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| Title | Construction crew and dogs outside of tent, Fort Davis, ca. 1900 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1900 |
| Notes | On verso of image: Probably construction crew, Fort Davis, Nome, Alaska, ca. 1900
PH Coll 877.2 |
| Contextual Notes | Fort Davis is located at the mouth of Nome River at Norton Sound, 4 miles southeast of Nome on the Seward Peninsula. It was a U.S. Army post established in 1900 and named for General Jefferson Columbus Davis, commander of the military district of Alaska in 1867. Much unrest resulted from claim jumping, filing errors, and lack of authority at the outset of the Nome gold rush in 1899 and 1900. The Army was stationed here to maintain order. [Source: Donald Orth. Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567. Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967.] |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Construction workers--Alaska--Fort Davis
Dogs--Alaska--Fort Davis
Tents--Alaska--Fort Davis
Group portraits |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Fort Davis (Alaska)--Buildings, structures, etc. |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Fort Davis |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC1009
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Walter R. Bennett Nome and Fort Davis Photograph Collection. PH Coll 877 |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 100 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3 and resized to 768x600 ppi. 2004. |
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
