File:Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904 (MOHAI 5234).jpg
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[edit]English: Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Photographer |
creator QS:P170,Q26202833 |
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Title |
English: Prospector operating a rocker, Nome, 1904 |
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Description |
English: 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
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Depicted place |
English: Nome (Alaska) |
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Date |
1904 date QS:P571,+1904-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
English: 1 negative : safety film, b&w |
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Dimensions |
height: 8 in (20.3 cm); width: 10 in (25.4 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,8U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,10U218593 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
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