(ALASKA.) Collection of Nome ephemera, including a Cape Nome Freight receipt, photographs, and more. 12 items, various sizes and conditions as noted below. Nome and elsewhere, 1902-1913 and undated
Receipt on billhead of the Cape Nome Freight and Transportation Co., issued to Mrs. H.J. Martin for $8.00 "to secure . . . 2nd class passage from S.F. to Nome, Alaska on Steamer Portland, to sail on or about July 31st." San Francisco, CA, 25 July 1902.
Photograph by Dobbs, "Shore Ice at Nome," 8 x 10 inches; chipped at edges. 20 June 1904.
Group of 4 photographs by F.H. Nowell, each about 8 x 10 inches, with moderate wear and tape stains: "Residence of John Peterson, Nome," 14 October 1905; "Fink and Smith Returning from Polar Bear Hunt in the Arctic, Distance Travelled 1000 Miles," 1906; "First Ave., West, Nome," 1907; untitled photograph of a crowd in front of the Alaska Mercantile Company building, [Nome, 1 October 1906].
Uncaptioned photograph of a man with a dog team on a beach, 3¾ x 4½ inches.
Pair of printed postcards showing United States mail carrier Eli A. Smith and his team of sled dogs, who traveled from Nome to Washington, DC from 1905 to 1907, and were preparing to depart back for Nome. [1907].
Lomen Brothers, Real Photo postcard captioned "Along the Beach, After the Storm, Nome," 1913 (unused).
Blank stock certificate for the Nome Exploration Company, 1902.
Issue of "The Aurora," a surprisingly elaborate illustrated periodical issued by Nome High School. Volume 7, No. 1. 59 illustrated pages. Oblong 4to, 7¾ x 9½ inches, gilt pictorial wrappers, minor wear. Includes a glossary of Eskimo expressions, articles on "Dredging in Alaska" and "The Siberian Dog," and more. Nome, AK, May 1910.
