Passengers and freight from arriving steamers on the beach, Nome

• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
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• Subjects: Passengers > Alaska > Nome; Crowds > Alaska > Nome; Equipment and supplies > Alaska > Nome; Freight and freightage > Alaska > Nome; Norway; St Michael; The Beaches; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/494

On verso of image: Freight from S.S. Tacoma, Victoria & Olympia. PH Coll 1239.6 Inupiaq Eskimos camped for centuries in the area around Nome 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...