Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900

Handwritten on verso: In line waiting their turn at Nome Post Office. PH Coll 492.2 Nome, Alaska is one of the state's oldest cities and was incorporated on April 9, 1901. The city experienced a population boom in 1898 and 1899 when gold was discovered on nearby Anvil Creek. In 1934 Nome suffer...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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Queues > Alaska > Nome
Post offices > Alaska > Nome
Anvil
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2562
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2562 2023-05-15T17:23:54+02:00 Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Nome 3 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. 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. 2008. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2562 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3408 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2562 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 Trip from Nome, Alaska Subject Files. PH Coll 1292 PH Coll 492 Queues--Alaska--Nome Post offices--Alaska--Nome Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Handwritten on verso: In line waiting their turn at Nome Post Office. PH Coll 492.2 Nome, Alaska is one of the state's oldest cities and was incorporated on April 9, 1901. The city experienced a population boom in 1898 and 1899 when gold was discovered on nearby Anvil Creek. In 1934 Nome suffered a disastrous fire and during World War II it was an important stop for planes traveling to Russia for the Lend/Lease program. Today it is known for being the finish spot for the Iditarod sled-dog race. Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Anvil ENVELOPE(-64.267,-64.267,-65.239,-65.239)
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topic Queues--Alaska--Nome
Post offices--Alaska--Nome
spellingShingle Queues--Alaska--Nome
Post offices--Alaska--Nome
Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
topic_facet Queues--Alaska--Nome
Post offices--Alaska--Nome
description Handwritten on verso: In line waiting their turn at Nome Post Office. PH Coll 492.2 Nome, Alaska is one of the state's oldest cities and was incorporated on April 9, 1901. The city experienced a population boom in 1898 and 1899 when gold was discovered on nearby Anvil Creek. In 1934 Nome suffered a disastrous fire and during World War II it was an important stop for planes traveling to Russia for the Lend/Lease program. Today it is known for being the finish spot for the Iditarod sled-dog race.
author2 University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
format Other/Unknown Material
title Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_short Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_fullStr Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full_unstemmed Long line of people in front of post office, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_sort long line of people in front of post office, nome, alaska, circa 1900
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Nome
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Alaska
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Alaska
op_source University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
Trip from Nome, Alaska Subject Files. PH Coll 1292 PH Coll 492
op_relation Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
AWC3408
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2562
op_rights 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
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