be same scene, same boys and boat.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/11 | 112 |
Small Iñupiat child in a wood crate on the
snow Caption on photo: Eskimo baby enjoying native football
game.
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circa 1908-1915 |
Iñupiat daily life |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/12 | 113 |
Kauwerak Iñupiat men and women gathered around
butchered walruses (Lomen 146) Caption on photo: Eskimo dividing up walrus after hunt. Nome,
Alaska.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/12 | 114 |
Interior of tunnel of snow shelter with furs,
snowshoes, dried fish and other provisions (Lomen 128) Caption on photo: Approach to Eskimo "Eni" at Cape Prince of
Wales, Alaska.Passageway to Kingikmiut winter house.
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circa 1903-1908 |
1/12 | 115a |
Several Iñupiat families paddling large umiak on the
sea (Lomen 41 or 91) Written on verso: The Oomiak of the Eskimo - the family boat
of walrus-hide.Photograph identified as Dobbs by Carolyn Marr, librarian at
Seattle's Museum of History and Industry, but not confirmed.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/12 | 115b | Postcard of several Iñupiat families paddling large
umiak on the sea Postcard of photo 44a, with added caption: Eskimos from East
Cape arriving at Nome, Alaska.Photograph identified as Dobbs by Carolyn Marr, librarian at
Seattle's Museum of History and Industry, but not confirmed.An umiak is an open boat of skins stretched over a wooden
frame.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/12 | 116 |
Tareumiut Iñupiats gathered on the beach watching a
blanket toss at Barrow, Alaska Blanket toss was a traditional trampoline-like game, usually
using stitched-together seal or walrus skins instead of blankets.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/12 | 117 |
Two Iñupiat women cooking near boat shelters and tents
on the beach at Nome (Lomen 95) Written on verso: Native summer camp on the beach at Nome.
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1906 |
Iñupiat daily life and activities -
postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/12 | 117a |
Postcard of sand spit Iñupiat encampment,
Nome Caption on postcard: Eskimo Encampment on the "Sand Spit,"
Nome, Alaska.Also PH Coll 413.Album 12.30d in Ralph E. MacKay Alaska
Photograph Album.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/12 | 118 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/12 | 119 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/12 | 120 |
Iñupiat people landing boat at beach, with one man
carrying a person slung over his shoulder Caption on photo: Eskimo landing at Nome, Alaska.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/12 | 120a |
Postcard of young Iñupiat man holding kayak on beach
with Nome buildings in background Caption on photo: Eskimo boy and his kiak [sic] - Nome,
Alaska.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/12 | 121 |
Postcard of crowd gathered around a walrus skin toss
on the beach (Lomen 659A) Walrus skin tossing was a traditional Iñupiat trampoline-like
game.
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circa 1918 |
Iñupiat dance and drumming |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/13 | 122 |
Kayiagamute (Kauwerak) Wolf Dancers in costume against
backdrop of furs (Lomen 179) Caption on photo: The "Wolf Dance" of the Kayiagamutes -
Eskimo of Alaska.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/13 | 123 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/13 | 124 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/13 | 125 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/13 | 126 |
Five Iñupiat adults and one child in dancing costumes
on Nunivak Island (Lomen 330) Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1908-1915 |
Group portraits of Nome, Alaska residents |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/14 | 127 | circa 1905 | |
1/14 | 128 |
Eagle basketball team of Nome standing on an ice
hummock Caption on photo: Champions of Alaska. Eagle basket ball team
of Nome. Season 1909-1910 on a Bering Sea ice hummock.Hummocks are masses of ice rising to heights of 20 feet above
the general level of the Arctic ice pack. These small hills of broken ice are
caused by the pressure of ice floes jamming and crushing against each other.
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1909-1910 |
1/14 | 129 |
Nine fur-dressed children (one on sled) next to an ice
hummock Caption on photo: On Bering Sea opposite Nome Alaska, April
23rd, 1910.
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April 23, 1910 |
1/14 | 130 |
Attendees at formal Arctic Brotherhood Dance, with
humorous rules posted on wall behind them The Arctic Brotherhood was established in 1898. Its Nome Camp
No. 9 was installed January 9, 1900, with 16 charter members. By 1905,
membership had grown to 250 active members.Possibly includes Lomen brothers.
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March 18, 1911 |
1/14 | 131 |
Group portrait of partygoers in formal dress with man
reclining in front Possibly includes Lomen brothers.
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March 24, 1911 |
1/14 | 132 | circa 1913-1920 | |
1/14 | 133 |
M.E. church hospital and mission workers in fur parkas
on hospital porch Written on verso: Dr. Baldwin, center.
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1910-1915 |
1/14 | 134 | circa 1918 | |
1/14 | 135 | June 22, 1918 | |
1/14 | 136 | circa 1918 | |
1/14 | 137 | circa 1918 | |
1/14 | 138 |
Thirty-six people around stack of gold bars in bank
office (Lomen 1433) Caption on photo: Gold output, month of Sept. 1919 - Miners
and Merchants Bank, Nome, Alaska.Includes G.J. Lomen, third from left,, front row; Carl Lomen
far right, front row; Alfred Lomen far right, seated; possibly Harry and Ralph
Lomen also.
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September 1919 |
1/14 | 139 |
Group of six people resting on reindeer
sled Lomen Studios stamp.
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circa 1915 |
Nome, Alaska residents - postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/14 | 140 | circa 1910 | |
1/14 | 141 | circa 1920 | |
1/14 | 142 | circa 1920 | |
1/14 | 143 |
Postcard of two men in overcoats shaking hands outside
telegraph office Sign in office window: Post No Bills.
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1908-1934 |
1/14 | 144 | circa 1910-1915 | |
1/14 | 145 | July 4, 1915 | |
Street scenes and buildings in Nome, Alaska The City of Nome was incorporated in 1901, two years after the
discovery of gold on the sandy shore of the Snake River. It was the largest
city in Alaska until 1909. A fire in 1905 destroyed many of the buildings along
Front Street, the main thoroughfare. Serious storms in 1902, 1913 and 1915 also
caused major damage to the city.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/15 | 146 |
Interior of Eagle Hall, decorated with bunting for
memorial service, Nome Caption on photo: F.O.E. No. 75 memorial service decorations,
Eagle Hall, Nome, Alaska, March 20th , 1910.
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March 20, 1910 |
1/15 | 147 | [not used] |
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1/15 | 148 |
Two men on horseback with sashes and ribbons in front
of building flying American flags, Nome Probably Lomen brother on right.
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circa 1920 |
1/15 | 149 |
Crowd in Nome street attending July 4 public reading
event (Lomen 1301) Caption on photo: Literary exercises, Nome, Alaska, July 4th,
1914. Reading of the Declaration of Independence by Wm. C. McGuire.
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July 4, 1914 |
1/15 | 150 |
Horse pulling sleigh along snow piled high on street
in Nome, with "Vote Union Labor Ticket" banner in the background Caption on photo: A winter street scene, Nome, Alaska. Shows a storage company, a carpenter shop, M.D. Samuels
business, Carstens Bros. & Dashley, Cosy Saloon, a cleaners, and possibly
one side of Alaska Banking and Safe Deposit Co.
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1910-1920 |
1/15 | 151 | September 20, 1919 | |
1/15 | 152 |
Man and dogs on snow piled high in Front Street, Nome
(Lomen 729) Caption on photo: Front St., Nome, in midwinter.Shows The Newport Hotel or boarding house.
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1910-1920 |
1/15 | 153 | 1908-1934 | |
Nome, Alaska scenes - postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/16 | 154 | 1904-1910 | |
1/16 | 154a | circa 1904-1925 | |
1/16 | 155 |
Postcard of beach with rowboat, ice floes, and large
ships in background, Nome Caption on photo: Roadstead, Nome, Alaska, June 21st,
1910.Written on verso to Vella Weaver: Last overland mail leaves
today. Gave party last Friday night in N.B. and T. Co. building. 64 guests
there. Wish you could have been with us. With Love, Harry. Mar 30, 1911.
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June 21, 1910 |
1/16 | 156 | circa 1911 | |
1/16 | 157 |
Postcard of snow blocking doorways of houses on Second
Avenue at D. Street, Nome Written on verso: Feb. 9 '11 - Do you recognize the corner of
2nd and D.? Have had lots of snow lately but today is the finest of the winter.
Expect them all to be nice pretty soon tho. Going out today to get a few
snapshots of snow - Will you come along. All OK - Ralph.
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1911 |
1/16 | 158 | circa 1911 | |
1/16 | 159 |
Snow drifts blocking houses on East Front Street with
ladder on house, Nome Caption on photo: East Front Street. Nome, AAA.
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circa 1911 |
1/16 | 159a | circa 1911-1916 | |
1/16 | 160 | circa 1920 | |
1/16 | 160a | January 1916 | |
1/16 | 161 | circa 1911 | |
1/16 | 162 | circa 1911 | |
1/16 | 163 | 1908-1934 | |
1/16 | 163a | 1908-1934 | |
1/16 | 164 |
Postcard of storm-damaged buildings Caption on photo: After the big storm - Nome Alaska, 1913.
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October 1913 |
1/16 | 164a |
Wreckage of buildings in Nome after storm Modern copy photo. Caption on photo: After the Big Storm - [Illeg.] St., Nome,
Alaska, 1913.Number on front 12275.
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1913 |
1/16 | 164b | Wreckage of buildings after storm Residents' names handwritten on photo above each building.
Handwritten at bottom of scene: River Street or where it used to be. All
buildings are a half mile up Snake River. Handwritten on edge of photo: Seward
Alaska.Caption on photo: First Ave Residences, Nome, Alaska, after
the big storm , 1913.Nearly same scene as Item 574.
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1913 |
1/16 | 165 |
Postcard of logs and wreckage strewn along beach with
buildings in the background Caption on photo: Wreakage [sic] along Snake River below the
pumping plant - After the storm - Nome, Alaska, 1913.
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October 1913 |
1/16 | 166 | 1905-1925 | |
1/16 | 167 |
Postcard of sunset over snowy tundra with mining
machinery in background Caption on photo: A winter sunset.
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1908-1934 |
1/16 | 168 |
Nome buildings viewed through large ice chunks from
Bering Sea Caption on photo: Bering Sea ice, Nome, AAA.
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1908-1920 |
1/16 | 169 | 1920-1930 | |
Nome, Alaska waterfront |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/17 | 170 |
View from Bering sea across ice and snow to Nome
buildings (Lomen 723) Caption on photo: Nome from Behring [sic] Sea 1907.
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1907 |
1/17 | 171 | July 15, 1910 | |
1/17 | 172 | September 6, 1910 | |
1/17 | 173 |
Ice surrounding pilings and toppled caisson
Caption on photo: Caisson at Nome, Alaska. Destroyed by ice
pressure, winter 1915-1916.A caisson is a watertight retaining structure used to work on
the foundations of a pier or the repair of ships.
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1915-1916 |
1/17 | 174 |
Ice breaking up along Snake River, with equipment, men
and buildings along shore (Lomen 1138) Caption on photo: The break-up of Snake River, Nome, Alaska.
1916.
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1916 |
1/17 | 175 |
Man in rain gear watching others maneuver a rowboat in
the surf, with ship in the distance (Lomen 774) Caption on photo: The surf at Nome, Alaska.There exists an extremely similar photo in Beverly B. Dobbs
Photographs, PH Coll 323.54. Same scene, a few moments earlier or later,
different angle. Dobbs signature is scratched out and replaced with "Lomen
Bros."
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1900-1912 |
1/17 | 176 | 1919 | |
1/17 | 177 | Sept 20, 1919 | |
Nome, Alaska waterfront - postcards |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/17 | 177a | circa 1905-1920 | |
1/16 | 177b |
Postcard of large wave cresting on Nome
beach Caption on postcard: The Big Storm, Nome, Alaska, 1913.
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1913 |
Nome, Alaska environs |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/18 | 178 |
Tundra outside Nome in summer Caption on photo: Nome tundra - typical of area embraced
herein.
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1908-1920 |
1/18 | 179 |
Twenty-one people plus skis and dogsled team, on large
hummock Caption on photo: A Bering Sea ice hummock opposite Nome,
Alaska. Hummocks are masses of ice rising to heights of 20 feet above
the general level of the Arctic ice pack. These small hills of broken ice are
caused by the pressure of ice floes jamming and crushing against each other.
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circa 1910 |
1/18 | 180 |
Positions of the sun throughout the day over snowy
Nome tundra (Lomen 761) Caption on photo: Positions of sun at hours of 10 and 11
A.M. 12 M. and 1 and 2 P.M. on Dec. 28th , 1910, from Nome, Alaska.
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December 25, 1910 |
Nome, Alaska environs - postcards |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/18 | 180a |
Close-up of tundra on top of glacier edge, Peluk
Creek, Nome (Lomen 647) Caption on postcard: Glacier under the tundra mosses, Peluk
Creek, Nome, Alaska.
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circa 1900-1934 |
Council, Alaska Council City is on the northern side of Niukluk River,
approximately 70 miles northeast from Nome. In 1904, its population was about
600.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/19 | 181 |
Valley with Ophir Creek and mountains in the
background Caption on photo: Looking up Ophir Creek from opp. No. 6
above - Council City Recirca Dist., Alaska.
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1908-1920 |
1/19 | 182 |
Valley with Ophir Creek and Mount Chauik Caption on photo: "Mt. Chauik" - from south side of Ophir
Creek, (Council City) Alaska, opp. "No. 5 Above" - Elevation 3500 feet.
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1908-1920 |
1/19 | 183 |
Cabin in snowy valley with sun setting over
mountains Caption on photo: Mid-day sun - shortest day of the year -
Council, Alaska.
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1908-1920 |
1/19 | 184 | 1908-1920 | |
1/19 | 185 | 1908-1934 | |
Assorted Alaska locations |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/20 | 186 |
Two men and cross on field of ice Caption on photo: Cross on ice off McKinley Bay, Wrangell
Island, left by relief ship "King and Winge" and found by relief party of SS
Corwin.Written on verso: The rescue party of the "King and Winge"
left a message for other relief parties on the cross, planted on the ice in the
foreground telling of the rescue - .
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1914 |
1/20 | 187 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/20 | 188 | 1908-1934 | |
1/20 | 189 |
Bird's-eye view of Blackchief Bluff near Bluff City
(Lomen 811) Written on verso: Samuel C. Hanscom and Elvira E. Thomas
married in this church, 1856.
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1908-1934 |
1/20 | 190 |
Harbor at St. Michael, Alaska (Lomen 822) Photo is hand-colored.
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1908-1934 |
1/20 | 191 |
Coast line with trees, building and covered boat near
Ketchikan Alaska (Lomen 1097) Photo is hand-colored.Caption on photo: A Bit of the Alaska Coast near
Ketchikan.
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1908-1934 |
1/20 | 192 |
Steep coastline at King Island, Alaska with small
cliff side Kauwerak village (Lomen 972?) Caption on photo: King Island Village, Alaska.King Island is 2 miles across and located in the Bering Sea,
43 miles south of Cape Prince of Wales. Ukivok was the native name for the
island. The island was named in 1778 by British explorer Capt. James Cook for
James King, a member of his party. It's unclear how long the Inupiat Indians
lived there. In the early 20th century, about 200 people dwelled in walrus-skin
homes attached to the face of the cliffs. They hunted walrus, seal and seabirds
and collected berries and plants. Every summer, they traveled by kayak and skin
boat to the mainland 40 miles to the east and camped near Nome, where they sold
ivory carvings.
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circa 1903-1908 |
1/20 | 193 |
Kauwerak cliff dwellings on King Island, Alaska (Lomen
905) Caption on photo: The cliff dwellers of the north - Eskimo
settlement, King Island, Bering Sea, Alaska.Included behind photo is an article submitted from Nome to the
Post-Intelligencer describing King Island and its Eskimo inhabitants.
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circa 1903-1908 |
1/20 | 194 |
Close-up of Kauwerak cliff dwellings on King Island in
the Bering Sea, Alaska (Lomen 906) Caption on photo: Homes of the Eskimo cliff dwellers - King
Island, Bering Sea, Alaska.
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circa 1903-1908 |
1/20 | 195 | 1908-1934 | |
1/20 | 196 | [not used] |
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1/20 | 197 | 1908-1934 | |
1/20 | 198 |
Snow-covered valley with trees along iced-up river
(Lomen 584E) Caption on photo: An Alaskan Solitude.
|
1908-1934 |
1/20 | 199 | 1908-1934 | |
1/20 | 200 |
Sun setting over the Bering Sea (Lomen
810) Caption on photo: The Midnight Sun.
|
1908-1934 |
1/20 | 201 |
Boat on Bering Sea with the sun setting on the
horizon Caption on photo: The Midnight Sun.
|
1908-1934 |
1/20 | 202 |
Two rowboats on the shore of the Bering Sea with
sunset in background (Lomen 1117) Caption on photo: The approach of winter in the Arctic.
|
1908-1934 |
1/20 | 203 | circa 1915 | |
Assorted Alaska locations - postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/21 | 204 |
Postcard of sea between two land masses Dotted line drawn on photo with caption: Dividing line between
Asia and Americirca
|
1908-1934 |
1/21 | 205-206 | 1908-1934 | |
1/21 | 207 |
Two rows of skulls lined up on the tundra Caption on postcard: A Bunch of Sour Doughs.
|
1908-1934 |
1/21 | 208 | Bering Sea surf |
1908-1934 |
1/21 | 209 | July 2, 1927 | |
1/21 | 210 | July 3, 1927 | |
1/21 | 211 |
Four people, possibly including Lomen brother(s) and
Iñupiat woman, filling water buckets from hole cut through ice. Caption on postcard: At the Waterhole.Scanned from nitrate negative.
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circa 1920 |
Mining In 1899, gold was discovered along the sandy beaches along
the Snake River and other rivers that fed into the Bering Sea. In spring of
1900, tens of thousands of people arrived from Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco, transforming Nome into a tent city. The height of the gold rush was
from 1900-1909, but mining continued for decades.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/22 | 212 |
Men working near sluice in Metson Bench pit (Lomen
1306) Caption on photo: Operations of Pioneer Mining Co. on Metson
Bench, Nome Mining District, Alaska.
|
1903-1920 |
1/22 | 213 |
Operations at Metson Bench mining pit with hydraulic
water cannon (Lomen 1015) Caption on photo: Metson Bench, Cape Nome Mining District,
Alaska. Operated by Pioneer Mining Co.
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1910-1920 |
1/22 | 214a |
Large dump of mining residue or tailings, with men,
gondola, and machinery, Nome, Alaska (Lomen 749) Caption on photo: Record Dump on Seward Peninsula. Pioneer
Mining Co. dump on winter fraction, Nome, Alaska, April 21st, 1910. 50,356-1/2
yd. buckets, height 98 feet.
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April 21, 1910 |
1/22 | 214b | Large dump of mining residue or tailings, with men,
gondola, and machinery, Nome, Alaska (Lomen 749) Postcard of 214a.
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April 21, 1910 |
1/22 | 215 |
Hydraulic mining with water cannon at Glacier
Creek Caption on photo: The "Giants" at Work. Moicen Ditch Co.'s
operations on Glacier Creek, Alaska, Aug. 7th, 1910.The hydraulic water cannons were also known as monitors and
"giants."
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August 7, 1910 |
1/22 | 216 |
Hydraulic water cannon demonstrated at Glacier Creek
mine Caption on photo: The "Giants" at Play. Miocene Ditch Co.'s
Operations on Glacier Creek, Alaska, Aug. 7th, 1910.The hydraulic water cannons were also known as monitors and
"giants."
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August 7, 1910 |
1/22 | 217 | 1920-1935 | |
1/22 | 218 | 1920-1935 | |
1/22 | 219 | 1920-1935 | |
1/22 | 220 | 1903-1920 | |
1/22 | 221 | [not used] |
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1/22 | 222 |
Two men with cart inside entrance of mine tunnel
(Lomen 806) Caption on photo: Southeast stope Yellowstone Mine Fleming
Bros & Hanks & Anderson.A stope is a step-like excavation underground for the removal
of ore.
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1903-1920 |
Mining - postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/23 | 223 | 1920-1935 | |
1/23 | 224 |
Bird's-eye view of dredge with mirror
image Caption on photo: U.SSR. and M. Co,'s Number 5 Dredge from the
A[illeg].Written on verso: A freak print - a hard one to duplicate
without water reflections.
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1920-1935 |
1/23 | 225 | 1920-1935 | |
1/23 | 226 |
Postcard of men sluicing a dump of residue or
tailings Caption on photo: Sluicing a winter's dump, Nome District,
Alaska.
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1903-1920 |
1/23 | 226a | 1903-1920 | |
1/23 | 227 | 1903-1920 | |
Hunting |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/24 | 228a |
Display of trophy walrus heads on side of boat (Lomen
770) Very similar to photograph in Arthur Churchill Warner
Photographs Collection PH Coll 273. Same scene (boat with walruses) but shot
from a different angle.
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1899-1902 |
1/24 | 228b |
Display of trophy walrus heads on side of boat (Lomen
770) Postcard of image Xa, without #770, and with some writing
scratched out.Very similar to photograph in Arthur Churchill Warner
Photographs Collection PH Coll 273. Same scene (boat with walruses) but shot
from a different angle.
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1899-1902 |
1/24 | 229 |
Iñupiat hunter aiming rifle at seal on ice floe (Lomen
1006) Written on verso: 1006 - Seal hunter
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/24 | 230 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/24 | 231 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/24 | 232 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/24 | 233 |
Two Iñupiat hunters among ice floes: one in kayak and
the other harpooning with dead seal at his feet (Lomen 11400) This photo was copied by Asahel Curtis (51133).
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/24 | 234 |
Iñupiat hunter dragging dead seal in the snow (Lomen
87) Caption on photo: The Seal Hunter.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/24 | 235 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/24 | 236 | circa 1908-1915 | |
1/24 | 237 |
Inupiat people launching umiak from ice floe, Bering
Sea (Lomen 1049) Caption on photo: Eskimos launching oomiak from ice floe,
Bering sea. "Oomiak" is a variant for umiak, a large open skin-covered
boat.
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circa 1908-1915 |
Hunting - postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/25 | 238 |
Postcard of Iñupiat hunter snowshoeing and dragging
seal Caption on photo: The seal hunter.
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circa 1908-1915 |
1/25 | 239 | circa 1908-1915 | |
Dogsled teams |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/26 | 240 |
Lomen family dog named Oolik in field (Lomen
913) Oolik was the son of Silla, who was given to the Lomens by
Raoul Amundsen.
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1908-1915 |
1/26 | 241 |
Man walking four sled dogs towing canoe along the
riverbank of the Niukluk (Lomen 787) Very similar to Dobbs photo " Dog
Team Towing Boat up the Niukluk" ASL-P12-056 in the Alaska State Library
Historical Collection. Same river, men, and dogs, but Dobbs photo is taken
earlier in time and upriver.
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1908-1915 |
1/26 | 242 |
Glue Club dogsled derby starting line on crowd-lined
street in Nome (Lomen 1206) Caption on photo: Start of Mrs. H.H. Darrah entry. Glue Pot
Club Race for Ladies, March 21st, 1914.
|
1914 |
1/26 | 243 |
Ralph Lomen with dogsled team at Grand Central Pass,
north of Nome (Lomen 737) This photo is hand-colored.
|
1908-1934 |
Solomon Dogsled Derby |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/26 | 244 |
Solomon Dogsled Derby starting line on crowd-lined
street in Nome (Lomen 218) Caption on photo: Start of Fay Delzene entry in the Solomon
Derby. Nome, Alaska, March 2nd, 1914.
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1914 |
1/26 | 245 |
Postcard of Fred M. Ryer with Solomon Derby-winning
dogsled team Caption on postcard: Fred M. Ryer entry, Solomon Derby 1915.
- 6.5 miles. Time 6 hrs, 23 mins.
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1915 |
Box/Folder | item | ||
1/26 | 246 | 1908-1934 | |
1/26 | 247 | 1908-1934 | |
1/26 | 248 |
Dogsled team and crowd in front of garland-draped
Montgomery Ward store in Albany New York Caption on photo: Dr. Sproul and Earl Brydges with their team
of Huskies that won the worlds championship advertising 1930 Santa Claus for
Montgomery Ward & Co at Albany, N.Y.
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circa 1930 |
All-Alaska Sweepstakes The All Alaska Sweepstakes is the oldest organized dogsled
race in the world. The races, which started and finished in Nome, were held
from 1908-1917.
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/27 | 249 |
Scotty Allan with winning dogsled team on the
trail. Caption on photo: Winner 2nd All Alaska Sweepstakes.
Berger's entry No. 1, Scotty Allan, driver. April 1, 1909.
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April 1, 1909 |
1/27 | 250 |
Percy Blatch Ford with winning dogsled team on the
trail Caption on photo: Winner 2nd Place. Berger's entry No. 2,
All Alaska Sweepstakes. Percy Blatch Ford, driver. April 1st 1909.Panorama photo.
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April 1, 1909 |
1/27 | 251 |
Starting line at All Alaska dogsled sweepstakes,
Nome Caption on photo: Start Jos. Crabtree entry, 3rd All Alaska
Sweepstakes. John Hegness, driver. Nome. April 7th, 1910.
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1910 |
1/27 | 252 |
Starting line at All Alaska dogsled sweepstakes with
Fox Ramsay's team, Nome Caption on photo: Start Fox Ramsay's entry, 3rd All Alaska
Sweepstakes, Fox Ramsay, driver, Nome, Alaska, April 7th, 1910.
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1910 |
1/27 | 253 |
Winner crossing the finish line at 3rd All Alaska
dogsled sweepstakes Caption on photo: Finish Co. Ramsay's entry, John Johnson,
driver. Winner 3rd All Alaska Sweepstakes.
|
1910 |
1/27 | 254 | [not used] |
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1/27 | 255 |
Fox Ramsay's dogsled team on the trail during
sweepstakes (Lomen 849) Caption on photo: Winner second place. Fox Ramsay's entry,
3rd All Alaska Sweepstakes, Fox Ramsay, driver.
|
1910 |
1/27 | 256 |
Teddy Zastaugh with dogsled team on the
trail Caption on photo: Capt. Crimmon's entry, 4th All Alaska
Sweepstakes. Teddy Zastaugh, driver. April 8, 1911.Panorama.
|
1911 |
1/27 | 257 |
Dogsled team on crowd-lined street near the Hotel
Sheldon and the Lomen Brothers photography studio in Nome Caption on photo: [Illeg.] entry, [illeg.] Alaska
Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska, April 11th, 1916.
|
April 11, 1916 |
1/27 | 258 |
Postcard of Fay Delzene with winning dogsled team on
the trail near Nome Caption on postcard: Winner First Place - Bowen and Dalzene
entry, 6th All Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska, 1913. Fay Delzene, Driver.
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1913 |
1/27 | 259 |
Postcard of crowd surrounding Sweepstakes winner
Leonhard Sappala and his sled Caption on postcard: Leonhard Sappala, winner 8th All Alaska
Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska, [illeg.] 17, 1915.
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circa 1916 |
1/27 | 260 |
Leonard Seppala and his winning dogsled team (Lomen
630) Caption on photo: Leonard Seppala and his Siberian racers. -
Winners, 8th and 9th All Alaska Sweepstakes, Nome, Alaska, 1915 and 1916. -
Ruby Derby, Ruby, Alaska, 1916.
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circa 1916 |
Walruses, seals and bears |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/28 | 261 | 1908-1934 | |
Walruses, seals and bears - postcards |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/28 | 262 | 1908-1934 | |
1/28 | 263 | 1908-1934 | |
1/28 | 264 | 1908-1934 | |
1/28 | 265 | 1908-1934 | |
1/28 | 266 | 1908-1934 | |
1/28 | 267 |
Postcard close-up of lone walrus lying on an ice
floe Caption on postcard: Walrus Bering Sea.Written on verso: Walrus on floating ice core.
|
1908-1934 |
Ship Gjoa |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
1/29 | 268 |
Captain Roald Amundsen's ship Gjoa on sea off Nome Carl J. Lomen (photographer)
The 45-ton fishing vessel Gjoa,
captained by Roald Amundsen with a crew of six men, was the first vessel to
transit the Northwest Passage. They left the Oslofjord in Norway on June 16,
1903, spent a total of 18 months ice-bound, and arrived in Nome on August 31,
1906 to a hero's welcome.Nitrate negative exists.
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September 2, 1906 |
1/29 | 269 |
Captain Roald Amundsen with Gennadij Olonkin, Harald
Ulrik Sverdrup and Oscar Wisting on deck of polar ship Maud off Nome, Alaska Roald Amundsen with Gennadij Olonkin (left), Harald Ulrik
Sverdrup (right) and Oscar Wisting (far right).
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1920? |
1/29 | 270 | September 1, 1906 | |
1/29 | 271 |
Visitors, including Lomen brothers, on deck and
rigging of Captain Amundsen's ship Gjoa Carl J. Lomen (photographer)
This image, PH Coll 782.11a in Walter B. Beals Album on Roald
Amundsen, shows caption on mount: On board the "Gjoa." Ralph Lomen, lower of
the two men in rigging at left. Harry Lomen, standing at left of mast. George
Lomen, second of the three men at left. Nitrate negative exists
|
September 1, 1906 |
1/29 | 272 |
Harry and George Lomen with Lomens' dog Silla and
Roald Amundsen's dog Nebuchadnezzar ("Nick") on board Gjoa Carl J. Lomen (photographer)
Caption on postcard: Silla & Nebuchadnezzar ("Nick") Capt
Amundsen's dog's on board Gjoa.Nitrate negative exists.
|
September 1906 |
1/29 | 273 |
Man and boy on rigging of the Gjoa Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
September 1, 1906 |
1/29 | 273a |
Roald Amundsen with others in a horse drawn wagon
leaving Nome for Jess Creek, Alaska. Mrs. G.J. Lomen, front seat. Second seat, Roald Amundsen and
Lieutenant Hansen, second in command of the Gjoa.
Rear seat, Helen Lomen (Mrs. Clinton Austion), Mrs. R.T.Tying (wife of the
consul of Norway) and Mr. Bolander of Chicago.Nitrate negative exists.Same as image 782.10a in Walter B. Beals Album on Roald
Amundsen, PH Coll 782.
|
1906 |
Steamer SS
Victoria |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/30 | 274 |
Midship view towards bow of steamer SS
Victoria advancing into waves (Lomen
901) Caption on photo: The "SS Victoria" bucking heavy seas in
Bering - Photo taken 8 P.M.
|
circa 1907-1918 |
2/30 | 275 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 275a | Arrival of steamer SS
Victoria crowded with passengers |
June 25, 1918 |
Steamer SS Victoria -
postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/30 | 276 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 277 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 278 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 279 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 280 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 281 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 282 | circa 1907-1918 | |
2/30 | 282a | Side of steamship SS Victoria and passengers viewed from above |
1910-1930 |
USRC Bear and SS
Corwin |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/31 | 283a |
USRC Bear Scan of nitrate negative.
|
1902-1914 |
2/31 | 283b |
USRC Bear and SS
Corwin caught in the ice at Nome roadstead (Lomen
996) Copy print from nitrate negative.
|
1902-1914 |
2/31 | 283c |
US. Revenue Cutter Corwin
in the ice The Corwin was built at Portland
in 1876, and served continuously in Northwest waters. She was sold in early
1900 to J.E. Ryus of Whatcom for $17,025 (p. 57). She was the first ship to
break through the ice and reach Nome in 1903, 1904, 1906, 1909, and 1914 (p.
93, 99, 122, 164, 244). She was sold again in 1916 and burned in drydock in
Salina Cruz (p. 265). Notes from Gordon Newell, ed., The H.W. McCurdy Marine
History of the Pacific Northwest (Seattle: Superior Publishing Co, 1966).
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1908-1934 |
2/31 | 283d | 1914 | |
USRC Bear and SS
Corwin - postcards |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/31 | 283d | 1902-1914 | |
2/31 | 283e |
USRC Bear and SS
Corwin caught in the ice at Nome Same image as 283b, but hand-colored postcard.
|
1902-1914 |
2/31 | 283f | 1910 | |
2/31 | 283g |
S.S. Corwin arriving in
Nome Caption on photo: Arrival First Steamer, Seaon 1915.
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May 24, 1915 |
Other ships and boats |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/32 | 284 |
Passenger-filled steamer Senator leaving crowded dock in Seattle, Washington
(Lomen 902) Caption on photo: Outward bound for Nome, Alaska - leaving
dock at Seattle, Wash.
|
circa 1910 |
2/32 | 285 |
Ship (possibly the whaler Olga) wrecked on beach during storm, at Point
Fremantle Caption on photo: The Storm.The whaler Olga was wrecked
September 8, 1908 at Point Fremantle near Nome, Alaska.
|
1909 |
2/32 | 286 | 1908-1934 | |
2/32 | 286a | 1908-1934 | |
Other ships and boats - postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/32 | 287 |
Boat on water with setting sun on horizon Caption on postcard: The Midnight Sun.
|
1908-1934 |
2/32 | 288 | circa 1910 | |
Explorers and aviators |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/33 | 289 |
Roald Amundsen and man (possibly Chukotka) outside
tent in small valley at Aion Island Small snapshot. Written on verso: Magn. tent on Aion Isl.
Winterquarters 1919-20. Roald Amundsen.During Amundsen's Arctic expedition, the schooner
Maud became trapped in the ice at Aion Island near
Siberia. Amundsen sent up a winter camp on the island. When the ice thawed in
July 1920, Amundsen sailed to Nome.
|
1919-1920 |
2/33 | 290 | [not used] |
|
2/33 | 291 |
Col. Umberto Nobile with dog Titina, mascot of the
Norge Written on verso: Col. Umberto Nobile w/ "Titina" Cdr NORGE,
dirigible he built in Italy for first flight over North Pole arrived Teller,
May 13, 1926. Passengers: Roald Amundsen, Lincoln Ellsworth, [illeg.] Larson,
Oscar Omdhal.
|
circa 1926 |
2/33 | 291a | Judge Lomen and his son Ralph meeting Roald Amundsen
at his landing on the Nome beach, following his Norge flight to Teller, Alaska. |
circa 1926 |
2/33 | 292 |
Carl Ben Eielson In 1922, Eielson created and was the sole pilot for the first
Alaskan airline, the Farthest North Airline Company. He flew the first plane by
the Arctic route from the United States to Europe. He delivered airmail, flew
historic Arctic expeditions throughout the 1920s. Eielson and aviator Earl
Borland died in a plane crash in 1929. According to his Alfred Lomen's
obituary, Alfred directed operations of the search for the plane crash.
|
circa 1925 |
Cramer and Gamble flight Nome to New York In April of 1929, Parker Cramer set a new air record by his
flight from Nome to New York in 48 hours, 28 minutes flying time, according to
the May 2, 1929 Seattle Times. He flew a Cessna AW
with a 110-horsepower Warner [Scarab] engine.
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/34 | 293 |
Parker D. Cramer and W.S. Gamble next to their Cessna
AW plane Scanned from nitrate negative.Caption on postcard: Parker D. Cramer and W.S. Gamble - Nome
to New York - Seven days.
|
April, 1929 |
2/34 | 294 |
Mechanics working on plane, with six men gathered
around Scanned from nitrate negative.Caption on postcard: Cessna plane - Nome to New York - seven
days.
|
April, 1929 |
2/34 | 295 |
Mechanic on top of plane with men gathered around
Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
April, 1929 |
2/34 | 296 |
Small crowd gathered around plane Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
April, 1929 |
2/34 | 297 |
Three Iñupiat women, one holding child and one in
overalls, next to plane with two man nearby Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
April, 1929 |
2/34 | 298 |
Several people in fur parkas next to Cramer and Gamble
in front of airplane Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
April, 1929 |
2/34 | 299 |
Crowd of adults and children in front of
plane Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
April, 1929 |
Other Lomen photographsReturn to Top
These photographs include several informal snapshots as well as postcard-sized prints. They are not marked as Lomen Studio, and it is not clear how they may be related to the studio work. Many of these appear to be personal, including family members and business interests, rather than studio photography.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Iñupiat people |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/35 | 300 | Iñupiat couple looking at each other |
circa 1908-1915 |
2/35 | 301 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 302 | Iñupiat woman |
circa 1908-1915 |
2/35 | 303 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 304 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 305 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 306 | 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 307 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 308 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 309 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 310 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 311 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 312 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 313 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 314 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 315 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 316 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/35 | 317 |
Houses with antlers on roofs in grassy area with boat
and Iñupiat people gathered outside Written on verso: Nunivak Island Station, Nunivak
[Development] Co.Nunivak Island is a permafrost-covered volcanic island, about
150 miles southwest of Nome. In 1920, Lomen and Company and the Bureau of
Biological Survey (BBS) experimented with cross breeding reindeer and caribou
on Nunivak Island.
|
circa 1908-1915 |
Iñupiat mothers and children |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/36 | 318 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/36 | 319 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/36 | 320 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/36 | 321 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/36 | 322 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/36 | 323 | circa 1908-1912 | |
2/36 | 324 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/36 | 325 | circa 1908-1915 | |
Iñupiat boating |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/37 | 326-327 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/37 | 328 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/37 | 329 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/37 | 330 | Beach with cabins and group of people maneuvering boat
toward the water |
1908-1934 |
2/37 | 331 | Iñupiat family group on boat at water's
edge |
1908-1934 |
2/37 | 332 | 1908-1934 | |
2/37 | 333 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/37 | 334 | Group of men in parkas on boat or on beach Written on verso: Paul Ivanoff - central [figure?] - on
Nunivak
|
1908-1934 |
2/37 | 335 | Group of men including Numiwajamiut people on beach
next to moored barge and boat on Nunivak Island Written on verso: S/S Nunivak and barge at Nunivak Island.Nunivak Island is a permafrost-covered volcanic island, about
150 miles southwest of Nome.
|
circa 1908-1915 |
2/37 | 336 | Group of men launching two open single-masted boats
with paddles and larger boat in background, possibly on Nunivak
Island |
1908-1934 |
2/37 | 337 | circa 1908-1915 | |
2/37 | 338 | circa 1908-1915 | |
Nome residents and others - includes some
Lomens These are probably family photos. Many of them appear to be
taken out of albums.
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/38 | 339 | Group of students on porch of building (possibly
schoolhouse) |
circa 1900-1910 |
2/38 | 340 | Four men on rooftop and tunnel through snow to
house |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/38 | 341 | Two young women in snow outside cabin |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 342 | Woman and man walking in snow near cabins |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 343 | Young woman in fur parka next to tent |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 344 | Man in three-piece suit and bowler hat near row of
cabins |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 345 | Woman and young girl on boardwalk in front of building
with man looking out of window |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 346 | Woman with toddler on backyard path |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 347 | Young child in overalls with lawnmower next to
house Probably not Nome.Written on verso: Our lawn mower.
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/38 | 348 | [not used] |
|
2/38 | 349 | Young woman in plaid dress and hair bow surrounded by
two young men |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 350 | Man (possibly Lomen) in spotted fur parka standing in
the snow |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/38 | 351 | Four women (possibly including Mrs. G.J. Lomen and
Helen Lomen) sitting on lawn with toddler Written on verso: 4-1/2 Beauts.
|
circa 1900-1920 |
2/38 | 352 | Horse-drawn sleigh with passengers with fur coats,
hats and blanket near houses |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/39 | 353 | Businessman seated in front of desk in
office |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/39 | 354 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/39 | 355 | 1906 | |
2/40 | 356 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/40 | 357 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/40 | 358 | Person in front of Anvil Rock holding two bunches of
flowers Written on verso: Anvil Mountain W.A. (BILL) Euler with two
bunches of forget-me-not blooms 1906 Nome Alaska The Land of the Midnight
Sun.
|
1906 |
2/40 | 359 | Young woman (possibly Mrs. G. J. Lomen) wearing
tasseled hat and fur hand-warmer in snow, Nome |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 360 | Young woman in knit cap and fur collar carrying fur
and papers in snow on Nome street |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 361 | Woman wearing spotted fur parka, mitts and mukluks
among trees in snow |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/40 | 362 | Person wearing spotted fur parka, mitts, pants and
mukluks among trees in snow |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/40 | 363 | Young man and woman on horses in front of
house |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 364-365 | Young man in fur parka with hood standing with small
dog in snow outside of building |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/40 | 366 | Man in cloth parka and lace-up boots in snow with two
dogs and skis |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/40 | 367 | Man in cloth parka and lace-up boots on skis next to a
packed sled |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/40 | 368 | Man on skis next to dogsled |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/40 | 369 | Group portrait of thirty-three men wearing suits in
front of building Postcard.Includes Alfred Lomen, second from right, top row.
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/40 | 370 |
One guide and five businessmen (possibly including
Ralph Lomen) riding horses in canyon Written on image: May 20 08 4.50.
|
May 20, 1908 |
2/40 | 371 | circa 1900-1930 | |
2/40 | 372 | Group of young men and women, possibly including Ralph
Lomen, seated on stack of lumber |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 373 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/40 | 374 | Two women with old mining equipment |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 375 | Three soldiers (including Ralph Lomen) with woman in
large hat Photograph is torn.
|
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 376 | Two men in work clothes at doorway of log
cabin |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 377 | Four young men eating at makeshift table in
tent Possibly brothers Ralph and Alfred Lomen, who in 1918 were
soldiers at Fort Davis near Nome.
|
circa 1918 |
2/40 | 378 | circa 1900-1930 | |
2/40 | 379 | Man on horseback and soldier (possibly a Lomen)
standing next to tree in forest |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/40 | 380 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/40 | 381 | Two women (one possibly Ralph's daughter Rose Mary?)
with fur collars next to ladder |
circa 1920-1930 |
2/40 | 382 | [Not used.] |
|
Snow activities and Nome Ski Club Nome's first ski club was organized in 1901. The ski area was
the slope of Anvil Mountain, and had a natural ski jump on the course of Dry
Creek.
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/41 | 383 | circa 1901-1920 | |
2/41 | 384-385 | circa 1901-1920 | |
2/41 | 386 | circa 1901-1920 | |
2/41 | 387 | circa 1901-1920 | |
2/41 | 388-389 | Family with dog on hummock |
circa 1901-1920 |
2/41 | 390 | circa 1901-1920 | |
2/41 | 391 | Person (Lomen brother?) in hat, fur mitts and mukluks
traveling by ski |
circa 1901-1930 |
2/41 | 392 | Man (Lomen brother?) on skis |
circa 1901-1930 |
2/41 | 393-396 | circa 1901-1920 | |
2/41 | 397 | Large group of people on hummock |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/41 | 398 | Five people on hummock |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/41 | 399 | circa 1900-1920 | |
Nome Alaska street and waterfront scenes |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/42 | 400 | circa 1900-1910 | |
2/42 | 401 | Looking down Steadman Avenue past blacksmith shop,
office with "Cody" on sign and courthouse to St. Joseph's church on Third
Street |
circa 1900-1910 |
2/42 | 402 | circa 1900-1910 | |
2/42 | 403 | Three youths standing on large snow drift with tunnel
to cabin door |
circa 1900-1910 |
2/42 | 404 | Man standing on snow piled deep around house
|
circa 1900-1910 |
2/42 | 405 | circa 1900-1910 | |
2/42 | 406 | circa 1900-1910 | |
2/42 | 407 | Exterior of house with dog in yard Written on verso: Ralph.
|
circa 1900-1910 |
2/42 | 408 | Two houses next to each other, with a woman sitting on
a porch |
circa 1900-1910 |
2/42 | 409 | Two small houses |
circa 1900-1910 |
2/42 | 410 | circa 1905 | |
2/42 | 411 | 1904-1906 | |
2/42 | 412 | Snow-covered downtown street with a few men and The
Schneider hotel, a barbershop, Gus Brown Clothier, Nome Bank and Trust Company
buildings |
circa 1905-1910 |
2/42 | 413 | circa 1905 | |
2/42 | 414 |
Crowd of Iñupiat adults and children watching man
costumed as Santa Claus with reindeer and sleigh on Front Street Written on verso: The 24th of Dec. 1923 was a very windy snowy
dark day but Lomen Bros. and Holt hardware Stores had a very unique idea which
they carried into effect. Santa Claus with real reindeer and red sleigh
delivered packages all thru the town, every child got a present and saw Santa
at Holt's Store. I am sorry the picture couldn't be clearer.
|
December 24, 1923 |
2/42 | 415 | Crowd of spectators along railroad tracks in
Nome |
circa 1910 |
2/42 | 416 | circa 1913 | |
2/42 | 417 | circa 1910 | |
2/42 | 418 | circa 1910 | |
2/42 | 419 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/42 | 420 | Group of men and women gathered in the snow around
horse sleighs with J.F. Giese Warehouse No. 2, Holy Cross Hospital, and St.
Joseph's Catholic Church in the background |
circa 1910 |
2/42 | 421 | People along waterfront observing partially submerged
boat with Nome buildings in background |
circa 1925-1930 |
Nome Alaska street and waterfront scenes |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/43 | 422 | Unloading cargo from partially submerged boat at
waterfront |
circa 1925-1930 |
2/43 | 423 | circa 1900-1930 | |
2/43 | 424 | Bering Sea breakwater at Nome |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/43 | 425 | Men standing on broken-up ice along waterfront with
boats and Nome buildings in background |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/43 | 426 | Tall wall of snow next to industrial buildings
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/43 | 427 | Lightering equipment in sea off Nome Lighterage (also called lightering) is transferring cargo
between vessels. Nome's port was too shallow for large ships, so lighterage was
used to get passengers and cargo to shore.
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/43 | 428-429 | Waterfront with large building materials, equipment
and cranes |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/43 | 430 | Men launching skiff onto Bering sea with larger boat
in background |
circa 1900-1930 |
Assorted locales - mostly postcard-size |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/44 | 431 | Exterior of newly built building in field, with
antlers on roof and log outbuildings in background |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 432-433 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/44 | 434 | Helen Lomen and two men walking in valley farmland,
with mountains in background Written on verso: Might be Minnesota. Written on verso in
different handwriting: Helen en route in [illeg.] at the Arctic.
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 435 | Large farmhouse in landscaped field Not in Nome area.
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 436 | circa 1900-1930 | |
2/44 | 437 | Aerial view of mountains |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 438 | Wood building in large field Written on verso: Root cabin.
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 439 |
Passenger tram on tracks in field, with people inside
and out, next to pile of lumber Written on verso: Porvell's new Train.
|
circa 1902-1930 |
2/44 | 440 | [not used] |
|
2/44 | 441 | Man cutting and stacking logs in field |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 442 | Looking across inlet at town and snowy
mountains |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 443 | Large ships in inlet with buildings and snowy
mountains |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 444 | Bering Sea viewed from shore with two ships in the
distance |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/44 | 445 | Cabin among brush and trees next to river or
ditch Nitrate negative available.
|
circa 1940 or circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 446 | Tractor tilling land along river |
circa 1940 |
2/44 | 447 |
Man standing among rocks on coast Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 448 |
Field with tents, men, supplies, and penned
dogs Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 449 |
Exterior of wood building with rotted roof, pelts on
wall, remnants of timber structures Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 450 |
Man in suit walking with dog along stockade-style
partial fence, possibly near Nome or Golovin Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 451 |
Two men (including a Lomen brother) and two Iñupiat
boys in work clothes resting with dog on logs outside cabin Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 452 |
Five men wearing work clothes including three Iñupiat
men with saw resting on a log Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 453 |
Four young Iñupiat men and dog in front of abandoned
house in field Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 454 |
Two cabins and one outbuilding in a large
field Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 455 |
Bird's-eye-view of settlement next to river with
several buildings, train tracks, power lines and water tower Scanned form nitrate negative.This area is not Nome or Seward Peninsula.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 456 | [not used] |
|
2/44 | 457 |
River shore with large field, line of trees, mountains
in background Scanned form nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 458 |
View across river to large field with some
trees. Scanned form nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 459 |
Riverbed with piles of residue or tailings, a few
boxes, and cabin in the distance Scanned form nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 460 |
Two men with wheels in front of tractor Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
2/44 | 461 |
Six men leaning against front of general store and
post office in Teller, Alaska Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1908-1930 |
Mining |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/45 | 462 | circa 1910-1930 | |
2/45 | 463 | circa 1900-1930 | |
2/45 | 464 | Three miners panning for gold in field |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/45 | 465 | Men and pack horses on grassy plain |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/45 | 466-467 | Men and pack horses on grassy plain near tent and
stacked bags |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/45 | 468 | Men and pack horses on grassy plain near shacks and
tents |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/45 | 469 | Men and pack horses on grassy plain near shacks, tents
,and large pipes |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/45 | 470-473 | Men with pack horses passing tent in field |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/45 | 474 | Large dump of mining residue or tailings with
structure on top holding cables and three men in front |
circa 1900-1920 |
2/45 | 475 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/45 | 476 | Man operating hydraulic water cannon with women and
man observing |
circa 1910-1920 |
2/45 | 477 | Sluice and hydraulic mining |
circa 1910-1920 |
2/45 | 478 | circa 1900-1920 | |
2/45 | 479 | Mining shipping facility with bags, barrels and other
containers, car on railroad tracks |
circa 1900-1930 |
2/45 | 480 | circa 1920-1935 | |
2/45 | 481 |
Tractors pulling sleds of supplies and shed across
ice Written on verso: Wannigan on the trail Jan/40.
|
January 1940 |
2/45 | 482 |
Iñupiat mine worker operating equipment Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
circa 1900-1930 |
American Creek mining operation This is probably a gold mining operation on lower American
Creek, about 23 miles from Nome. It is known that a dredge operated there in
1940, possibly operated by the American Creek Dredging Company.
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/46 | 483 | Large building (possibly mining dredge) under
construction, lumber and men near a building in an excavated pit Written on verso: [probably] American Creek Gold Development
Co.
|
circa 1940 |
2/46 | 483a | Site with wood building, machinery, cables, equipment,
lumber Written on verso: [illeg.].
|
circa 1900-1930 |
2/46 | 484 | Mining dredge under construction next to small mining
camp in field Written on verso: [probably] American Creek Gold Development
Co.
|
circa 1940 |
2/46 | 485 | Bird's-eye view of dredge under construction next to a
creek near mining camp in field Written on verso: [probably] American Creek Gold Development
Co.
|
circa 1940 |
2/46 | 486 | Mining dredge next to creek with tractor in
foreground Written on verso: [probably] American Creek Gold Development
Co.
|
circa 1940 |
2/46 | 487 | Mining dredge in river Written on verso: [probably] American Creek Gold Development
Co.
|
circa 1940 |
Sled dogs |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/47 | 488 | Woman with dog named Takeu and puppy on porch in
Nome |
October 1910 |
2/47 | 489 | Two men with dogsled team |
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 490 | Two sled dogs indoors on rug |
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 491 | Dog in snowy street |
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 492 | Dog named "Oolik II" lying down(see note
above) |
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 493 | Dogsled team on the trail with another dog team
following |
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 494 | Dogsled team on the trail near trees |
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 495 | Al Carey and another man with dogsled team in the
snow Written on verso: With Al Carey on the sea. Harry took this
Apr 12.
|
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 496 | Three men and sled dogs near sod shelter in the
snow |
1908-1934 |
2/47 | 497 | Husky puppy standing on large snowdrift next to
house |
1908-1934 |
Ships and boats |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/48 | 498 | Model ship on table near window |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 499 | Clipper ship Guy C. Goss with its sails
unfurled |
1900-1913 |
2/48 | 500 | Large three-masted ship Bear in harbor |
1900-1929 |
2/48 | 501 | Close-up of ship's mast |
1900-1934 |
2/48 | 502 | not used |
|
2/48 | 503 | Two large ships docked side by side at pier in
harbor |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 504 | Large fishing vessel docked near warehouse |
1915-1934 |
2/48 | 505 | U.S. Army tugboat L.T.157
at pier in harbor Written on verso: Adak Tug.
|
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 506 |
Silver Wave with attached
cable, viewed from front The Silver Wave was purchased by
the Lomens for service along the coast between the Lomen Company's several
stations.
|
1924-1934 |
2/48 | 507 |
Silver Wave at beach with
cable attached to mast |
1924-1934 |
2/48 | 508 | 1908-1920 | |
2/48 | 509 | Fishing vessel docked at Nome waterfront |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 510 | Man in work clothes sitting on deck of boat at
sea |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 511 | Boat in inlet with crew members on board |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 512 | Fishing boat heading out to sea |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 513 | Two-masted boat docked at ice floe |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 514 | Two-masted boat near shore loaded with people and
gear |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 515-516 | Transfer of people and goods between boats as
sea |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 517 | People and goods on skiff entering inlet |
1908-1934 |
2/48 | 518 | Men using crane to lift boat Marjo
|
1908-1934 |
Airplanes |
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/49 | 519 |
One woman, five men and three dogs in front of a
Stinson SB-1 Detroiter biplane on grassy field. The Stinson SB-1 Detroiters were first flown in 1926. They
were used by Noel Wien in Alaska, but this plane does not show the distinctive
Wien paint scheme. This was likely an Alaskan Airways plane, NC877 (the only
Detroiter not owned by Wien), which was disassembled in Sept 1932.
|
1929-1932 |
2/49 | 520-521 | Aerial views of mountains and river or
inlet It is possible that this photo and the seven following photos
in this group are related to Alfred Lomen's involvement in the search for Wiley
Post and Will Rogers after their fatal air crash. The 1935 tragedy made front
page headlines around the world. According to Alfred Lomen's obituary, he was
one of the first white men to reach the scene of the crash.
|
1935-1936 |
2/49 | 522 | Aerial view of mountains, showing part of plane wing
and motor |
1935-1936 |
2/49 | 523 | 1935-1936 | |
2/49 | 524 |
Bethel Airways plane, a Travel Air 6000, NC8122, on
grassy field with four people and cars nearby Bethel Aviation was formed in 1935. Both the Bellanca and
Travel Air planes pictured crashed in 1936, which brought an end to Bethel
Airways.
|
1935-1936 |
2/49 | 525-526 | 1935-1936 | |
2/49 | 527 | 1935-1936 | |
2/49 | 528 | Three airplanes (from left to right, Bethel Airways
Travel Air 6000, Ford 4-AT Tri-motor, and Wien Airways Bellanca Pacemaker
CH-300) in grassy field with onlookers |
1935-1936 |
2/49 | 529 | Several men and women in summer clothing next to
Bellanca Pacemaker CH-300 airplane and woman aviator from Wien Airways of
AK. Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
1935 |
2/49 | 530 | Five people next to large propeller plane, Ford 4-AT
Tri-motor Scanned from nitrate negative.
|
1935 |
Other photographersReturn to Top
The Lomen brothers bought their Nome photo studio in 1908. They later bought Dobbs' studio and negatives, as well as negatives from other photographers, including Nowell, Goetze and Kinne. It was accepted practice in the early 20th century for professional photographers to buy each other's negatives and issue them under their own studio name and sometimes copyright. Photos in this section have been identified as originating with photographers other than the Lomen Bros.
Container(s) | Description | Dates | |
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Beverly Bennett Dobbs Beverly Bennett Dobbs moved to Nome in 1900 to search for gold
and continued work as a photographer. By 1903, he had formed a partnership with
the photographer A.B. Kinne from San Francisco. The Dobbs & Kinne studio in
Nome offered photography services and photo supplies. Dobbs photographed scenes
in Nome and the Seward Peninsula and made portraits of Native Alaskans. He was
awarded a gold medal at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (St. Louis World’s
Fair) in 1904 for his Native Alaskan photographs. By about 1909, Dobbs had
started Dobbs Alaska Moving Picture Co, and by 1911, it is probable that Dobbs
was focusing only on his moving picture business. In 1911 or 1912, he sold his
photography supply store, studio, and photography negatives to the Lomen
Brothers, who later issued some of his work under their name.
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/50 | 531 |
Studio full-length portrait of Iñupiat man in fur
parka (Lomen 23) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
|
1903 |
2/50 | 532 |
Full-length portrait of young Iñupiat man in leather
parka (Lomen 100) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
|
1904 |
2/50 | 533 |
Studio portrait of Iñupiat man named Tau-kuk or
Tau-tuk in fur parka Dobbs, B.B (photographer)
Tautuk was the chief herder of the Nome Government reindeer
herd.Probably Dobbs photo, based on photographic style.
|
circa 1903-1908 |
2/50 | 534 | 1903 | |
2/50 | 535a |
Studio portrait of Iñupiat man with mustache and wavy
hair in fur parka (Lomen 15) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
|
1905 |
2/50 | 535b |
Studio portrait of Iñupiat man with mustache and wavy
hair in fur parka (Lomen 15) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Postcard of 535a.
|
1905 |
2/50 | 536 |
Studio profile of Iñupiat man in skin parka with fur
hood holding ivory hammer (Lomen 28) Dobbs, B.B (photographer)
Probably Dobbs, based on signed Dobbs photo (MOHAI
Alaska-Eskimo Subject File, item #522) of same person at same sitting.
|
circa 1900-1907 |
2/50 | 537 |
Iñupiat man seated cross-legged on a floor, wearing
labret and holding drill with boy seated on a bunk in the background (Lomen
209) Probably Dobbs photo, due to composition and photographic
style.A labret is a body piercing, usually below the bottom lip,
above the chin. It was a symbol of status among coastal peoples.
|
circa 1903-1906 |
2/50 | 538 | 1903 | |
2/50 | 539 |
Iñupiat woman dressed in moose fur parka with seal
bladder boots seated with several coil baskets B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Dobbs 157 in PH Coll 323.92.
|
1903 |
2/50 | 540 |
Iñupiat woman Nowadluk Nora Ootenna wearing printed
cloth kuspuk, Seward Peninsula, Alaska B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Nowadluk Nora Ootenna (1883/85-1918) [Norwadluk; Nowadlook;
Nawadlook; Nawadluk; Noadkuk; Noadoadlok; Newarluk] was born in Kingegan about
1883-1885 to Eungnuk (1841-1918) (Eungknook, Enuquenuh) and Weakaseuk
(1834-1918) (Weokrseok). Her known siblings were Ongualuk (Stella Adlooat
Kaingnizinia) (1888-1941) and James Keok (1879/1880-1918). Nowadluk “Nora” and
her cousin Nowadluk “Alice” attended school and worked for the educators Ellen
and W. T. Lopp. Ellen Lopp gave the cousins the names Nora and Alice, because
they shared the same Inupiaq name. In August 1900, in a double wedding with her
cousin, Nowadluk married George Ootenna (1878-1971) a successful reindeer
herder. They did not have children, however, sometime after 1910 they adopted a
daughter Isabel. Nowadluk was an active member of the church, taught Sunday
school, and was the subject of several Christian missionary articles about her
exemplary home. Nowadluk was also a popular subject of the Nome commercial
photographers, marketing her as an “Eskimo Belle” wearing her atigi (fancy fur
parka). Nowadluk died in the 1918 pandemic in Kingegan, along with her parents,
her brother James Keok, four of his children, her brother-in-law Adlooat and
his baby. References: Smith, Kathleen Lopp and Smith, Verbeck, Ice Window,
Letters from a Bering Strait Village: 1892-1902, Fairbanks: University of
Alaska Press, 2001.; The American Missionary, vol. 68, 1914, An Arctic Journey
to Dedicate Thornton Memorial Church, by Rev. Philip E. Bauer, of Nome, Alaska,
p. 477.; Nagozruk's Report of Deaths and Living, U.S. Public School, Wales,
Alaska, November 1918, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1908-1934, Record Group 75,
M2150, pages 1220-1229, National Archives, Identifier number 231817243.
Submitted by Deborah Tear Haynes, 3/2022.
|
1907 |
2/50 | 541 |
Young Iñupiat woman in fur parka (Lomen
228?) Dobbs, B.B (photographer)
|
circa 1903-1908 |
2/50 | 542 |
Iñupiat mother named Wegaruk, carrying sleeping baby
on her back (Lomen 17) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Dobbs 346 in PH Coll 323.94 and PH Coll 788.2.
|
1905 |
2/50 | 543 |
Iñupiat mother nursing child outdoors B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: Mik-a-nina - Kow-kow.Same caption as, and often confused with, Nowell photo of
different outdoor nursing mother.
|
circa 1905 |
2/50 | 544 |
Studio portrait of mother with baby on her
back Dobbs, B.B (photographer)
Caption on photo: Eskimo mother and babe.Probable Dobbs, based on photographic style.
|
circa 1903-1908 |
2/50 | 545 |
Iñupiat mother in long fabric skirt and fur parka,
standing with baby on her back near encampment (Lomen 19) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Written on verso: Eskimo Madonna.
|
circa 1905-1910 |
2/50 | 546a |
Two smiling little Kauwerak Iñupiat girls in print
cotton parkas (Lomen 71) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: Eskimo children, Nome.Written on verso: Miniatures of their Eskimo mothers.Writing (Dobbs signature) scratched out in the lower right
corner, in addition to the Lomen name and photograph number in the lower left
corner. Image with Dobbs' signature in McKay photo album.
|
circa 1903-1910 |
2/50 | 546b |
Two smiling little Kauwerak Iñupiat girls in print
cotton parkas (Lomen 71) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Postcard of 123a, but uncropped and with different caption:
Eskimo children, Nome.Printed on verso: B.B. Dobbs, Photographic Supply Stores,
Nome, Alaska. Printed in Great Britain.
|
circa 1903-1910 |
2/50 | 547 |
Smiling Iñupiat child in fur parka B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
|
circa 1903-1906 |
2/50 | 548 |
Iñupiat boy Kituk standing on fur rug in the studio,
Nome, Alaska B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Kituk (1899-1918) (Ki-tuk, Charles Kutook) was born in
Kingegan in 1899 to Nopunkoak (1863-unknown) and Kitu/nk (1870-unknown). His
known siblings were a brother Ulosangrauk (born 1889) and a sister Tamaknena
(born 1894). As a young boy Kituk was photographed dancing by Suzanne Rignon
Bernardi, B. B. Dobbs and Frank H. Nowell. The photographs of Kituk are titled
"Eskimo Boy Dancer,” "Kituk, Eskimo Dancing Boy, with Father and Mother, Cape
Prince of Wales, Alaska,” and “Arctic Dancing Boy, Cape Prince of Wales.”
Charles Kituk was a teacher in Nome from 1915-1918. Charles Kutook (Kituk)
wrote “Some Reasons for Sending Children to School” in the Bureau of
Education’s magazine The Eskimo, Vol. 1, No. 9, May 1917. The missionary Dr.
Albert Warren Newhall recorded the dramatic loss of life in the Alaskan
villages during the 1918 pandemic. One story describes how Kituk (Ki-tuk) died
on his way to Kingegan on an infected mail sled. References: 1910 U.S. Census,
Cape Prince of Wales; Alaska Bureau of Education Reports, 1915-1918; Account of
the influenza epidemic in Unalaska, 1919. Albert W. Newhall letters, Archives
and Special Collections, Consortium Library, University of Alaska, Anchorage,
HMC-0188. http://sites.rootsweb.com/~coleen/seward_alaska.html Submitted by
Deborah Tear Haynes, 3/2022.
|
circa 1903-1906 |
2/50 | 549 |
Tomcod hanging on Nome beach drying racks with
overturned boats and tents in the background. (Lomen 142) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Dobbs 453, in PH Coll 919.27.Tomcod is a small fish in the cod family.
|
1903 |
2/50 | 550 |
Kauwerak Iñupiat family sitting on sand in front of
drying racks filled with fish B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Written on verso: Eskimo fish racks. And in different
handwriting: Eskimo friends of mine [illeg.].
|
circa 1903 |
2/50 | 551 |
Clothes hanging from an upturned umiak boat (Lomen
186) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Copyrighted 1907 by both Lomen and Dobbs (802).Lomen's caption on photo: Summer Encampment, Alaska
Eskimos.In Dobbs Collection as PH788.21 .
|
1906 |
2/50 | 552 |
Iñupiat berry pickers, Nome, Alaska (Lomen
6) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Dobbs 63, in Dobbs collections PH Coll 323.74 and PH Coll
788.8.
|
circa 1902 |
2/50 | 553 |
Crowded barge docking at Nome waterfront (Lomen
884) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: Landing at Nome, Alaska.The coastal waters were too shallow for large ships, so
smaller skiffs and barges were used to lighter freight and passengers form the
ships to shore.Dobbs 844, in Dobbs collection, PH Coll 788.45.
|
June 9, 1906 |
2/50 | 554 |
View across snow and ice chunks to Nome buildings
(Lomen 773) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: Nome from Bering Sea.In Dobbs collection, PH Coll 788.33.
|
circa 1907 |
2/50 | 555 |
Field of cotton-like wildflowers B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: Alaska Cotton.Dobbs 185, in Dobbs collection PH Coll 788.66.
|
circa 1907 |
2/50 | 556 |
Alaska's largest gold nugget (Lomen 767) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: Actual size of Alaska's largest nugget.
Found by Pioneer Mining Co. on No. 5 bench off Discovery Anvil. Wt 182 oz.
Value $3276.00 Nome Sep [sic] 8, 03.
|
1903-1907 |
2/50 | 557 |
Milton Weil with howling dogsled team, outside Nome
(Lomen 739) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: A malamute chorus.In Dobbs collection PH Coll 788.27.
|
circa 1906 |
2/50 | 558 |
Group of walruses on an ice floe near Nome, Alaska
(Lomen 769) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
This is a cropped version of PH Coll 323.41b in the Beverly B.
Dobbs Photograph Collection 323.A differently cropped version in also in UW's Freshwater and
Marine Image Bank.Dobbs uncropped photo is also in the Anchorage Museum at
Rasmuson Center with the following description: Title from verso. "View of
walrus on ice taken from steamship trapped in ice, Arctic Ocean. Taken from
steamer Portland while caught in ice, July 1907. Property of Cook Inlet
Historical Society." Photographer's number 5. July 1907. Original photograph
size: 5" x 7". Identical photo UAA-hmc-1059-23 cites date taken as May
1902.
|
1907 |
2/50 | 559 |
Three rows of stuffed Ptarmigan of northwest Alaska
(Lomen 713) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Dobbs 150 in Dobbs collection PH Coll 788.77.
|
circa 1903-1907 |
2/50 | 560 |
Arrangement of pressed wildflowers B.B. Dobbs (photographer)
Caption on photo: Northwestern Alaska wildflowers.In Dobbs collection PH Coll 788.67.
|
circa 1903-1907 |
Susan R. Bernardi Susan R. Bernardi went to Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales,
Alaska, in October 1901 to teach at the U.S. Government School. Her photograph
album documents many aspects of Iñupiat life, and includes handwritten
informative notes. It is unclear when she stopped teaching at Kingegan. She
later held teaching positions in Alabama and other southern states.
Nowadluk Nora Ootenna (1883/85-1918) [Norwadluk; Nowadlook;
Nawadlook; Nawadluk; Noadkuk; Noadoadlok; Newarluk] was born in Kingegan about
1883-1885 to Eungnuk (1841-1918) (Eungknook, Enuquenuh) and Weakaseuk
(1834-1918) (Weokrseok). Her known siblings were Ongualuk (Stella Adlooat
Kaingnizinia) (1888-1941) and James Keok (1879/1880-1918). Nowadluk "Nora" and
her cousin Nowadluk "Alice" attended school and worked for the educators Ellen
and W. T. Lopp. Ellen Lopp gave the cousins the names Nora and Alice, because
they shared the same Inupiaq name. In August 1900, in a double wedding with her
cousin, Nowadluk married George Ootenna (1878-1971) a successful reindeer
herder. They did not have children, however, sometime after 1910 they adopted a
daughter Isabel. Nowadluk was an active member of the church, taught Sunday
school, and was the subject of several Christian missionary articles about her
exemplary home. Nowadluk was also a popular subject of the Nome commercial
photographers, marketing her as an "Eskimo Belle" wearing her atigi (fancy fur
parka). Nowadluk died in the 1918 pandemic in Kingegan, along with her parents,
her brother James Keok, four of his children, her brother-in-law Adlooat and
his baby. References: Smith, Kathleen Lopp and Smith, Verbeck, Ice Window,
Letters from a Bering Strait Village: 1892-1902, Fairbanks: University of
Alaska Press, 2001.; The American Missionary, vol. 68, 1914, An Arctic Journey
to Dedicate Thornton Memorial Church, by Rev. Philip E. Bauer, of Nome, Alaska,
p. 477.; Nagozruk's Report of Deaths and Living, U.S. Public School, Wales,
Alaska, November 1918, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 1908-1934, Record Group 75,
M2150, pages 1220-1229, National Archives, Identifier number 231817243.
Submitted by Deborah Tear Haynes, 3/2022.
|
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Box/Folder | item | ||
2/51 | 561 |
Studio portrait of Iñupiat woman Nowadluk Nora
Ootenna with long unbraided hair, vicinity of Nome, Alaska Susan R. Bernardi (photographer)
Item 49.2 in UW Collection VM 49, Photographs from Kingegan,
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska by Susan R. Bernardi.
|
1901-1906 |
2/51 | 562 |
Iñupiat woman Nowadluk Nora Ootenna wearing fancy fur
parka and standing outdoors in snow, vicinity of Nome, Alaska Susan R. Bernardi (photographer)
|
between 1903 and 1910 |
2/51 | 563 |
Iñupiat cousins Nowadluk Alice Stanley with baby
Lucy, and Nowadluk Nora Ootenna, Kingegan, Alaska Susan R. Bernardi (photographer)
Nowadluk Alice Stanley (1883-between 1926-1930) was born in
Kingegan in 1883. Her mother was Nevenwok (1866-unknown) and her father was
Tulikpak (Tuulikpiaq) (dates unknown). Her younger brother was Harry Karmon
(1887-1939), a reindeer herder. Nowadluk “Alice” and her cousin Nowadluk “Nora”
attended school and worked for the educators Ellen and W. T. Lopp. Ellen Lopp
gave the cousins the names Alice and Nora, because they shared the same Inupiaq
name. Nowadluk worked for the Lopps from about 1894-1900. In August 1900, in a
double wedding with her cousin, Nowadluk married Stanley Kivyearzruk (1879-late
1940s), a successful reindeer herder. Reference: Smith, Kathleen Lopp and
Smith, Verbeck, Ice Window, Letters from a Bering Strait Village: 1892-1902,
Fairbanks: University of Alaska Press, 2001. Submitted by Deborah Tear Haynes,
3/2022.
Item 49.70 in UW Collection VM 49, Photographs from Kingegan,
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska by Susan R. Bernardi.
|
circa 1905 |
2/51 | 564 |
Young Iñupiat woman Nowadluk Alice Stanley wearing
fur parka, with baby Lucy on her back, Seward Peninsula, Alaska Susan R. Bernardi (photographer)
Item 49.68 in UW Collection VM 49, Photographs from Kingegan,
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska by Susan R. Bernardi.
|
circa 1908-1915 |
2/51 | 565 |
Iñupiat woman named Immiung'nuk with baby on her back,
cotton dress and thick gloves fishing for tomcod through ice Susan R. Bernardi (photographer)
Item 49.62 in UW Collection VM 49, Photographs from
Kingegan, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska by Susan R. Bernardi.
|
circa 1908-1915 |
Arthur L. Bell and Co. Arthur L. Bell was a photographer in Nome 1909-1910.
|
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
2/52 | 566 |
Hunter with rifle and dogsled on Bering
Sea Arthur L. Bell and Co (photographer)
Caption on photo: Hunting on Bering Sea. Five miles from
Nome.Marked "Bell & Co. Photo".
|
1909-1910 |
Albert Barnes Kinne Around 1900, Albert Barnes Kinne relocated from San Francisco
to Nome, Alaska, where he set up a new studio and worked with the Wild Goose
Mining and Trading Company. By 1903, he had formed a partnership with
well-known Nome photographer Beverly B. Dobbs. Their studio, Dobbs & Kinne,
was dissolved when Kinne moved eighty miles east to the gold mining camp of
Council (a.k.a. Council City), and started a new photography business around
1905. In 1911, Beverly Dobbs sold the Nome studio and its glass negatives,
including some made by Kinne, to photography entrepreneurs the Lomen Brothers,
who created prints of the images under their own imprint.
|
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
2/53 | 567 |
Niukluk River and Council City viewed from Melsing
Creek Albert Barnes Kinne (photographer)
A.B. Kinne 842, in Kinne collection PH Coll 314.4.
|
1907 |
Other/unknown photographers |
|||
Box/Folder | item | ||
2/54 | 568 |
Family with dogsled team taking a break Hardy (photographer)
"Skook" written on photo beneath lead dog.Written on verso: Mr. Lomen, Some of these Dogs came from the
Hudson's Bay. I have raised this strain of dogs for twenty two years. Part of
this team went to the South Pole. Yours sincerely, [illeg.] Hardy.
|
1908-1934 |
2/54 | 569 |
Old Iñupiat man with cloth parka and fur hat standing
beneath fish netting outside a log cabin (Lomen 144) Unknown (photographer)
Caption on photo: An old man of the Yukon.The Lomen Brothers did not photograph in the Yukon.
|
1905 |
2/54 | 570 | 1903-1920 | |
2/54 | 571 |
Dogsled team and three people in front of cabin in
town Not marked, but looks similar to Nowell work.
|
1903-1934 |
2/54 | 572 |
Captain Oscar Wisting Written on verso: Capt. Oscar Wisting with Amundsen at South
Pole and on dirigible Norge, crossing North Pole arrived in Teller Alaska May
13, 1926.
|
circa 1926 |
2/54 | 573 |
Mount McKinley Possibly a different photographer. Copyright symbol and
caption on photo do not resemble Lomen Studio handwriting.
|
1908-1934 |
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- Iñupiats--Photographs
- Reindeer industry--Alaska
- Reindeer--Photographs
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)