Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900

Handwritten on verso: A group of miners. Knute with his hands in his pockets. PH Coll 492.5 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 Nom...

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Miners > Alaska > Nome
Mining equipment
Shovels
Anvil
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2565
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2565 2023-05-15T17:23:55+02:00 Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, 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/2565 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3411 UW23301z http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2565 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 Miners--Alaska--Nome Mining equipment Shovels Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Handwritten on verso: A group of miners. Knute with his hands in his pockets. PH Coll 492.5 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 Miners--Alaska--Nome
Mining equipment
Shovels
spellingShingle Miners--Alaska--Nome
Mining equipment
Shovels
Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
topic_facet Miners--Alaska--Nome
Mining equipment
Shovels
description Handwritten on verso: A group of miners. Knute with his hands in his pockets. PH Coll 492.5 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 Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_short Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_fullStr Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full_unstemmed Six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_sort six miners standing with shovels and mining equipment, 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
AWC3411
UW23301z
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2565
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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