Northwest History. Alaska. Fires.

Flames Destroy Famous Gold Town. FLAMES DESTROY FAMOUS GOLD TOWN -- This is the first Photograph showing the flames actually burning Nome, Alaska, September 17. It was taken by A. C. Grabbert, Kelso, Wash., a dentist who had gone to the famous gold city to prospect during the summer. He had to run s...

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spelling ftwashstatelib:oai:content.libraries.wsu.edu:clipping/90992 2023-05-15T14:51:31+02:00 Northwest History. Alaska. Fires. Spokesman Review 1939-10-03 Flames Destroy Famous Gold Town. 1939-10-03 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90992 English eng nwh-sh-8-16-40 http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/90992 http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0 Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information. Northwest History. Alaska. Box 8 gold town flames Nome Alaska A. C. Grabbert Kelso Wash. the Arctic beach Golden Gate hotel Northwest Pacific -- History -- 20th century Text Clippings 1939 ftwashstatelib 2021-07-26T19:18:23Z Flames Destroy Famous Gold Town. FLAMES DESTROY FAMOUS GOLD TOWN -- This is the first Photograph showing the flames actually burning Nome, Alaska, September 17. It was taken by A. C. Grabbert, Kelso, Wash., a dentist who had gone to the famous gold city to prospect during the summer. He had to run seven miles up the Arctic beach to make the pictures. All of his personal effects were burned in the Golden Gate hotel, where the fire started. The photo shows the flames eating at two buildings on the right. Text Arctic Nome Alaska Washington State University: WSU Libraries Digital Collections Arctic Golden Gate ENVELOPE(-134.237,-134.237,59.616,59.616) Pacific
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Golden Gate hotel
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description Flames Destroy Famous Gold Town. FLAMES DESTROY FAMOUS GOLD TOWN -- This is the first Photograph showing the flames actually burning Nome, Alaska, September 17. It was taken by A. C. Grabbert, Kelso, Wash., a dentist who had gone to the famous gold city to prospect during the summer. He had to run seven miles up the Arctic beach to make the pictures. All of his personal effects were burned in the Golden Gate hotel, where the fire started. The photo shows the flames eating at two buildings on the right.
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Copyright not evaluated. Contact original newspaper publisher for copyright information.
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