Finely detailed totem pole in foreground. Main structure of house is exposed, showing house posts and roof timbers. A portion of the house front appears to be in ruins. The foreground of the photograph has been marked for cropping. Image: at...
William Pitka is sitting in an old wooden chair in front of the ruins of what was once a sod-covered log cabin, at a place called Purgatory along the Yukon River.
Caption reads: "[unknown] Front St. - Nome, Alaska - after storm. [Oc?]-6-13." Image is of the aftermath of a storm in Nome, Alaska. Debris, logs, and lumber line where a street had been. There are remains of buildings...
Caption reads: "Elite - after storm. 6-13. Nome Alaska - 13." Photo shows wood planks and lumber from buildings as well as barrels strewn about the ground as the result of a storm. A few buildings and two building...
Caption reads: "Interior "Board of Trade" after the big storm. Nome, Alaska, 1913." A group of men stand inside what looks to be the ruins of a building destroyed by the big storm that occurred in Nome, Alaska on...
Photo looks down Front Street in Nome, Alaska during a storm on October 7, 1913. The street is wet, and lumber and boards are strewn about. People are gathered, possibly to assess damage or clean up from the...