Lomen Brothers photographs

Lomen Brothers photographs, approximately 1900-1934

Overview of the Collection

Photographer

Lomen Bros

Title

Lomen Brothers photographs

Dates

approximately 1900-1934 (inclusive)

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

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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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

Acquisition Information

Donor: Ralph Lomen, 1965. [Preliminary Guide says "Mrs. Alfred J. Lomen, Jr., 1963?" ]

Processing Note

Processed by Susan Fitch, 2014

Title of some images revised to align with harmful language guidelines. Revison completed by G. Mandarino, June 2023

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
		Lomen businesses
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.	September 1919
1/1	2	Exterior view of Lomen Commercial Co. in Nome, Alaska.	1925-1940
1/1	3	Exterior view of Lomen Commercial Co. building with gas pump in front and adjacent building with sign reading Lomen Commercial Co. Freight Office	1925-1940
1/1	4	Man standing outside door of Lomen Commercial Co. Freight Office	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.	1925-1940
1/1	6	Building with sign "[Illeg.] Commercial [illeg.]" on fire, with men and truck in foreground	1934
1/1	7	Collapsed and burning building, with men gathered around truck watching fire	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.	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.	circa 1950
1/1	10	Interior room with fireplace, rocking chairs, display of knick-knacks and postcards Probably the interior of a Lomen business.	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.
Box/Folder	item
1/2	11	Group of reindeer grazing on grassy field at St. Lawrence Bay, Siberia Lomen Studio stamp	1914-1934
1/2	12	Snow-covered valley at Nepaktolik Creek with Lomen Co, winter camp and Kotzebue reindeer herd (Lomen 685B) Lomen Studio stamp.	1914-1934
1/2	13a	Closeup of the three reindeer grazing on a stony outcrop in the summer Lomen Studio stamp	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.	1914-1934
1/2	13c	Closeup of the three reindeer grazing on a stony outcrop in the summer Postcard of 13aLomen Studio stamp	1914-1934
1/2	14	Two reindeer grazing in the snow (Lomen 1134) Lomen Studio stamp	1914-1934
1/2	15a	Close-up of reindeer in front of tree Lomen Studio stampWritten on verso, copyrighted by Lomen Bros Nome.	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.	1914-1934
1/2	16	Native reindeer herder with reindeer and sled, Nome, Alaska (Lomen 797) Lomen Studio stamp.	1914-1934
1/2	17	Reindeer teams loaded with fresh meat for Nome market (Lomen 910) Lomen Studio stamp.	1914-1934
1/2	18	Reindeer sled teams with two herders (Lomen 611) Lomen Studio stamp.Caption on photo: On the trail.	1914-1934
		Reindeer - Lomen Bros. postcard size
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.	1920-1930
1/3	20	Aerial view of snowy Elephant Point reindeer herds in corrals	1920-1930
1/3	21	Postcard of large reindeer herd on plain Caption on photograph: [illeg.] herd 1916.	1916
1/3	22	Postcard of group of reindeer at Nome	Winter 1915-1916
1/3	23	Postcard of large distant reindeer herd on snow-covered field	1914-1934
1/3	24-27	Reindeer herd at summer watering hole	1914-1934
1/3	28	Closeup of Kotzebue reindeer herd No. 2 (Lomen 695C)	1914-1934
1/3	29	Reindeer "Murphy" on snowy field (Lomen 578)	1914-1934
1/3	30	Four men on skis next to three roped reindeer	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.	1914-1934
1/3	32	Man in fur parka with young reindeer in the snow Caption on photo: Dan and 'Spot.'	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.	1914-1934
1/3	34	Several white and Iñupiat people, including woman and child, with sled and reindeer	1914-1934
1/3	35	Group of corralled reindeer with Santa Claus The Lomens started using a Santa Claus promotion with reindeer in 1923.	1923-1935
1/3	36	Group of corralled reindeer with Santa Claus and a woman in a fur parka	1923-1935
1/3	37	Santa Claus and two people with roped reindeer on a sandy beach with buildings in the background	1923-1935
1/3	38	Santa Claus and a man with four reindeer at water's edge with a ship in background	1923-1935
1/3	39	One reindeer grazing and four in background on small ridge near brush Scanned from nitrate negative.	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.	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.
Box/Folder	item
1/4	41	Young reindeer in decorative harness Probably at Reindeer Fair.	1915-1917
1/4	42	Deerman in parka with a reindeer in decorative harness Probably at Reindeer Fair.	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.	1915-1917
1/4	44	Postcard of reindeer sled caravan at Golden Gate Pass, Alaska Probably at Reindeer Fair.Lomen Studio postcard.	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.	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.	1915-1917
1/4	47	Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs, Alaska Lomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair	1915-1917
1/4	48a	Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs, Alaska Lomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair	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	1915-1917
1/4	49a	Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs, Alaska Lomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair	1915-1917
1/4	49b	Reindeer herd at Kruzamapa Hot Springs, Alaska Cropped and enlarged print of 11aLomen Studio stampSite of Reindeer Fair	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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	1915-1917
		Reindeer - non Lomen Bros. studio photos
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	Corralled reindeer at Elephant Point	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.	1914-1934
1/5	63	Iñupiat people with reindeer and sled in front of small cabin	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.	November 22, 1927
1/5	66	Woman in skin parka with two harnessed reindeer in grassy field near trees	1914-1934
1/5	67	Man in three-piece suit and hat attaching a lead to a corralled reindeer	1914-1934
1/5	68	Reindeer in corral with lead attached	1914-1934
1/5	69	Close-up of four reindeer in corral	1914-1934
1/5	70	Man in work clothes with two harnessed reindeer on a road with grass lawns and buildings in background	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	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.	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.	1914-1934
1/5	76	Two Iñupiat men in a field carrying a reindeer hogtied to a stick Scan of nitrate negative.	1914-1934
1/5	77	Man (possibly Harry Lomen) in parka and cap with harness and three tethered reindeer Scan of nitrate negative.	1914-1934
1/5	78	Distant view of reindeer among rocks next to sea Scan of nitrate negative.	1914-1934
1/5	79	Herd of reindeer in field with one man in suit and hat Scan of nitrate negative.	1914-1934
1/5	80	Man standing next to approximately 14 reindeer carcasses hanging on rough-hewn outdoor log rack Scan of nitrate negative.	circa 1920
1/5	81	Belly view of reindeer carcasses hung from outdoor rack on beach, with man posing Scan of nitrate negative.	circa 1920
1/5	82	Man with dog next to seven reindeer carcasses hung from outdoor rack Scan of nitrate negative.	circa 1920
1/5	83	Two men kneeling next to reindeer carcasses hung on outdoor rack Scan of nitrate negative.	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.	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.
Box/Folder	item
1/6	85	Silver Wave in Port Clarence Bay, Alaska Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.	June 24, 1924
1/6	86	Silver Wave off shore Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.	June 24, 1924
1/6	87	Crew on board the Silver Wave Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.	June 24, 1924
1/6	88	Deck of Silver Wave with rowboat and ropes Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.	June 24, 1924
1/6	89	Crew on deck and rigging of Silver Wave, anchored offshore Lomen Bros stamp.Scanned from nitrate negative.	June 24, 1924
1/6	90	Boat Silver Wave in inlet Lomen Bros stamp.[This is the later, 2nd Silver Wave, purchased in 1924.	1924-1925
		Lomen family members Personal family photos.
Box/Folder	item
1/7	91	Possibly Harry Lomen and woman standing in yard Scanned from nitrate negative.	circa 1925
1/7	92	Lomen brothers, sister and mother outside in yard Probably Alfred on right, Carl on left.Scanned from nitrate negative.	circa 1925
1/7	93	A Lomen brother standing with two other men in Nome, Alaska street Scanned from nitrate negative.	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.	June, 1926
1/7	95	Harry Lomen painting at easel Scanned from nitrate negative.	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.	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.	circa 1925
1/7	98	Probably Carl Lomen outdoors holding model ship ( Silver Wave)? Scanned from nitrate negative.	1924-1925
1/7	99	Probably Harry Lomen standing next to house Scanned from nitrate negative.	circa 1925

Lomen Studio workReturn to Top

Container(s)		Description	Dates
		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.
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".	circa 1908-1915
		Portraits of Iñupiat women
Box/Folder	item
1/9	101	Iñupiat woman with chin tattoo in variegated fur parka with hood	circa 1908-1915
1/9	102	Young Iñupiat woman wearing black and white fur parka	circa 1908-1915
1/9	103	Three Iñupiat women wearing matching fur parkas	circa 1908-1915
1/9	104	Studio portrait of three young Iñupiat women standing	circa 1908-1915
1/9	105	Two young Iñupiat women wearing fur parkas (Lomen 200) This black-and-white photo was hand-colored.	circa 1908-1915
		Iñupiat women - postcard size
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.	circa 1908-1915
		Iñupiat mothers with infants
Box/Folder	item
1/10	107	Young mother in cotton summer parka with sleeping infant on her back	circa 1908-1915
1/10	108	Iñupiat mother with sleeping baby on her back and small child, standing on the beach (Lomen 4)	circa 1908-1915
		Iñupiat children
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.	circa 1908-1915
1/11	110	Smiling Iñupiat child called Mickey in a white fur parka	circa 1908-1915
		Iñupiat children - postcard-size
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.	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.	circa 1908-1915
		Iñupiat daily life
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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	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.	1906
		Iñupiat daily life and activities - postcard-size
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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.	circa 1908-1915
1/12	118	Iñupiat people launching umiak	circa 1908-1915
1/12	119	Postcard of nine Iñupiat people paddling and launching umiak into the surf	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.	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.	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.	circa 1918
		Iñupiat dance and drumming
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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.	circa 1908-1915
1/13	123	Kayiagamute (Kauwerak) Wolf Dancers in costume with a mother and baby (Lomen 174)	circa 1908-1915
1/13	124	Iñupiat dancing with drummers next to upturned boat (Lomen 3)	circa 1908-1915
1/13	125	Kingikmiut Iñupiat Tom-tom players in ceremonial costume, Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska	circa 1908-1915
1/13	126	Five Iñupiat adults and one child in dancing costumes on Nunivak Island (Lomen 330) Scanned from nitrate negative.	circa 1908-1915
		Group portraits of Nome, Alaska residents
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1/14	127	Group portrait of young men and women in three rows	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.	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.	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.	March 18, 1911
1/14	131	Group portrait of partygoers in formal dress with man reclining in front Possibly includes Lomen brothers.	March 24, 1911
1/14	132	Maynard Columbus Hospital staff in uniform standing on hospital porch	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.	1910-1915
1/14	134	Twelve young men in hats on a porch, possibly Arctic Brotherhood members	circa 1918
1/14	135	The men in Nome's first quota Army draft on porch at Fort Davis, Alaska	June 22, 1918
1/14	136	Army soldiers on parade in street holding flags	circa 1918
1/14	137	Army soldiers in formation in street	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.	September 1919
1/14	139	Group of six people resting on reindeer sled Lomen Studios stamp.	circa 1915
		Nome, Alaska residents - postcard-size
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1/14	140	Postcard of group portrait of eleven young men in fur parkas	circa 1910
1/14	141	Two men on horseback with a third horse in muddy field	circa 1920
1/14	142	Postcard of man wearing fur parka with two sled dogs	circa 1920
1/14	143	Postcard of two men in overcoats shaking hands outside telegraph office Sign in office window: Post No Bills.	1908-1934
1/14	144	Postcard of flag ceremony in square with U.S. Army and Navy soldiers and civilian observers including small boys	circa 1910-1915
1/14	145	Postcard of uniformed officers in Fourth of July parade (possibly on Front Street) with observers on sidewalks and flags on display	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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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.	March 20, 1910
1/15	147	[not used]
1/15	148	Two men on horseback with sashes and ribbons in front of building flying American flags, Nome Probably Lomen brother on right.	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.	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.	1910-1920
1/15	151	Front Street showing Sheldon Hotel and U.S. Coast Guard building in Nome	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.	1910-1920
1/15	153	Exterior of Maynard Columbus Hospital, Nome	1908-1934
		Nome, Alaska scenes - postcard-size
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1/16	154	Exterior of Alaska Banking and Safe Deposit Co. with four people on street, Nome	1904-1910
1/16	154a	Postcard of a group of men standing in the middle of Front Street, Nome	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.	June 21, 1910
1/16	156	Postcard of snow-covered First Avenue with several people and dogs in street, Nome	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.	1911
1/16	158	Postcard of snow piled high in front of houses and Congregational Church on Third Avenue, Nome	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.	circa 1911
1/16	159a	Postcard of buildings buried in snow up to rooflines, with man standing on snow drift, East Front Street, Nome	circa 1911-1916
1/16	160	St. Joseph Catholic church, Federal Court House, and other buildings viewed behind high snow drift on Steadman Avenue, Nome	circa 1920
1/16	160a	Postcard of two pedestrians and snow piled high next to businesses on Front Street, Nome	January 1916
1/16	161	Front exterior view of snow-covered log cabin	circa 1911
1/16	162	Rear exterior view of snow-covered log cabin	circa 1911
1/16	163	Bird's-eye-view of Nome looking toward sea	1908-1934
1/16	163a	Postcard of bird's-eye view of Nome in snow	1908-1934
1/16	164	Postcard of storm-damaged buildings Caption on photo: After the big storm - Nome Alaska, 1913.	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.	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.	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.	October 1913
1/16	166	Postcard of U.S. Signal Corp. radio station and signal tower outside Nome	1905-1925
1/16	167	Postcard of sunset over snowy tundra with mining machinery in background Caption on photo: A winter sunset.	1908-1934
1/16	168	Nome buildings viewed through large ice chunks from Bering Sea Caption on photo: Bering Sea ice, Nome, AAA.	1908-1920
1/16	169	People gathered on beach for July Fourth celebration, including boy with balloon and Navy sailors on bandstand, with machine shop and other buildings in background	1920-1930
		Nome, Alaska waterfront
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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.	1907
1/17	171	Crowd attending open-air concert given by 22nd Infantry Band at Nome waterfront	July 15, 1910
1/17	172	Breakers at Nome coastline (Lomen 735)	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.	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.	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."	1900-1912
1/17	176	Pier with small building, cranes and docked boat at Snake River Harbor	1919
1/17	177	Ships and equipment at snowy Snake River Harbor	Sept 20, 1919
		Nome, Alaska waterfront - postcards
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1/17	177a	Postcard of steamers and tugboat at Nome waterfront	circa 1905-1920
1/16	177b	Postcard of large wave cresting on Nome beach Caption on postcard: The Big Storm, Nome, Alaska, 1913.	1913
		Nome, Alaska environs
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1/18	178	Tundra outside Nome in summer Caption on photo: Nome tundra - typical of area embraced herein.	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.	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.	December 25, 1910
		Nome, Alaska environs - postcards
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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.	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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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.	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.	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.	1908-1920
1/19	184	Niukluk Valley, with Council City in the distance (Lomen 754)	1908-1920
1/19	185	Large rock called "The Sphinx of Ophir" near Council, Alaska (Lomen 993)	1908-1934
		Assorted Alaska locations
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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 - .	1914
1/20	187	Holy Cross Mission, lower Yukon River	circa 1908-1915
1/20	188	Bird's-eye view of Dutch Harbor with ships and surrounding mountains (Lomen 889)	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.	1908-1934
1/20	190	Harbor at St. Michael, Alaska (Lomen 822) Photo is hand-colored.	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.	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.	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.	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.	circa 1903-1908
1/20	195	Large stony bluff at Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska (Lomen 1055)	1908-1934
1/20	196	[not used]
1/20	197	Panorama of islands viewed from sea	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	Bering Sea ice hummock	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	Man sitting on Anvil Rock on Anvil Mountain, Nome, Alaska (Lomen 701)	circa 1915
		Assorted Alaska locations - postcard-size
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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	Sledge Island, near Nome	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	Chunks of ice in Bering Sea near coast	July 2, 1927
1/21	210	Postcard of man bathing in Bering Sea among ice chunks	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.	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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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.	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.	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.	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."	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."	August 7, 1910
1/22	217	"Three Friends" dredge on Solomon River, Alaska	1920-1935
1/22	218	Nome Mining Co. dredge on Bourbon Creek, Nome Mining District, Alaska	1920-1935
1/22	219	Two dredges near Nome	1920-1935
1/22	220	Pit mining operation with sluice and water cannon	1903-1920
1/22	221	[not used]
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.	1903-1920
		Mining - postcard-size
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1/23	223	Postcard of Seward dredge, Solomon River, Alaska	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.	1920-1935
1/23	225	"Three Friends" and "Pearson" dredges operating on Solomon River, Alaska	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.	1903-1920
1/23	226a	Postcard of small mining operation and sluice along river	1903-1920
1/23	227	Man panning for gold on riverbank	1903-1920
		Hunting
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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.	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.	1899-1902
1/24	229	Iñupiat hunter aiming rifle at seal on ice floe (Lomen 1006) Written on verso: 1006 - Seal hunter	circa 1908-1915
1/24	230	Two hunters (one Iñupiat ) with rifles and harpooned small seal on ice floe (Lomen 1007)	circa 1908-1915
1/24	231	Iñupiat hunter with harpooned small seal on ice floe (Lomen 214)	circa 1908-1915
1/24	232	Iñupiat hunter harpooning from ice floe with dead seal at his feet	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).	circa 1908-1915
1/24	234	Iñupiat hunter dragging dead seal in the snow (Lomen 87) Caption on photo: The Seal Hunter.	circa 1908-1915
1/24	235	Two hunters (one Iñupiat ) with rifles in kayaks	circa 1908-1915
1/24	236	Two Iñupiat hunters in kayaks with harpoons on the Bering Sea (Lomen 215)	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.	circa 1908-1915
		Hunting - postcard-size
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1/25	238	Postcard of Iñupiat hunter snowshoeing and dragging seal Caption on photo: The seal hunter.	circa 1908-1915
1/25	239	Two Iñupiat hunters with kayaks on the coastline (Lomen 654)	circa 1908-1915
		Dogsled teams
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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.	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.	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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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.	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.	1915
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1/26	246	Two men, one seated on a pile of logs and holding a dog, with dogsled and dogs on snowy field	1908-1934
1/26	247	Postcard of two people with Alaska dog team near mountain lake or inlet (Lomen 274)	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.	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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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.	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.	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.	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.	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]
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.	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.	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.	circa 1916
		Walruses, seals and bears
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1/28	261	Several walruses asleep on an ice floe in the Bering Sea (Lomen 984)	1908-1934
		Walruses, seals and bears - postcards
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1/28	262	Two bear cubs	1908-1934
1/28	263	Baby seal on a rock	1908-1934
1/28	264	Postcard of walrus herd on ice floes in the Bering Sea (Lomen 391)	1908-1934
1/28	265	Walruses in the Bering Sea, Nome	1908-1934
1/28	266	Distant view of walruses on the ice	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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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.	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).	1920?
1/29	270	Nome townspeople aboard Captain Amundsen's ship Gjoa. Includes Ralph Lomen, fourth from left; Harry Lomen, third from right; and George Lomen. Carl .J. Lomen (photographer)	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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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	Side view of steamer SS Victoria (Lomen 1010)	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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2/30	276	Captain at near railing of SS Victoria	circa 1907-1918
2/30	277	Captain with three women aboard SS Victoria	circa 1907-1918
2/30	278	Three women on rigging and several men on deck of SS Victoria	circa 1907-1918
2/30	279	Three women with crew member on bench aboard SS Victoria	circa 1907-1918
2/30	280	Three crew members aboard the SS Victoria	circa 1907-1918
2/30	281	Captain holding lifesaver, with two women peeking through	circa 1907-1918
2/30	282	Passengers arriving at Nome by barge from SS Victoria	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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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).	1908-1934
2/31	283d	USRC Bear arriving in Nome with the city's first water-borne mail of the year	1914
		*USRC Bear* and SS Corwin - postcards**
Box/Folder	item
2/31	283d	USRC Bear and SS Corwin caught in the ice at Nome	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	S.S. Corwin in the Arctic ice pack	1910
2/31	283g	S.S. Corwin arriving in Nome Caption on photo: Arrival First Steamer, Seaon 1915.	May 24, 1915
		Other ships and boats
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	Boat model on display against sheet backdrop	1908-1934
2/32	286a	Three-mast ship Maud on icy coast	1908-1934
		Other ships and boats - postcard-size
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	Two whalers off icy cape	circa 1910
		Explorers and aviators
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.
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
		Iñupiat people
Box/Folder	item
2/35	300	Iñupiat couple looking at each other	circa 1908-1915
2/35	301	Iñupiat man at water's edge using camera surrounded by Iñupiat women in fur parkas and skirts	circa 1908-1915
2/35	302	Iñupiat woman	circa 1908-1915
2/35	303	Iñupiat man on snowy Nome beach with buildings in background	circa 1908-1915
2/35	304	Iñupiat family next to yaranga (hide tent) with dogsled and dog in foreground	circa 1908-1915
2/35	305	Iñupiat family portaging boat overland	circa 1908-1915
2/35	306	Iñupiat family and sled dogs in front of snow-covered structure near forest	1908-1915
2/35	307	Iñupiat women with children and baby carriage walking near cabins	circa 1908-1915
2/35	308	Two Iñupiat women near tents on beach	circa 1908-1915
2/35	309	Iñupiat woman emerging front tent in camp with girl in foreground	circa 1908-1915
2/35	310	Iñupiat women and baby outside tent on grassy bluff	circa 1908-1915
2/35	311	Man in three-piece suit and lace-up boots observing Iñupiat people in camp on beach with children, sled and kayak	circa 1908-1915
2/35	312	Iñupiat family sitting on beach near buildings and tents	circa 1908-1915
2/35	313	Iñupiat mother, father and child in fur parkas in front of wood frame cabins	circa 1908-1915
2/35	314	Two white women with Iñupiat couple and child on snow near cabins	circa 1908-1915
2/35	315	White family with Iñupiat family outside cabin	circa 1908-1915
2/35	316	Butchered whale on snowy beach with Iñupiat group in background	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
Box/Folder	item
2/36	318	Two Iñupiat children looking at each other outside tent	circa 1908-1915
2/36	319	Iñupiat toddler in parka on beach	circa 1908-1915
2/36	320	Iñupiat toddler in fur parka grasping bush on snowy field	circa 1908-1915
2/36	321	Two Iñupiat children sitting barefoot on the beach	circa 1908-1915
2/36	322	Iñupiat mother in cotton dress holding baby on beach	circa 1908-1915
2/36	323	Young Iñupiat woman with girls wearing cotton dresses	circa 1908-1912
2/36	324	Immiung'nuk Iñupiat woman in summer dress holding basin and pail with infant on her back	circa 1908-1915
2/36	325	Three young Iñupiat women in fur parkas, one with baby on back on or near ship	circa 1908-1915
		Iñupiat boating
Box/Folder	item
2/37	326-327	Six Iñupiat people with dead seals (possibly inflated seal buoys) in umiak boat	circa 1908-1915
2/37	328	Several Iñupiat people paddling umiak near ice floes	circa 1908-1915
2/37	329	Iñupiat family paddling umiak near waterfront	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	Several people launching the boat	1908-1934
2/37	333	Group of Iñupiat people in umiak next to wooden boat	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	Eight people on sea paddling individual kayaks	circa 1908-1915
2/37	338	Iñupiat man paddling kayak among chunks of ice close to shore	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.
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	Several men and two children in front of corner building	circa 1900-1920
2/39	355	Young man on boardwalk wearing clown costume and sign that reads "I thought Murane would beat Waskey"	1906
2/40	356	Young woman with flowers near grave in seaside meadow	circa 1900-1920
2/40	357	Four women and little girl on old cannon near marsh	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	Group of six men in rain slickers, possibly including Carl Lomen	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	Two women and a man (possibly Ralph Lomen) visiting a mining operation	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	Two men standing next to ice hummock across the water of Nome with Nome waterfront in background	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	Soldier (possibly a Lomen) sitting on mountain boulder in snow and trees	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.
Box/Folder	item
2/41	383	Large ski and sled ramps with lines of people	circa 1901-1920
2/41	384-385	Two men in suits and hats and two women in fancy hats and coats on toboggan in front of ramp	circa 1901-1920
2/41	386	Woman in full-length dress and coat on skis	circa 1901-1920
2/41	387	Nome Ski Club tent with skis lined up, ski lift, and line of people	circa 1901-1920
2/41	388-389	Family with dog on hummock	circa 1901-1920
2/41	390	Family and dog on hummock with man in parka on skis in front	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	Four skiers on hummock	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	Three men, a child and a woman around snow tunnel	circa 1900-1920
		Nome Alaska street and waterfront scenes
Box/Folder	item
2/42	400	Panorama of log cabins and tents on beach at Nome	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	Deep snow burying houses and nearby tents	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	Snow piled deep around house and tent	circa 1900-1910
2/42	406	Man standing in road between snow banks in Nome residential area	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	Three men standing outside courthouse building on Steadman Avenue with partial view of St. Joseph's church	circa 1905
2/42	411	Work on facade of 1904 City Hall Building	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	Nome post office on Second Avenue, with rug hanging out second-story window and two men walking by	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	Flooded buildings along sea, with man in foreground	circa 1913
2/42	417	Burned-out shell of large building with collapsed roof and covered with icicles and snow	circa 1910
2/42	418	Burned piano, piano stool and chair covered with snow and ice outdoors	circa 1910
2/42	419	Three-story building on fire, with three men in street looking on	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
Box/Folder	item
2/43	422	Unloading cargo from partially submerged boat at waterfront	circa 1925-1930
2/43	423	Large group of men lightering barge along snow-covered seawall	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
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	Couple (including Ralph Lomen?) riding camel down plank-lined city street with awnings	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	Skulls and bones arranged on tree stumps and logs	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
Box/Folder	item
2/45	462	Man operating hydraulic hose at Coffee Creek	circa 1910-1930
2/45	463	Three miners in front of shack with sign "St. Paul Mining Co. Dried Bee F Mine Capitol Stock $1000000".	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	Cable bucket on pulleys adding mining residue or tailings to large dump	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	Mining operations with crane, sluice and steam engine on river	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	Dredge near river with pulleys and conveyer belt	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.
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
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
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	Sand spit with tents, wooden schooner on far side and two-masted sailboat Jeanne on near side	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
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	Aerial view of wing and adjacent plane, Bellanca Pacemaker CH-300, in flight over mountains	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	Large propeller airplane, Ford 4-AT Tri-motor, NC-8419 in grassy field surrounded by onlookers with partial view of Bethel Airways Travel Air 6000 plane	1935-1936
2/49	527	Wien Airways propeller airplane Bellanca Pacemaker CH-300, in grassy field with partial view of large propeller plane NC-8419	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

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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
		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.
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	Studio portrait of seated Iñupiat man in leather (possibly caribou skin?) parka with fur collar (Lomen 21) B.B. Dobbs (photographer)	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	Iñupiat woman with chin tattoo in fur parka B.B. Dobbs (photographer) Dobbs 186 in PH Coll 919.22.	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.
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	Panorama of mining operation with buildings and tents in large field	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

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