Group of people on the beach at Nome, probably waiting to be ferried out to a waiting ship, 1898

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Crowds > Alaska > Nome; Queues > Alaska > Nome; Beaches > Alaska > Nome; 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/246

On verso of image: Nome, 1898 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 southeast. Fur traders and whales from many countries als...