Frank H. Nowell photograph collection, 1901-1908.
Title:
Frank H. Nowell photograph collection, 1901-1908.
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
213 photographs : black and white.
General Note:
Nowell Family manuscripts form a separate collection, MS 181. Nowell Gold Mining Company records are also held in the Historical Collections, MS 31.
In the Alaska State Library, Historical Collections, P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK 99811-0571.
Abstract:
The photographs includes Eskimo women, children, family life, hunters and fishermen, portraits, Nome and other Alaskan towns, military posts, mining companies and activities, social life and historical events.
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Biographical/Historical Data:
Frank H. Nowell was born Feb. 19, 1864 in Portsmouth, NH. He joined his father, Thomas Nowell, in their mining company, the Boston and Alaska Mining Company (later, the Nowell gold Mining Co.), on Douglas Island, Alaska, in 1886, where he performed the jobs of wholesaler, accountant, banker, agent, and manager. He married Elizabeth Helen Davis of Detroit, MI, and they moved to the west coast to be the purchasing agent for his father's company in Juneau. By this time Frank had developed an interest in photography. He returned to Juneau, then went to Nome and worked for the Ames Mercantile Company. In 1900 he moved to Teller, Alaska, to open a branch of the company. Eventually he returned to Nome and opened a photograph studio. In 1907, Frank Nowell and six other photographers published a nine volume set of photograph booklets entitled, "The Art Work of Seattle and Alaska." During 1909, Nowell served as official photographer of the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition in Seattle. Subsequently, he established a photograph studio in Seattle which he operated for twenty-five years. He retired to his ranch near Seattle where he lived until his death in 1950 at the age of 86.[From: "Frank H. Nowell," by Donald Deschner, Alaska Review, vol. 3 p. 193-201.].
Restrictions on Access:
Collection is open to research, however, photos 128-137 may not be reproduced without permission from the Bancroft Library.
Additional Physical Form Available:
Also available on microfiche.
Contents:
Anna Ruhl's Road House -- Garry's Business Block (Deering, AK) -- Hank Fries camp -- Nome Brass Band -- Kuzgampa Hot Springs (Kougarok, AK) -- Eagle Hall (Nome) -- Herr Oscar Iden-Zeller -- Holy Cross Hospital (Nome) -- John J. Sesnon Co. Dock (Nome) -- Three Friends Mining Co. (Solomon River, AK) -- Alra Mining Company -- Nowell Photo Studio (Nome) -- Alaska Mercantile Co. (Nome) -- Gertrude Mine (Nome) -- Three Friends Mining Co. -- Seward Peninsula Railway -- Candle City -- Inmachuk River -- Perry Island.