File:Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904 (MOHAI 5234).jpg

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English: Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904   (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: Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904
Description
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In 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.

Caption on photo: Rocking out $10 per day on Front St., Nome, Alaska, Aug. 20, 1904. Original copy negative. Original photograph: Nowell, F.H., Aug. 20, 1904. Copied after 1947 by Webster & Stevens

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Gold rushes; Gold miners; Gold mining Men--Employment
Depicted place
English: Nome (Alaska)
Date 1904
date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium
English: 1 negative : safety film, 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
5234
Source
English: Museum of History and Industry
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Public domain

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.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved

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