Children and teachers outside of school building, Nome, May 14, 1940

• Main Author: Jacobs, Curtis
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: School children > Alaska > Nome; Teachers > Alaska > Nome; Schools > Alaska > Nome; Group portraits; School buildings > Alaska > Nome; Norway; The Beaches; St Michael; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/285

On verso of image: Curtis Jacobs, Nome, Alaska, May 14, 1940 PH Coll 334.Jacobs, C. 1 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 whal...