Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900

Handwritten on verso: A portion of Nome beach, showing customs house and barrack in rear. PH Coll 492.19 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...

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Wooden buildings > Alaska > Nome
Boats > Alaska > Nome
Nome (Alaska) > Buildings
structures
etc
Anvil
Nome
Alaska
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:alaskawcanada/2576 2023-05-15T17:23:54+02:00 Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, 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/2576 unknown Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection AWC3422 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2576 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 Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome Boats--Alaska--Nome Nome (Alaska)--Buildings structures etc Photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:03:43Z Handwritten on verso: A portion of Nome beach, showing customs house and barrack in rear. PH Coll 492.19 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 Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome
Boats--Alaska--Nome
Nome (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
spellingShingle Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome
Boats--Alaska--Nome
Nome (Alaska)--Buildings
structures
etc
Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900
topic_facet Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome
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structures
etc
description Handwritten on verso: A portion of Nome beach, showing customs house and barrack in rear. PH Coll 492.19 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
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title Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900
title_short Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900
title_full Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900
title_fullStr Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900
title_full_unstemmed Nome, Alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900
title_sort nome, alaska as seen from the water, circa 1900
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op_coverage United States--Alaska--Nome
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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
AWC3422
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/2576
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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