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1983.10.13104
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Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904
Order an ImageIn 1898, gold was found near Nome, Alaska, setting off a new stampede of fortune hunters. For the next decade or more, crowds of men, women, and children washed gravel and sand through rockers and other equipment, trying to find gold. Rockers were easily built and simple to operate. About $50 million in gold was removed from the Nome area in the first ten years.
This photo shows a man operating a rocker in Nome, Alaska. It is a copy of a photo taken in 1904 by Frank H. Nowell, a Seattle photographer who spent several years in Nome.
Full title: Rocking out $10 per day on Front St., Nome, Alaska, Aug. 20, 1904
Original copy negative. Copied after 1947 by Webster & Stevens.
Webster & Stevens number: 1382
This photo shows a man operating a rocker in Nome, Alaska. It is a copy of a photo taken in 1904 by Frank H. Nowell, a Seattle photographer who spent several years in Nome.
Full title: Rocking out $10 per day on Front St., Nome, Alaska, Aug. 20, 1904
Original copy negative. Copied after 1947 by Webster & Stevens.
Webster & Stevens number: 1382
ID Number: 1983.10.13104
Date: 1904
Creator(s):
Nowell, Frank H., 1864-1950, Photographer
Physical Description: 1 negative : safety film, b&w ; 8 x 10 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.13104
Copyright: No Known Copyright
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