Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900

In November 1899, Nome businesses included twelve general stores, three fruit and cigar stores, two meat markets, and a candy store. The population was growing as people in Dawson and elsewhere heard about the Nome gold strikes and headed west to seek their fortunes. This summertime photo, taken aro...

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Subjects:
Business districts
Dogs
Gold rushes
Grocery stores
Nome
Alaska
Online Access:http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7261
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spelling ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:imlsmohai/7261 2023-05-15T17:23:58+02:00 Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900 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/7261 unknown Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection shs4655 http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7261 Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) Seattle Historical Society Collection Business districts Dogs Gold rushes Grocery stores image; photograph ftuwashingtonlib 2017-12-31T14:56:21Z In November 1899, Nome businesses included twelve general stores, three fruit and cigar stores, two meat markets, and a candy store. The population was growing as people in Dawson and elsewhere heard about the Nome gold strikes and headed west to seek their fortunes. This summertime photo, taken around 1900, shows a Nome grocery store. Its stock includes fruits, vegetables, canned goods, gasoline, and quicksilver. Quicksilver (mercury) is used in the gold extraction process. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 15 x 20 cm. Other/Unknown Material Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections
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topic Business districts
Dogs
Gold rushes
Grocery stores
spellingShingle Business districts
Dogs
Gold rushes
Grocery stores
Unknown
Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900
topic_facet Business districts
Dogs
Gold rushes
Grocery stores
description In November 1899, Nome businesses included twelve general stores, three fruit and cigar stores, two meat markets, and a candy store. The population was growing as people in Dawson and elsewhere heard about the Nome gold strikes and headed west to seek their fortunes. This summertime photo, taken around 1900, shows a Nome grocery store. Its stock includes fruits, vegetables, canned goods, gasoline, and quicksilver. Quicksilver (mercury) is used in the gold extraction process. 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard : gelatin, b&w; 15 x 20 cm.
format Other/Unknown Material
author Unknown
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title Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900
title_short Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900
title_full Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900
title_fullStr Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900
title_full_unstemmed Grocery store in Nome, ca. 1900
title_sort grocery store in nome, ca. 1900
url http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/imlsmohai/id/7261
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
shs4655
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op_rights Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved
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