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Firebox for first Copper River steamer – Antique Print

Firebox for first Copper River steamer, [between ca. 1900 and 1927] — historic photograph
Firebox for first Copper River steamer, [between ca. 1900 and 1927]. Historic photograph from the Steamboats collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A firebox for the first steamer on the Copper River, photographed on a Nome street with sleds and storefronts nearby, shows river transport and town life side by side. Nome boomed after gold was found on its beaches in 1899, and its streets filled with freight that moved by sled through the winter. Steamers were a key link to the Copper River interior, so a boiler part waiting in town shows how far supplies had to travel. The print is from the Frank and Frances Carpenter collection at the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between ca. 1900 and 1927]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1890-1930.
NotesTitle transcribed from caption accompanying item. Forms part of: Frank and Frances Carpenter collection (Library of Congress). Gift; Mrs. W. Chapin Huntington; 1951.
SubjectsCommercial streets--Alaska--Nome--1890-1930. City & town life--Alaska--Nome--1890-1930. Sleds & sleighs--Alaska--Nome--1890-1930.United States--Alaska
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,108 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-140769

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