Frank E. Downs. Trip to Nome, Alaska, May to Sept. 1900

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Description: An album of mounted photographs depicting the mining camp of Frank E. Downs during the gold rush in Nome, Alaska. The photos were taken May-September 1900 and later complied by his sister Florence Emlyn Downs Muzzy in 1903-1904 in Bristol, Connecticut. The album also includes photographs taken in western and southwestern United States, Mexico, Maine and the Netherlands. There are handwritten captions for each photograph.
Names: Muzzy, Florence Emlyn Downs, 1851-1939 (Compiler); Downs, Frank E., 1857-1946 (Photographer)
Dates / Origin: Date Issued: 1903 - 1904 (Approximate); Place: Bristol, Conn.
Library locations: Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy; Shelf locator: IW 76-2288
Topics: Nome (Alaska); Gold mines and mining; Southwest, New
Genres: Photograph albums; Photographs
Physical Description: Extent: 1 v. of illus. (unpaged) 25 x 30 cm
Type of Resource: Still image; Text
Identifiers: RLIN/OCLC: NYPG774640291-B; NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b10434525; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e4f69750-c6d0-012f-792f-58d385a7bc34