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| Title | Nome Arctic Railroad train at Banner Station, Anvil Creek, ca. 1904 |
| Photographer | Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950 |
| Date | ca. 1904 |
| Notes | Caption on image: Nome Arctic Railroad train at Banner Station, Anvil Creek. Most northerly Railroad Station in the World. 1204. Nowell, 1904 |
| Contextual Notes | The town of Banner is located on the northwest side of Anvil Mountain, 4.8 miles north of Nome, on the Seward Peninsula. It was the site of a mining camp and railroad station. In 1901 the Wild Goose Railroad (later Seward Peninsula Railroad) extended from Nome to Banner. (pp. 103-104) Notes from Donald Orth, Dictionary of Alaska Place Names: Geological Survey Professional Paper 567 (Washington: United States Government Printing Office, 1967)
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| Subjects (LCTGM) | Railroads--Alaska--Banner
Railroad stations--Alaska--Banner
Railroad cars--Alaska--Banner
Tents--Alaska--Banner
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Nome Arctic Railroad
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| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Banner |
| Digital Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photographs
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| Order Number | NOW065 |
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| Negative Number | Nowell 1204 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Frank H. Nowell Photograph Collection. PH Coll 316
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | Silver gelatin, b&w : 8 x 10 in. |
| 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. 2002. |
