Collection Name	Seiffert Family Photographs
Identifier	UAF-1985-122-109
Title	Front street during storm, Oct. 7, 1913 - Nome, Alaska.
Description	Title from caption . 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 destruction. There are a few businesses visible in the photo: Anvil Bakery, Anvil Coffee Shop, Merchants Cafe, and S. L. Lewis. Solomon L. Lewis owned a clothing store in Nome at the time, according to Polk's Alaska-Yukon gazetteer and business directory. There is also a barrel in the street and some men are carrying what look to be washtub basins nearby.
Creator	Kaiser, H. G.
Subject.TGM	Storms Debris Lumber Barrels Bakeries Cafes Disasters Clothing stores Ruins Refuse Men Hats
Corporate Name	Anvil Bakery (Nome, Alaska) Anvil Coffee Shop (Nome, Alaska) Merchants Cafe (Nome, Alaska) S. L. Lewis (Clothier : Nome, Alaska)
Location	Nome (Alaska)
Region	Northern Alaska
Time Period	1896 to 1913
Date	1913/10/07
Type	Image (Photographs)
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Holding Institution	Alaska and Polar Regions Collections, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.; mailto:UAF-APR-reference-Service@alaska.edu --(907) 474-2791--PO Box 756808, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6808.
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Front street during storm, Oct. 7, 1913 - Nome, Alaska.

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