Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900

On verso of image: Probably construction crew, Fort Davis, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1900 PH Coll 877.3 Fort Davis is located at the mouth of Nome River at Norton Sound, 4 miles southeast of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. It was a U.S. Army post established in 1900 and named for General Jefferson Columbus Da...

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Construction workers > Alaska > Fort Davis
Dogs > Alaska > Fort Davis
Tents > Alaska > Fort Davis
Group portraits
Fort Davis (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc
Norton Sound
Nome
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/168 2023-05-15T17:23:55+02:00 Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Fort Davis Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/168 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC1009 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/168 For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division Walter R. Bennett Nome and Fort Davis Photograph Collection. PH Coll 877 Construction workers--Alaska--Fort Davis Dogs--Alaska--Fort Davis Tents--Alaska--Fort Davis Group portraits Fort Davis (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:44Z On verso of image: Probably construction crew, Fort Davis, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1900 PH Coll 877.3 Fort Davis is located at the mouth of Nome River at Norton Sound, 4 miles southeast of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. It was a U.S. Army post established in 1900 and named for General Jefferson Columbus Davis, commander of the military district of Alaska in 1867. Much unrest resulted from claim jumping, filing errors, and lack of authority at the outset of the Nome gold rush in 1899 and 1900. The Army was stationed here to maintain order. [Source: Donald Orth. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967.] Other/Unknown Material Nome Seward Peninsula Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Norton Sound ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202)
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topic Construction workers--Alaska--Fort Davis
Dogs--Alaska--Fort Davis
Tents--Alaska--Fort Davis
Group portraits
Fort Davis (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
spellingShingle Construction workers--Alaska--Fort Davis
Dogs--Alaska--Fort Davis
Tents--Alaska--Fort Davis
Group portraits
Fort Davis (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900
topic_facet Construction workers--Alaska--Fort Davis
Dogs--Alaska--Fort Davis
Tents--Alaska--Fort Davis
Group portraits
Fort Davis (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
description On verso of image: Probably construction crew, Fort Davis, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1900 PH Coll 877.3 Fort Davis is located at the mouth of Nome River at Norton Sound, 4 miles southeast of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. It was a U.S. Army post established in 1900 and named for General Jefferson Columbus Davis, commander of the military district of Alaska in 1867. Much unrest resulted from claim jumping, filing errors, and lack of authority at the outset of the Nome gold rush in 1899 and 1900. The Army was stationed here to maintain order. [Source: Donald Orth. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967.]
author2 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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title Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900
title_short Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900
title_fullStr Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full_unstemmed Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, Alaska, circa 1900
title_sort construction crew and dogs outside of tent, fort davis, alaska, circa 1900
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/168
op_coverage United States--Alaska--Fort Davis
long_lat ENVELOPE(69.507,69.507,-49.202,-49.202)
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genre Nome
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
genre_facet Nome
Seward Peninsula
Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Walter R. Bennett Nome and Fort Davis Photograph Collection. PH Coll 877
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC1009
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/168
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