File:Happy Jack and family, Nome, Alaska, 1905 (MOHAI 5241).jpg

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English: Happy Jack and family, Nome, Alaska, 1905   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Frank H. Nowell  (1864–1950)  wikidata:Q26202833
 
Frank H. Nowell
Alternative names
Frank Hamilton Nowell
Description American photographer
Date of birth/death 19 February 1864 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1950 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth Portsmouth
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q26202833
Title
English: Happy Jack and family, Nome, Alaska, 1905
Description
English: During the Nome gold rush, in the early years of the 20th century, Frank H. Nowell, a Seattle photographer, spent several years in Alaska. He took many photographs of the Nome region and its native inhabitants and sold the photos to tourists, miners, and others.

In this 1905 photo, the Eskimo Happy Jack stands next to his wife, Assongoyi, and daughter, Rose Ann Omelak, near a wooden building in Nome, Alaska. All three wear traditional fur parkas with fur-rimmed hoods.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Families; Eskimos--Clothing & dress
  • People: Happy Jack
Depicted place
English: Nome (Alaska)
Date 1905
date QS:P571,+1905-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 negative : glass, b&w
Dimensions height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
Museum of History and Industry
Accession number
5241
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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The author died in 1950, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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