Snow covered dwellings in winter, Nome

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Snow > Alaska > Nome; Dwellings > Alaska > Nome; Nome (Alaska) > Buildings; structures; etc; Norway; St Michael; The Beaches; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/241

On verso of image: Nome, the first winter of its discovery. A most rare picture. Filed in Alaska--Cities--Nome 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 southe...