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Winter Street

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Description: View of a city, filled with snow. A prominent business sign reads: "Alaska Printing Co: Photo Engraving." A pedestrian can be seen in the distance slogging...
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Fourth of July Celebration

Date: 07 04 1907
Description: Elevated view of a Fourth of July street scene taken in front of Eagle's Hall. The Hall was built by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a group founded in 1898...
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City Views, Nome, Alaska

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Description: Two views of the city. The upper photograph features an elevated view looking west. The lower photograph by O.D. Goetze is taken from a railroad bridge l...
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First Wharf

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Description: View of First Wharf from the Bering Sea. A railroad bridge leads to the shoreline.
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High Tide in Nome, Alaska

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Description: A view of the city at high tide. Text on the photograph reads, "Nome. For Five Months in the Year Nome Can Be Reached by Steamship. Its Distance From Sea...
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Eskimo Tent Village

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Description: Elevated view of an Eskimo tent village on sandspit along the shoreline. Wood buildings are along higher ground on the right near a river.
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Race to Candle

Date: 04 01 1908
Description: A crowd gathers in a downtown street while a dog team exits for the race to Candle and back.
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Eskimo Automobile Transfer Company

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Description: Side view of an a large group of people in an automobile from the Eskimo Automobile Transfer Company heading toward Cape Prince of Wales and Kotzebue Sound...

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