Lot of over 250 photographs taken from a circa 1907-1912 album. Photographs range in size from 4 x 3 in. to 8 x 10 in., including real photo postcards. Some are captioned in the negatives, and many are credited to photographers including F.H. Nowell (approx. 32), O.D. Goetze (approx. 5), Lomen Bros. (4) and Moldt & Lomen (1) of Nome. Approx. 45 of the photographs measure between 6 x 8 in. and 8 x 10 in. The photographs document a broad range of subjects central to turn-of-the-century life in Alaska, specifically Nome and nearby Teller, including the burgeoning settlements (35+ views), gold mining operations (17+), Alaska natives including portraits and various activities (35+), sled dogs, mushers and races (41+), ocean steamers (30+), hunting and trapping, and general Arctic scenery. Notable photographs include the several views of large-scale and small-scale gold mining, the finish line of the 1909 All-Alaska Sweepstakes and a shot of the blackboard with the results of the race, two shots of what appear to be mammoth tusks harvested from the tundra, the stilt village of Ukivok on King Island, a telegraph room, natives returning from the hunt with seals, walrus and a white whale, Nowell photographs of smoldering volcanic islands, a large group of tourists arriving at Nome, a large group of Shriners arriving at Nome, several shots of homes buried in snow, the Nome fire pumps drawing from the Bering Sea, several shots of the steamer S.S. Corwin off the east coast of Siberia and being loaded by dog sleds at Nome, the students of the Nome public school posed on a large snowbank, a burial/funeral, Nome's mule-drawn water delivery sled, and natives taking part in an oomiak race. The album has been passed down in the family of the original owner, William P. Guiberson, a singer and actor who tried his luck in Alaska before opening a Los Angeles business, catering to early Hollywood movie studios. The collection is accompanied by a note and photocopied portraits attesting to its provenance. Condition: Most lightly toned, else very good. All mounted to black scrapbook pages or removed but with glue/paper residue on verso.
Lot of over 250 photographs taken from a circa 1907-1912 album. Photographs range in size from 4 x 3 in. to 8 x 10 in., including real photo postcards. Some are captioned in the negatives, and many are credited to photographers including F.H. Nowell (approx. 32), O.D. Goetze (approx. 5), Lomen Bros. (4) and Moldt & Lomen (1) of Nome. Approx. 45 of the photographs measure between 6 x 8 in. and 8 x 10 in. The photographs document a broad range of subjects central to turn-of-the-century life in Alaska, specifically Nome and nearby Teller, including the burgeoning settlements (35+ views), gold mining operations (17+), Alaska natives including portraits and various activities (35+), sled dogs, mushers and races (41+), ocean steamers (30+), hunting and trapping, and general Arctic scenery. Notable photographs include the several views of large-scale and small-scale gold mining, the finish line of the 1909 All-Alaska Sweepstakes and a shot of the blackboard with the results of the race, two shots of what appear to be mammoth tusks harvested from the tundra, the stilt village of Ukivok on King Island, a telegraph room, natives returning from the hunt with seals, walrus and a white whale, Nowell photographs of smoldering volcanic islands, a large group of tourists arriving at Nome, a large group of Shriners arriving at Nome, several shots of homes buried in snow, the Nome fire pumps drawing from the Bering Sea, several shots of the steamer S.S. Corwin off the east coast of Siberia and being loaded by dog sleds at Nome, the students of the Nome public school posed on a large snowbank, a burial/funeral, Nome's mule-drawn water delivery sled, and natives taking part in an oomiak race. The album has been passed down in the family of the original owner, William P. Guiberson, a singer and actor who tried his luck in Alaska before opening a Los Angeles business, catering to early Hollywood movie studios. The collection is accompanied by a note and photocopied portraits attesting to its provenance. Condition: Most lightly toned, else very good. All mounted to black scrapbook pages or removed but with glue/paper residue on verso.
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