Passengers including members of the Lomen family on deck of the sailing ship GJOA, Nome, Alaska, September 1, 1906

• Main Author: Lomen, Carl J.
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Sailing ships > Alaska; Passengers > Alaska; Ship equipment & rigging; Gjoa (Ship); Lomen family; Northwest Passage; Three Brothers; The Three Brothers; Nome; Northwest passage; Alaska
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2552

Caption on image: On deck ship "Gjoa." Nome, Alaska. Sep. 1st 1906. Photo by C.J. Lomen. Caption on mount: On board the "Gjoa." Ralph Lomen, lower of the two men in rigging at left. Harry Lomen, standing at left of mast. George Lomen, second of the three men at left. PH Coll 782.11a (See also PH Coll 328.271) Roald Amundsen was the first man to sail through the Northwest Passage. Gjoa was the ship in which he accomplished this journey. The Lomen Brothers photo studio in Nome, Alaska was operated by the three Lomen brothers Carl, Ralph and Alfred. The three brothers were also active in Juneau and were important studio owners because of their collection of glass negatives from other Alaskan photographers.