TINTYPES OF THOSE “GOOD OLD DAYS”
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NOME IN 1899 — with an estimated 10,000 tents up and down the beach.
THE ESKIMO AUTOMOBILE Transfer Co., Nome, Alaska,
in 1905. Nofe lhe outside brake and gas lights. This automobile
was recently identified from the photograph as being either a
Buick or a Packard.
A SERIOUS CASE of Gold Fever — taken on the Nome Beach
in the summer of 1900.
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PIONEERS IGLOO NO. 1, first home of the Pioneers of Alaska,
was also a hotel operated by the Pioneers. Originally the Law
rence Hotel, it contained a library with reading room and a
lodge room for members of the organization. The building con
tained many curios and objects, including a piano, which had
been carried over Chilkoot Pass.
A CHAMPION DOGSLED TEAM — Such teams provided the only means of transportation
between settlements in the winter, during the early days of Alaskan history.
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ACTUAL SIZE of the biggest nugget ever found on the Nome Beach. This was found on
September 8, 1903, and weighed 182 ounces.