Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905

During the Alaska gold rush, in the early part of the 20th century, Seattle photographer Frank H. Nowell spent several years in the area around Nome, Alaska. He took many photographs of the region and its native inhabitants and sold the photos to tourists and residents alike. In this 1905 photo, Esk...

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Main Author: Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Gold rushes
Women > Domestic life
Fish drying Eskimos > Subsistence activities
eskimo*
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5459
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/5459 2023-05-15T16:06:49+02:00 Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905 Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 Nome (Alaska) Scanned from original negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 700 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS4, JPEG quality measurement 4. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5459 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection 1983.10.13019 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5459 PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection Gold rushes Women--Domestic life Fish drying Eskimos--Subsistence activities photograph; image ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:55:38Z During the Alaska gold rush, in the early part of the 20th century, Seattle photographer Frank H. Nowell spent several years in the area around Nome, Alaska. He took many photographs of the region and its native inhabitants and sold the photos to tourists and residents alike. In this 1905 photo, Eskimo women and girls sit on the sand, stringing tom cod, a small fish. They will dry the fish to eat later in the year. Full title: stringing tom cod on Sand Spit, Nome, Alaska, Sept. 5, 1905. Copied by Webster & Stevens 1 negative: glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in. Other/Unknown Material eskimo* Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
institution Open Polar
collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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language unknown
topic Gold rushes
Women--Domestic life
Fish drying Eskimos--Subsistence activities
spellingShingle Gold rushes
Women--Domestic life
Fish drying Eskimos--Subsistence activities
Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905
topic_facet Gold rushes
Women--Domestic life
Fish drying Eskimos--Subsistence activities
description During the Alaska gold rush, in the early part of the 20th century, Seattle photographer Frank H. Nowell spent several years in the area around Nome, Alaska. He took many photographs of the region and its native inhabitants and sold the photos to tourists and residents alike. In this 1905 photo, Eskimo women and girls sit on the sand, stringing tom cod, a small fish. They will dry the fish to eat later in the year. Full title: stringing tom cod on Sand Spit, Nome, Alaska, Sept. 5, 1905. Copied by Webster & Stevens 1 negative: glass, b&w; 8 x 10 in.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
author_facet Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
author_sort Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950
title Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905
title_short Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905
title_full Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905
title_fullStr Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905
title_full_unstemmed Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905
title_sort eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, nome, september 5, 1905
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5459
op_coverage Nome (Alaska)
genre eskimo*
Nome
Alaska
genre_facet eskimo*
Nome
Alaska
op_source Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection
op_relation Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
1983.10.13019
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/5459
op_rights PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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