Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902

In 1898, serious problems with claim jumping in Nome led to anger and violence. At this time, Nome had no civil government, and gold mining claims had to be registered in St. Michael, over 120 miles away. With the 1899 discovery of gold in Nome beach sand, a commissioner was appointed to register cl...

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Subjects:
Gold rushes
Government facilities
Log cabins
Snow
Women
United States Commissioner > Buildings
St Michael
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7254
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7254 2023-05-15T17:23:56+02:00 Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902 Unknown Nome (Alaska) Scanned from original photograph using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 24-bit RGB color, 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/7254 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs4406 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7254 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Gold rushes Government facilities Log cabins Snow Women United States Commissioner--Buildings image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:21Z In 1898, serious problems with claim jumping in Nome led to anger and violence. At this time, Nome had no civil government, and gold mining claims had to be registered in St. Michael, over 120 miles away. With the 1899 discovery of gold in Nome beach sand, a commissioner was appointed to register claims in Nome. The city's first government was set up at the same time. This photo, taken between 1899 and 1906, shows the log office building of the U.S. Commissioner in Nome. Mine owners came here to register their claims. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 15 x 20 cm. Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections St Michael ENVELOPE(58.492,58.492,-67.195,-67.195)
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collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Gold rushes
Government facilities
Log cabins
Snow
Women
United States Commissioner--Buildings
spellingShingle Gold rushes
Government facilities
Log cabins
Snow
Women
United States Commissioner--Buildings
Unknown
Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902
topic_facet Gold rushes
Government facilities
Log cabins
Snow
Women
United States Commissioner--Buildings
description In 1898, serious problems with claim jumping in Nome led to anger and violence. At this time, Nome had no civil government, and gold mining claims had to be registered in St. Michael, over 120 miles away. With the 1899 discovery of gold in Nome beach sand, a commissioner was appointed to register claims in Nome. The city's first government was set up at the same time. This photo, taken between 1899 and 1906, shows the log office building of the U.S. Commissioner in Nome. Mine owners came here to register their claims. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 15 x 20 cm.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Unknown
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author_sort Unknown
title Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902
title_short Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902
title_full Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902
title_fullStr Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902
title_full_unstemmed Recording office of the U.S. Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1902
title_sort recording office of the u.s. commissioner, nome, alaska, ca. 1902
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7254
op_coverage Nome (Alaska)
long_lat ENVELOPE(58.492,58.492,-67.195,-67.195)
geographic St Michael
geographic_facet St Michael
genre Nome
Alaska
genre_facet Nome
Alaska
op_source Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI)
Seattle Historical Society Collection
op_relation Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection
shs4406
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7254
op_rights Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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