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Cabin on Milton McCloskey's ranch. Up Animas Valley, Durango, Colo. Sept. 1892, F.E.D.M.; Animas City, 1892, "Up the Valley from Durango"; Milton's Bachelor's Hall at Animas City (before the R.R. built Durango and ruined Animas); Mountain cabin, a few miles from Durango, vacation view, Mabel McCloskey, Downs hidden by armful of flowers, Fan Barbour, Reese McCloskey.

Cabin on Milton McCloskey's ranch. Up Animas Valley, Durango, Colo. Se...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Beach torn up by miners, 4 miles from Nome; "One of the patent machines"; Two men who made thousands with their plant; Sluice,"There were others".

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Beach torn up...

Pagosa Hot Springs, 45 ft by 75 ft. Largest boiling springs in world. Steam shows; Tame cinnamon bear enjoys hot water at Pagosa; A ghost; In the plunge at Pagosa, in the dense steam, taken by flashlight, three people (Mabel, Downs, Nettie)

Pagosa Hot Springs, 45 ft by 75 ft. Largest boiling springs in world. ...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Boat in trough of sea. Olympia's hold; Ice floating in Behring Sea; Iceberg; Deck of Olympia

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Boat in troug...

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[View of town], Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

[View of town], Alaska - Frank G. Carpenter collection

Title transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Sluice; Boats and dredge building on beach. Washed away by Sept. storm; Hand machine for washing sand; Esquimaux.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Sluice; Boats...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Reflections in mud, Front St.; Nome street, Front; Temporary barracks; Another view of barracks.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Reflections i...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Looking down Snake River from Nome. Boat hotel; Looking up Snake River; Looking across Snake River to "Spit". Nome this side; Looking east down Snake River, "Spit" on the right.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Looking down ...

A black and white photo of a river with a small boat in the foreground. Photographs of the port of san francisco. Public domain postcard scan.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Front Street; Boat hotel in Snake River. Taken at Nome, midnight June 21, 1900; Ships before Nome. There is no harbor, all supplies coming ashore on lighters. 1 to 1½ miles out; Beach and sea.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Front Street;...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Nearest smoke is Frank's camp; Frank's camp, large tent 34 ft. long, "Tired" miner with shovel and pan at company's well, on tundra; Frank's camp; Frank's camp and sluice; Frank's sluice, looking toward sand.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Nearest smoke...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Unloading on beach; Unloading on beach; Frank's first camp, with Frank at left of crowd in middle distance. Waiting for supplies. Miner "panning" in front. Tent, stove, box, etc. Camp going up; "We" & Idaho men.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Unloading on ...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Cemetery at Nome. Two men digging grave. Found ice at 10 inches below surface; Anvil Rock, from which Anvil Creek was named. The Anvil is perhaps 20 ft. high, 15 ft. wide, 30 ft. long; Near Discovery Claim, looking south-west. Placer Claim, No. 1, Anvil Creek, 6 miles from Nome. Where gold was first discovered. Rich Claim, noted.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Cemetery at N...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Sod house, edge of tundra near Nome; Plants on beach, long pipe, engine; Wave; Two women miners on beach at Nome, Summer 1900. One in pit shovelling.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Sod house, ed...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: The old world from the new; Bering Sea and Siberia, from Nome, Alaska; Across Bering Sea on an especially clear day, Siberia can be faintly seen (once or twice during summer); Effects of storm, "cold feet", going home, boarding of lighter for ship, Sept. 1900; "I'll leave my happy Nome for you".

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: The old world...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Dog team; Dog team; Push-cart for transporting the "ruby sand". Man "rocking" on beach. Distant Mts, tents; Transportation. Only engine (locomotive) at Nome, Summer, 1900.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Dog team; Dog...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Dutch Harbor, taken from old Russian military cemetery looking north to two settlements, one back of hills. Large flat-bottomed boat being built for Yukon River; Dutch Harbor; Dutch Harbor. Olympia and other ships taking water and supplies. Olympia could not get through ice 600 miles north and had to put back here for water; Dutch Harbor (?) view.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Dutch Harbor,...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Front Street, Nome. Parallel with beach and 2 or 3 miles long; Midnight. June 21, 1900. Nome street; Street scene - Front; Nome mud. After the thaw began horses would sink to the body in mud. Shows beginning of plank road, 1900.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Front Street,...

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Durango, Col., Fall 1900: Frank with Downs McCloskey, Mabel. Third Avenue; Durango, Mabel's sitting room, 1900; Mabel's dining room; Mable in her sitting room, Reese holding Downs.

Durango, Col., Fall 1900: Frank with Downs McCloskey, Mabel. Third Ave...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Seattle, looking toward harbor and wharves; Seattle, combination car; Seattle, cable [bob car] for up hill; Seattle, car starting up grade.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Seattle, look...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Pomeroy, Muzzy, Friedel, Buckingham, Downs. On the Olympia, Behring Sea. May 1900; Horses on the Olympia; Same old crowd; A wave. Cattle on the Olympia.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Pomeroy, Muzz...

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Tabernacle, Salt Lake City; Temple, Salt Lake City, 1900; Rico, Colorado, Oct 1900; Indians sitting on log, at Fair, Durango, Colorado, Oct. 1900, Frank, Nettie and Buckingham at Durango, Colo., at the park.

Tabernacle, Salt Lake City; Temple, Salt Lake City, 1900; Rico, Colora...

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Durango, 1900: Downs and Percy. "Cause we love each other so"; Downs and Percy in McCloskey's back yard, sand pile, "Capt. Kidd", a relic, hanging from fence; Pagosa, Colorado, 1900: Near Pagosa Hot Springs, the white is a mineral crust. Below Downs' feet is boiling water. Misty look is steam. Nettie, Reese, Mabel, Downs, Frank.

Durango, 1900: Downs and Percy. "Cause we love each other so"; Downs a...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Front Street, after storm, where houses were carried across street by surf; Wrecks in front of Nome; Pumping plant, before and after storm; Frank's camp near windmill.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Front Street,...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Torn up by miners; Gasolene plant, made money. Beach before washing; Carrying sand to partner, who is rocking; All the comforts of home.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Torn up by mi...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Barge "Skookum" beached by Sept. storm. The Skookum carried one and one half million feet of lumber, over six hundred head of livestock, and a lot of passengers, to Nome; In front of Nome, after storm. Skookum in distance. Sept. 1900; Rear of Front Street, Nome after Sept. storm of 1900, the same lighter, on beach, appears in these three pictures (?); Remains of gasolene plant, Sept. 1900.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Barge "Skooku...

A black and white photo of a boat on a beach. A collage of photographs of boats and people. Public domain postcard scan.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Esquimaux kids watching bags of flour; Esquimaux skin-boats pushing off from shore; Esquimaux skin-boat. Contrast with ships in distance; Esquimaux skin-boat; Esquimaux kids at play.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Esquimaux kid...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Transportation, pack horses; Beach scene, dog team. Another method of transportation; Expressman. Frank's camp, distant mountain; Man-power, dog team.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Transportatio...

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Map of Cape Nome and Golovin [sic] Bay

Map of Cape Nome and Golovin [sic] Bay

Map of Cape Nome and Golovnin Bay Courtesy of Boston Public Library

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Dutch Harbor (?), men near boulder, at right; Olympia approaching Nome, the disembarking; Unloading on beach at Nome. Loaded lighter in distance; Crowded to water's edge.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Dutch Harbor ...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: On the Spit, after storm, smaller wreck protected by larger; This schooner was driven ashore, June 1900. Also smaller boats at right. Note guy ropes to shore, June storm 1900; Lighter washed up by storm. Wrecked lumber pile; tug cast ashore in Sept. storm. The lighter coming in is the only one that outrode gale, being held by anchored steamer, three miles out. About 100 lighters got away.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: On the Spit, ...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Wrecks of steamer and dredge building on beach, when crushed together by September storm; After Sept. storm, lumber, boats, small tents, "cold feet"; Remains of a plant after a bout with Bering Sea; This schooner driven ashore, lumber piles, etc.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Wrecks of ste...

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Mr. Buckingham with Eph's wife, Elsie Downs, and two children, at Sutter, 1900; Uncle Rob's "Oneida" gold mine, Sutter, Cal., 1900; Same mine; Same, Frank descended 2000 feet into this mine.

Mr. Buckingham with Eph's wife, Elsie Downs, and two children, at Sutt...

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Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: For theft of this totem pole the Seattle govt. had to pay over $5000.00 damage to the Natives, totem pole; Seattle looking toward Puget Sound. Land in distance is peninsula between sound and ocean, showing wharf from which Frank sailed on Olympia to Nome - May 23, 1900; Seattle Harbor, as above; Distant boat starting for Nome. Frank's boat, the Olympia, near pier.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: For theft of ...

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Map of Cape Nome and adjacent mining dists

Map of Cape Nome and adjacent mining dists

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Same. Cabin door, Downs with his flowers, back of tree stump; Stream near cabin coming from a gulch. Downs taking a drink of Adam's Ale. Fan standing, Mabel at right, Reese between; Downs, "Good night"; "Good morning".

Same. Cabin door, Downs with his flowers, back of tree stump; Stream n...

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Salt Lake City, Brigham Young's house center of picture, on corner of street. Mormon College; Salt Lake City, Brigham Young's house and Eagle Gate (see eagle 2/3 way up picture); "Amelia House", residence of B's favorite wife; Tabernacle and Temple, Salt Lake City.

Salt Lake City, Brigham Young's house center of picture, on corner of ...

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Near entrance to New Mexican cave. Frank is sitting on the stalagmite a little at left. Three figures in view, Frank; N. Mex. rocks in Dark Cañon; Spring Lake and distant ranch. Rheinboldt and "Grover"; Dark Cañon, New Mexico. Stream runs four miles and then sinks into earth, near Frank's farm.

Near entrance to New Mexican cave. Frank is sitting on the stalagmite ...

Dark Cañon stream, New Mexico; N.M. mts., boulder, ranch, horses, man, etc.; Ranch, N.M. top of Gaudaloupe, orchard behind house, cleared spot around. Morgan Livingstone's ranch; The "Rush" ranch, New Mexico, called Geyser Springs Ranch. Irrigation ditch.

Dark Cañon stream, New Mexico; N.M. mts., boulder, ranch, horses, man,...

Tom Livingstone's Ranch near Frank's farm in Guadaloupe Mts., N.M.; Capt. Shattuck's ranch, top of Guadaloupe; Dark Cañon. New Mexican pebbles, stream runs four miles and then sinks into the earth (over); Guadaloupe Mts., New Mexico, typical rock formation, lime and sandstone bluff near Frank's house on ranch; See same on opposite page.

Tom Livingstone's Ranch near Frank's farm in Guadaloupe Mts., N.M.; Ca...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Esquimaux camp, Buckingham on right, note open mouth near left; Same group, man with fish; Esquimaux woman hustling child so it will not be photographed (superstitious). Fish drying on poles in the rear; Esquimaux camp.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Esquimaux cam...

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Inscription on inside cover: Florence E. D. Muzzy, Bristol, Connecticut; Book made 1903-04.

Inscription on inside cover: Florence E. D. Muzzy, Bristol, Connecticu...

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Frank's sluice looking toward sea; Tent and logs, windmill etc. Frank was near here; Interior of camp, looking East toward bunks of Friedel, Muzzy, and Pomeroy; Interior of camp looking West, toward Buckingham and Downs' cots. Frank's home-made bread just from oven, on table.

Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900: Frank's sluic...

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Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Mrs. Denise Michels gives a presentation during a dinner held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Nov. 27, 2012. Michels was invited by the Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy as the first... More

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gene Brooks gives a presentation at a dinner held at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Nov. 27, 2012. Brooks, Senior Director, Technical Organization of Maers... More

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Mrs. Denise Michels proudly displays a replica of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle that she received after a presentation at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Nov. 27, 2012. Michels was invited b... More

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadets pose for a photo with Mrs. Denise Michels and U.S. Coast Guard Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Sandra Stosz after a dinner presentation at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New Lo... More

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

Center for Maritime Policy and Strategy

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Superintendent Rear Adm. Sandra Stosz talks with Mrs. Denise Michels and retired U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Gene Brooks at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Nov. 27, 20... More

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum and Lt. Cmdr. Jason

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum and Lt. Cmdr. Jason

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum and Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle speak to gold dredgers during a town hall meeting in Nome, Alaska, June 11, 2014. Buchsbaum is the chief of marine inspection division from Sector A... More

Photographs from Frank Teeter, Durango, Colorado: Ranch, New Mexico; Mines near Cumberland Peak, S.W. Colorado. Where F.E.D.M., Marguerite, Adrienne, in care of Reese and Mabel, spent night at miner's cabin, Aug. 1892. Climbed peak next day, nearly as high as Pike's Peak. Mr. Teeter supt. of mines, presented this group of pictures, marked T., same place above; To the gold diggings.

Photographs from Frank Teeter, Durango, Colorado: Ranch, New Mexico; M...

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Frank wishes he was on the other side, Geyser Springs; Marooned, in the mountains; Happy Frank in the Guadaloupe Mountains; Treasure seeking.

Frank wishes he was on the other side, Geyser Springs; Marooned, in th...

Geyser Springs Ranch, Stanley, hound, Miss Rush (Lucy); Dolph Shattuck and his pony in the backyard of Downs' ranch, Dark Cañon Farm, Guadaloupe Mts., New Mex.; At the McLenathen's home, New Mex. Tom McL. on horse, Rob Love at head, Mrs. McLenathen on right, "Marie" on steps; At Geyser Springs - Miss Rush, Mrs. Rush, waterwheel, firing from hammock, New Mexico 1898.

Geyser Springs Ranch, Stanley, hound, Miss Rush (Lucy); Dolph Shattuck...

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Oklahoma Ranch, the Barret's; Oklahoma; Group at the Oklahoma Ranch of Henry Frass; Oklahoma school, 1898, stove, two back rows, or more, with desk. Front, only benches.

Oklahoma Ranch, the Barret's; Oklahoma; Group at the Oklahoma Ranch of...

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A quiet hour; High lights, Geyser Spring Falls; Mrs. Riddick with Peggy and Patsy, wading at Geyser Springs, 1898, "don't go near the water"; Same, the happiest days in life.

A quiet hour; High lights, Geyser Spring Falls; Mrs. Riddick with Pegg...

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Views, near Eddy, now Carlsbad, New Mexico: The "Rush children" at ranch, dog in front, fowl in distance; Rush family, younger members; "A thorn" etc. Frank in clover, at the Rush ranch, New Mexico; Lucy and Evelyn Rush at home; Part of camping party in N.M., at the ranch, Frank was one of the crowd.

Views, near Eddy, now Carlsbad, New Mexico: The "Rush children" at ran...

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"Moving" street scene; Patio of "Grand Hotel of the Cave", two dogs, interior court of hotel at Sante Rosalia, Mexico, dining room sign; After the ball, 6 a.m., hotel at Santa Rosalia, Mex.; Types, Mexican family and home near Eddy, N.M., note house drappery and "baby buggy", 1898.

"Moving" street scene; Patio of "Grand Hotel of the Cave", two dogs, i...

Kinney, 1899: Shore of Mount Desert, Atlantic Ocean; Shore of Mt. Desert, F.E.D.M. as Robinson Crusoe, Cathedral Rocks, Islesford lies a few miles away; Day's trip on steamer from Islesford.

Kinney, 1899: Shore of Mount Desert, Atlantic Ocean; Shore of Mt. Dese...

Two pages sent by Mrs. Sara T. Kinney from New Haven, after her trip in Holland, and to the Paris Exposition, 1900: Canal, Leiden, Germany; Vineyards opposite Bingen on the Rhine; From Delft to Rotterdam; The wood at the Haag; Scheveningen, Holland.

Two pages sent by Mrs. Sara T. Kinney from New Haven, after her trip i...

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[Photographs from Frank Teeter, Durango, Colorado]: The courting. The girl is called a "Cyotta"; Cherubs; "Poe-wan-ne-missie"; Matador's thrust of sword, killing the bull. From Frank Downs.

[Photographs from Frank Teeter, Durango, Colorado]: The courting. The ...

Dark Cañon; "German Carp" in Rheinboldt's Lake, thousands of fish in solid mass, from surface to bottom, swimming at end and side of boat; "A thorn" etc.; Geyser Springs Ranch.

Dark Cañon; "German Carp" in Rheinboldt's Lake, thousands of fish in s...

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Dr. Rand and pups, at Higgins, Texas. Saloon in distance with cowboy and pony; Angoras, Schermayer and goats "at home"; Mexican hut at R.R. station on Tampico branch, Mexican Central; From car window, New Mexico. The International R.R.

Dr. Rand and pups, at Higgins, Texas. Saloon in distance with cowboy a...

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"Capt. Shad", (hired girl), kids, (Mrs. Thayer Thayer), (Texans in New Mexico, table, organ in corner behind drapery, bed); Same family; Texan types; Oklahoma Ranch, log cabin with grass growing on roof.

"Capt. Shad", (hired girl), kids, (Mrs. Thayer Thayer), (Texans in New...

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Texas family in Guadaloupe Mts., N.M.; Kid's parent, ornaments to veranda, kid, Oklahoma; Clara Barret, at the Oklahoma Ranch with her dog and cat; Clara Barret among the morning glories, Oklahoma.

Texas family in Guadaloupe Mts., N.M.; Kid's parent, ornaments to vera...

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Dick and Sims; Cattle, Oklahoma; Blue Springs, a typical New Mexico spring, 25 or 30 ft across, and a river from the start; Ranch cattle, New Mexico; At Geyser Springs; Method of yoking oxen.

Dick and Sims; Cattle, Oklahoma; Blue Springs, a typical New Mexico sp...

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Santiago, Mexico. Mexicans bathing and washing clothes in river; Cattle feeding, Oklahoma; Rush parlor, Lucy F. Rush at piano, Mrs. Rush, Stanley R.; Fred Schermayer at "headwaters" where Dark Cañon stream rises. Schermayer's ranch.

Santiago, Mexico. Mexicans bathing and washing clothes in river; Cattl...

Band of beggar musicians, Mexico; Near cars, Mex. Cent. R.R.; Mexico; Ancient Mexican bridge.

Band of beggar musicians, Mexico; Near cars, Mex. Cent. R.R.; Mexico; ...

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A halt, "Star" and "Don" dining at Blue Spring; Cactus century plant. Rush girls and pet "Tom", Geyser Springs Ranch; Geyser Springs, Edgar Knowles, Miss Lucy Rush in riding habit, Stanley Rush on horseback; Miss Rush, French coach horse.

A halt, "Star" and "Don" dining at Blue Spring; Cactus century plant. ...

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Geyser Springs Ranch; Reflections, headwaters of Geyser Springs; Scrubby foot-hill and rocks; Palms in the tropics (upside down), Raton Mts. Mex.

Geyser Springs Ranch; Reflections, headwaters of Geyser Springs; Scrub...

We three" Mules, Kit and Pete. Downs ranch, Guadaloupe Mts., New Mexico; Horses ridden and driven by Frank Downs in Guadaloupe Mts., New Mexico for many years. And others, Pete, Don, Star, Kit; Horses in corral at Frank's farm. House and stone chimney at top left; Rush boy (Stanley), burros, note size, as compared with boy, Geyser Spring Ranch.

We three" Mules, Kit and Pete. Downs ranch, Guadaloupe Mts., New Mexic...

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Not idolatry, just taking a drink from Geyser Spring; Stone building, doors on right; Camp in McKittrick Cañon.

Not idolatry, just taking a drink from Geyser Spring; Stone building, ...

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle, a marine inspector

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle, a marine inspector

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle, a marine inspector from Coast Guard 17th District in Juneau, Alaska, inspects a fire extinguisher aboard the AU Grabber gold dredge vessel in Nome June 12, 2014. Boyle and two... More

Jamie Michaels presents vessel documentations to Lt.

Jamie Michaels presents vessel documentations to Lt.

Jamie Michaels presents vessel documentations to Lt. Brierley Ostrander aboard the 120-foot Myrtle Irene gold dredging vessel during a voluntary vessel exam in Nome, Alaska, June 12, 2014. Ostrander visited Nom... More

Dan Green shows Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum

Dan Green shows Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum

Dan Green shows Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum a life jacket aboard his gold dredge during a voluntary dockside vessel inspection in Nome, Alaska, June 13, 2014. Vessel inspections are conducted to reduce ... More

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum hands Dan Rhea

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum hands Dan Rhea

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Dan Buchsbaum hands Dan Rhea a 2014 vessel inspection decal after a voluntary dockside vessel inspection aboard the 30-foot Gold Runner gold dredge in Nome, Alaska, June 13, 2014. Vessels ... More

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle, a prevention inspector

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle, a prevention inspector

Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. Jason Boyle, a prevention inspector from Sector Juneau, inspects gold dredging vessel Flakey Business in Nome, Alaska, June 12, 2014. Boyle and two other inspectors traveled to Nome to pro... More

California Bakery Cafe, Nome, Alaska, ca 1901 (MOHAI 7258)

California Bakery Cafe, Nome, Alaska, ca 1901 (MOHAI 7258)

By 1900, Nome had many businesses and amenities. There were twenty saloons, six restaurants, four hotels and six bakers. Baking bread requires flour and other ingredients as well as fuel. Both food and fuel had... More

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

Carstens Bros & Dashley Meat Market employees outside store, Nome, Oct...

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 m... More

Child near mining equipment, Nome, August 30, 1906 (MOHAI 7271)

Child near mining equipment, Nome, August 30, 1906 (MOHAI 7271)

Whole families traveled to the Yukon and Alaskan gold fields. Some couples met there and raised families. Many children worked with their parents on mining claims. It was a rough environment for children. Tempe... More

Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905 (MOHAI 5459)

Eskimo women and girls stringing tom cod, Nome, September 5, 1905 (MOH...

During the Alaska gold rush, in the early part of the 20th century, Seattle photographer Frank H. Nowell spent several years in the area around Nome, Alaska. He took many photographs of the region and its nativ... More

Front Street, Nome, Alaska, ca 1901 (MOHAI 7252)

Front Street, Nome, Alaska, ca 1901 (MOHAI 7252)

Few if any non-native people were in the Nome area before gold prospectors arrived around 1898. By 1900, the area had several thousand new inhabitants and an organized town government. Nome's Front Street was l... More

Game bird hunters at Nome, ca 1903 (MOHAI 7259)

Game bird hunters at Nome, ca 1903 (MOHAI 7259)

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 p... More

Happy Jack and family, Nome, Alaska, 1905 (MOHAI 5241)

Happy Jack and family, Nome, Alaska, 1905 (MOHAI 5241)

During the Nome gold rush, in the early years of the 20th century, Frank H. Nowell, a Seattle photographer, spent several years in Alaska. He took many photographs of the Nome region and its native inhabitants ... More

Miner's home in winter quarters, Nome, ca 1905 (MOHAI 5231)

Miner's home in winter quarters, Nome, ca 1905 (MOHAI 5231)

Winters were long and dark in Nome. Strong winds blew off the Bering Sea, and snowfalls sometimes buried small dwellings. Residents might be isolated in their homes for weeks at a time. This photo of a miner's ... More

Ned Darling posing with dog sled team before departure for Seattle, Nome, Alaska, February 2, 1906 (MOHAI 9369)

Ned Darling posing with dog sled team before departure for Seattle, No...

The world's record for a midwinter "mush" from Nome to Seattle via Valdez was set by Charles Edward "Ned" Darling (1871-1923) at 42 days, beating the previous record by four days. Born in Ireland, at the time o... More

Old prospector in front of his driftwood house, Nome, ca 1905 (MOHAI 7313)

Old prospector in front of his driftwood house, Nome, ca 1905 (MOHAI 7...

No trees grow naturally in Nome. Residents had to salvage driftwood from nearby beaches or rivers, or depend on wood and lumber shipped in from Outside. This photo, taken in Nome sometime between 1902 and 1908 ... More

Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904 (MOHAI 5234)

Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904 (MOHAI 5234)

In 1898, gold was found near Nome, Alaska, setting off a new stampede of fortune hunters. For the next decade or more, crowds of men, women, and children washed gravel and sand through rockers and other equipme... More

Recording office of the US Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca 1902 (MOHAI 7254)

Recording office of the US Commissioner, Nome, Alaska, ca 1902 (MOHAI ...

In 1898, serious problems with claim jumping in Nome led to anger and violence. At this time, Nome had no civil government, and gold mining claims had to be registered in St. Michael, over 120 miles away. With ... More

Steamship office and drug store in Nome, Alaska, ca 1903 (MOHAI 7306)

Steamship office and drug store in Nome, Alaska, ca 1903 (MOHAI 7306)

By late fall 1899, reports of gold strikes at Nome gained enough credibility to draw gold seekers from Dawson. Some 2,500 people left Dawson for Nome, traveling by river or trail. Once the word was out in Seatt... More

King island men carving ivory

King island men carving ivory

King Island Eskimos Carving Ivory Near Nome "The Pribilof Report 1949" King Island Eskimo men plying their ivory carving craft beneath their skin umiaks on the beach near Nome where they have a summer camp. On... More

Nome, Alaska (7268178410)

Nome, Alaska (7268178410)

U.S. and Russian wildlife managers discuss polar bear management during a meeting in Nome, Alaska in the 1990s. Credit: USFWS

Boats and girl near Snake River in Nome, Alaska, ca. 1899 - 37c2d62a5004273d0fd8daa4fa7d3528

Boats and girl near Snake River in Nome, Alaska, ca. 1899 - 37c2d62a5...

Several tents can be seen along the waterfront and the sternwheeler "Fortune Hunter" appears on the left side of the river. It was constructed by Marine Iron Works in Chicago and assembled in St. Michael, Alask... More

Indigenous women in Nome, Alaska, ca. 1899 - 482dd98d1dce5501aac49e589c34ab22

Indigenous women in Nome, Alaska, ca. 1899 - 482dd98d1dce5501aac49e58...

The same photograph was published on page 279 of the ""Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine,"" Volume 29. An illustration based on the photograph appeared in the June 1900 issue of "McClur... More

Indigenous woman in Nome, Alaska, September 28, 1899 - e9dfc08518134dcc6424854840d3a4dd

Indigenous woman in Nome, Alaska, September 28, 1899 - e9dfc08518134d...

The same photograph was published on page 277 of the "Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen's Magazine," Volume 29 and the June 1900 issue of "Harper's Weekly." The woman's identity is unknown. Gold w... More

Ships near Nome waterfront, Alaska, October 20, 1899 - a1ce592132f8bc7a9f1320a3d5d58558

Ships near Nome waterfront, Alaska, October 20, 1899 - a1ce592132f8bc...

Gold was discovered near Nome in the summer of 1898. Prospectors rushed to stake claims and the city's population quickly ballooned to 10,000 people. In 1899, more gold was discovered on beaches near the town a... More

Eskimos landing a skin boat on the shore, Nome, Alaska (CURTIS 526) (cropped)

Eskimos landing a skin boat on the shore, Nome, Alaska (CURTIS 526) (c...

Original photograph by Lomen Brothers [44]. Copied by Asahel Curtis [38351] Also in Lomen Brothers Collection. PH Coll 328.120 Subjects (LCSH): Eskimos--Alaska--Nome; Umiaks--Alaska--Nome; Skin boats--Alaska--Nome

Eskimos landing a skin boat on the shore, Nome, Alaska (CURTIS 526)

Eskimos landing a skin boat on the shore, Nome, Alaska (CURTIS 526)

Original photograph by Lomen Brothers [44]. Copied by Asahel Curtis [38351] Also in Lomen Brothers Collection. PH Coll 328.120 Subjects (LCSH): Eskimos--Alaska--Nome; Umiaks--Alaska--Nome; Skin boats--Alaska--Nome

Lightering people from pier, Nome, ca 1914 (CURTIS 1979)

Lightering people from pier, Nome, ca 1914 (CURTIS 1979)

Caption on image: 29230, Curtis and Miller .Handwritten on verso: Landing from pier, Nome .PH Coll 519.29230 Subjects (LCTGM): Aerial tramways--Alaska--Nome Subjects (LCSH): Lighterage--Alaska--Nome

Panorama of Nome, 1915 (CURTIS 1240)

Panorama of Nome, 1915 (CURTIS 1240)

On verso of image: Nome. Copies made in 1915 for Alaska Bureau. Subjects (LCTGM): Cities & towns--Alaska; Waterfronts--Alaska--Nome Subjects (LCSH): Nome (Alaska)

Tent city on the beach at Nome, Alaska (CURTIS 1097)

Tent city on the beach at Nome, Alaska (CURTIS 1097)

Original photograph by Lomen Bros. [709]; copied by Asahel Curtis [51166] .Caption on image: Nome Alaska July 1900. Subjects (LCTGM): Cities & towns--Alaska; Tents--Alaska--Nome; Beaches--Alaska--Nome; Alaska-... More

Happy Jack (born Angokwazhuk) - New Year Greeting - Google Art Project

Happy Jack (born Angokwazhuk) - New Year Greeting - Google Art Project

Public domain photograph related to the Jewish history, Jews, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Coast Guard conducts gold dredge boardings in Nome, Alaska 140803-G-YE680-669

Coast Guard conducts gold dredge boardings in Nome, Alaska 140803-G-YE...

Coast Guard Sector Anchorage enforcement department personnel board a gold dredge vessel from a Station Valdez 25-foot Response Boat - Small near Nome, Alaska, Aug. 3, 2014. The boat crew and boarding team, as... More

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