July Fourth celebration at Olympia Theatre Tent, Nome

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Fourth of July celebrations > Alaska > Nome; Crowds > Alaska > Nome; Flags > Alaska > Nome; Theatres > Alaska > Nome; Tents > Alaska > Nome; Stages (Platforms); Olympia Theatre Tent (Nome; Alaska); Norway; St Michael; The Beaches; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/238

On verso of image: July 4th exercises, Olympia Theatre Tent PH Coll 1239.4 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 man...