Tents and boats on Nome beach, August 1898

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• Subjects: Tents > Alaska > Nome; Boats > Alaska > Nome; Beaches > Alaska > Nome; Nome (Alaska); Norway; The Beaches; St Michael; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/282

Caption on image: Nome, Aug. 98 PH Coll 1154.18 Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the Nome area before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russians established a settlement at St. Michael, 125 miles to the southeast. Fur traders and whales from many countries also worked the...