Gold mining sluices on the beach, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900

Handwritten on verso: View of beach looking west from cemetery. PH Coll 492.9 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 d...

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Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division
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Gold miners > Alaska > Nome
Mining camps > Alaska > Nome
Tents > Alaska > Nome
Beaches > Alaska > Nome
Sluices
Gold mines and mining > Alaska > Nome
Anvil
Nome
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2568 2023-05-15T17:23:53+02:00 Gold mining sluices on the beach, 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/2568 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3414 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2568 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 Gold miners--Alaska--Nome Mining camps--Alaska--Nome Tents--Alaska--Nome Beaches--Alaska--Nome Sluices Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Nome Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Handwritten on verso: View of beach looking west from cemetery. PH Coll 492.9 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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collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Gold miners--Alaska--Nome
Mining camps--Alaska--Nome
Tents--Alaska--Nome
Beaches--Alaska--Nome
Sluices
Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Nome
spellingShingle Gold miners--Alaska--Nome
Mining camps--Alaska--Nome
Tents--Alaska--Nome
Beaches--Alaska--Nome
Sluices
Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Nome
Gold mining sluices on the beach, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
topic_facet Gold miners--Alaska--Nome
Mining camps--Alaska--Nome
Tents--Alaska--Nome
Beaches--Alaska--Nome
Sluices
Gold mines and mining--Alaska--Nome
description Handwritten on verso: View of beach looking west from cemetery. PH Coll 492.9 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 Gold mining sluices on the beach, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_short Gold mining sluices on the beach, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full Gold mining sluices on the beach, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_fullStr Gold mining sluices on the beach, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_full_unstemmed Gold mining sluices on the beach, Nome, Alaska, circa 1900
title_sort gold mining sluices on the beach, nome, alaska, circa 1900
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Nome
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Alaska
genre_facet Nome
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
AWC3414
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2568
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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