Carstens Bros & Dashley Meat Market employees outside store, Nome, October 1908 (MOHAI 13042)

In 1890 German emigrant Julius August Carstens (1873-1949) arrived in Seattle with his brothers, Thomas and William. Together they founded the Carstens Brothers Meat Markets, later expanding the business into meat packing.
In this image employees of the Carstens Brothers and Dashley Meat Market pose outside the shop in Nome, Alaska. In 1899 the brothers had expanded their business north to capitalize on the onset of the Yukon gold rush. Julius and his family moved to Nome, Alaska, bringing along 40 head of cattle. They later returned to Seattle and Julius founded Carstens Fuel Company on Queen Anne Hill.
Handwritten on image: Nowell. Carstens Bros. & Dashley Meat Market. Nome, Alaska. Oct. 1908

Caption information source: "Julius Carstens, Meat and Fuel Dealer, Dies," The Seattle Times, April 13, 1949, p. 25.
Caption information source: Harrison, E. S. 1905. Nome and Seward Peninsula: a book of information about northwestern Alaska. Nome, AK: pp. 320.
Subjects (LCTGM): Aprons--Alaska--Nome; Butchers--Alaska--Nome; Butcher shops--Alaska--Nome; Meat