Former residents of Nome gathered for an Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, January 10, 1953
On verso of image: Former Nomeites -- Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, Jan. 10, 1953 Filed in Alaska--People Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the Nome area before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russians established a settlement at St. Michael, 125 miles to the southeast. F...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/197 2023-05-15T14:54:47+02:00 Former residents of Nome gathered for an Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, January 10, 1953 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division United States--Washington (State)--Seattle 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/197 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC0404 UW27623 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/197 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 Alaska Photograph Collection Clubs--Washington (State)--Seattle Interiors--Washington (State)--Seattle Group portraits Arctic Club (Seattle Wash.) Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:02:44Z On verso of image: Former Nomeites -- Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, Jan. 10, 1953 Filed in Alaska--People Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the Nome area before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russians established a settlement at St. Michael, 125 miles to the southeast. Fur traders and whales from many countries also worked the area coastline. A few church missions were established beginning in the 1880s, and trainers from Lapland (Norway) introduced reindeer herding to the Eskimos through the U.S. Government and missionaries. Gold was discovered in the Nome area in 1898 by three Swedes, prompting formation of the Cape Nome Mining District. When gold was found on the beaches of Nome the following summer, word spread rapidly, and by August 1900 there were 20,000 people in Nome. There are still 44 gold dredges in the Nome area and gold mining continues today. The oldest first-class city in Alaska, Nome was incorporated in 1901. By the 1920s, the boom town had shrunk to about 820 people. A fire in September 1934 destroyed most of the business district. Nome boomed again during World War II, when the federal government built an air base and support facilities. Thousands of aircraft and supplies moved through Nome under the Lend Lease program, supplying the Soviet Union for the Eastern Front. During the war, a number of Eskimos and other civilians came to Nome to work. [Source: http://www.inalaska.com/d/nome/history.html] Other/Unknown Material Arctic eskimo* Inupiaq Nome Alaska Lapland University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Arctic Norway St Michael ENVELOPE(58.492,58.492,-67.195,-67.195) The Beaches ENVELOPE(-56.832,-56.832,49.583,49.583) |
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On verso of image: Former Nomeites -- Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, Jan. 10, 1953 Filed in Alaska--People Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the Nome area before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russians established a settlement at St. Michael, 125 miles to the southeast. Fur traders and whales from many countries also worked the area coastline. A few church missions were established beginning in the 1880s, and trainers from Lapland (Norway) introduced reindeer herding to the Eskimos through the U.S. Government and missionaries. Gold was discovered in the Nome area in 1898 by three Swedes, prompting formation of the Cape Nome Mining District. When gold was found on the beaches of Nome the following summer, word spread rapidly, and by August 1900 there were 20,000 people in Nome. There are still 44 gold dredges in the Nome area and gold mining continues today. The oldest first-class city in Alaska, Nome was incorporated in 1901. By the 1920s, the boom town had shrunk to about 820 people. A fire in September 1934 destroyed most of the business district. Nome boomed again during World War II, when the federal government built an air base and support facilities. Thousands of aircraft and supplies moved through Nome under the Lend Lease program, supplying the Soviet Union for the Eastern Front. During the war, a number of Eskimos and other civilians came to Nome to work. [Source: http://www.inalaska.com/d/nome/history.html] |
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Former residents of Nome gathered for an Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, January 10, 1953 |
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Former residents of Nome gathered for an Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, January 10, 1953 |
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Former residents of Nome gathered for an Arctic Club dinner, Seattle, January 10, 1953 |
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former residents of nome gathered for an arctic club dinner, seattle, january 10, 1953 |
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Arctic eskimo* Inupiaq Nome Alaska Lapland |
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