Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903

During the Klondike and Nome gold rushes, many people killed ptarmigan and other small game for food. In some areas, they depleted the game animals which the native people of the region depended upon, causing poverty and starvation. This photo shows a group of Nome hunters, a hunting dog, and their...

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Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Dogs
Gold rushes
Hunting
Sod buildings
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7259
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7259 2023-05-15T17:23:59+02:00 Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903 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/7259 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs4579 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7259 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Dogs Gold rushes Hunting Sod buildings image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:21Z During the Klondike and Nome gold rushes, many people killed ptarmigan and other small game for food. In some areas, they depleted the game animals which the native people of the region depended upon, causing poverty and starvation. This photo shows a group of Nome hunters, a hunting dog, and their catch of ptarmigan. They are resting in front of a sod-covered building. The photo was probably taken sometime between 1899 and 1906. The thick sod would have insulated the inside of the building from the bitter cold. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 18 x 23 cm. Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
institution Open Polar
collection University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Dogs
Gold rushes
Hunting
Sod buildings
spellingShingle Dogs
Gold rushes
Hunting
Sod buildings
Unknown
Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903
topic_facet Dogs
Gold rushes
Hunting
Sod buildings
description During the Klondike and Nome gold rushes, many people killed ptarmigan and other small game for food. In some areas, they depleted the game animals which the native people of the region depended upon, causing poverty and starvation. This photo shows a group of Nome hunters, a hunting dog, and their catch of ptarmigan. They are resting in front of a sod-covered building. The photo was probably taken sometime between 1899 and 1906. The thick sod would have insulated the inside of the building from the bitter cold. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 18 x 23 cm.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Unknown
author_facet Unknown
author_sort Unknown
title Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903
title_short Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903
title_full Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903
title_fullStr Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903
title_full_unstemmed Game bird hunters at Nome, ca. 1903
title_sort game bird hunters at nome, ca. 1903
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7259
op_coverage Nome (Alaska)
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
shs4579
http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7259
op_rights Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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