Fourth of July celebration on Front Street, Nome, circa 1906

• Main Author: Dobbs, B. B. (Beverly Bennett)
• Other Authors: University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Subjects: Fourth of July celebrations > Alaska > Nome; Parades & processions > Alaska > Nome; Streets > Alaska > Nome; Flags > Alaska > Nome; Front Street (Nome; Alaska); Tortoni Restaurant (Nome; Alaska); Nome (Alaska) > Buildings; structures; etc.; Norway; St Michael; The Beaches; eskimo*; Inupiaq; Nome; Alaska; Lapland
• Online Access: http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/alaskawcanada/id/50

Caption on image: 4th of July at Nome. Dobbs Photo 55. PH Coll 323.50 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 cou...