Eugene E. Ailes collection, 1900-1902.
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Eugene E. Ailes collection, 1900-1902.
Physical Description:
.4 linear ft.
Abstract:
The collection consists of 5 photo albums containing 226 black-and-white photographs (8 x 6 cm.-19 x 24 cm.). Photograph locations include Nome and the Seward Peninsula, and also those taken during Ailes' trip north to Alaska in 1900. Subjects of the photographs include: street views in Nome (including Steadman Avenue, Front Street, The Alaska Banking and Safe Deposit Company, The Bank of Cape Nome), steamships at Nome, steamship "Nome City" at sea and while icebound near St. Lawrence Island, whaling ships, Laplanders and reindeer at Port Clarence and elsewhere in Alaska, Eskimos, fish drying racks, mining operations at Ophir and at Anvil Creek at Nome, Summit Bench at Dexter Creek, Snake River, Yukon River, cliff dwellings at King Island, the Diomede Islands, Council City, Greek Orthodox Church and trading post at Sitka, Native cemetery at Alert Bay (B.C.), and Schwabacher's Wharf in Seattle. Professional photographers include: E.A. Hegg, B.B. Dobbs, and A.B. Kinne.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Eugene E. Ailes was born May 8, 1877 in Sidney, Ohio and attended Columbian University, Washington, D.C. In the spring of 1899 he was employed in the U.S. Treasury Department under the Director of the Mint as an assayer. In the summer of 1899 he was sent to the Seattle Mint as assayer, and came to Nome, Alaska in the spring of 1900 as assayer for the Alaska Banking and Safe Deposit Company. He was a stockholder and director in the bank corporation, and was also a director in the Seward Ditch Company.