Nome, Alaska, looking west with the Bering Sea and Front St. at left, ca. 1907
This photograph is made of three panels. The John J. Sesnon Co. and the North American Transportation & Trading Co. can be seen in lower left. The steeple of Old St. Joseph's Church can be seen in the center of the far right panel. Caption on image: The City of Nome Alaska. Goetze. PH Coll...
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ftuwashingtonlib:oai:cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:panoram/20 2023-05-15T15:43:50+02:00 Nome, Alaska, looking west with the Bering Sea and Front St. at left, ca. 1907 Goetze, Otto Daniel University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division United States--Alaska--Nome circa 1907 Silver gelatin, b&w; 7 1/2 x 27 1/4 in. Scanned from a photograph at 400 dpi in TIFF format using a Graphtec CSX300-09, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2010. http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/panoram/id/20 unknown Panoramic Photographs PPC063 University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections, [Order Number or Negative Number] http://cdm16786.contentdm.oclc.org:80/cdm/ref/collection/panoram/id/20 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/ For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Use Permissions page: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/permission-for-use University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections O.D. Goetze photographs. PH Coll 304 Nome (Alaska) Cities & towns--Alaska Wooden buildings--Alaska--Nome Panoramic photograph; image 1907 ftuwashingtonlib 2019-03-16T23:49:40Z This photograph is made of three panels. The John J. Sesnon Co. and the North American Transportation & Trading Co. can be seen in lower left. The steeple of Old St. Joseph's Church can be seen in the center of the far right panel. Caption on image: The City of Nome Alaska. Goetze. PH Coll 304.1 The John J. Sesnon Co. and North American Transportation and Trading Co. were mainly involved in lightering, the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge and a bulker or oil tanker. Lightering is undertaken to reduce a vessel's draft in order to enter port facilities which cannot accept very large ocean-going vessels. Sesnon's cableway for landing freight at Nome was, at the time, the largest cable way of its kind in the world. Originally a Catholic Church, St. Joseph's is the only remaining example of large churches from the gold rush days. It was built in 1901 and its electrically lit cross was used as a beacon for travelers approaching Nome. It was closed in 1945 due to high heating costs and a declining population, and today is used as a multipurpose public building. Other/Unknown Material Bering Sea Nome Alaska University of Washington, Seattle: Digital Collections Bering Sea Steeple ENVELOPE(-57.068,-57.068,-63.427,-63.427) The Steeple ENVELOPE(-67.028,-67.028,-71.632,-71.632) |
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This photograph is made of three panels. The John J. Sesnon Co. and the North American Transportation & Trading Co. can be seen in lower left. The steeple of Old St. Joseph's Church can be seen in the center of the far right panel. Caption on image: The City of Nome Alaska. Goetze. PH Coll 304.1 The John J. Sesnon Co. and North American Transportation and Trading Co. were mainly involved in lightering, the process of transferring cargo between vessels of different sizes, usually between a barge and a bulker or oil tanker. Lightering is undertaken to reduce a vessel's draft in order to enter port facilities which cannot accept very large ocean-going vessels. Sesnon's cableway for landing freight at Nome was, at the time, the largest cable way of its kind in the world. Originally a Catholic Church, St. Joseph's is the only remaining example of large churches from the gold rush days. It was built in 1901 and its electrically lit cross was used as a beacon for travelers approaching Nome. It was closed in 1945 due to high heating costs and a declining population, and today is used as a multipurpose public building. |
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Nome, Alaska, looking west with the Bering Sea and Front St. at left, ca. 1907 |
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Nome, Alaska, looking west with the Bering Sea and Front St. at left, ca. 1907 |
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Nome, Alaska, looking west with the Bering Sea and Front St. at left, ca. 1907 |
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Nome, Alaska, looking west with the Bering Sea and Front St. at left, ca. 1907 |
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Nome, Alaska, looking west with the Bering Sea and Front St. at left, ca. 1907 |
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nome, alaska, looking west with the bering sea and front st. at left, ca. 1907 |
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Bering Sea Steeple The Steeple |
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Bering Sea Steeple The Steeple |
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Bering Sea Nome Alaska |
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