Street scene in Nome, Alaska, showing signs for W.F. Howe & Company Stoves, Tortoni Restaurant, and the The Sideboard, circa 1900

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Business enterprises > Alaska > Nome; Restaurants > Alaska > Nome; Streets > Alaska > Nome; Crowds > Alaska > Nome; W.F. Howe & Company (Nome; Alaska); Tortoni Restaurant (Nome; Nome (Alaska) > Buildings; structures; etc; Norway; The Beaches; St Michael; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
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Filed in Alaska--Cities--Nome William F. Howe was born in 1852 in Pennsylvania. In 1910, he was living in Cordova and his occupation was listed as tinsmith. [Source: U.S. Census] Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the Nome area before Russia claimed Alaska as its own. In the 18th century, Russi...