Lomen Brothers Studio copy negatives from Alaska and Canada

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Lomen Brothers Studio copy negatives from Alaska and Canada

1896-1915; 1920

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This collection of copy negatives was taken approximately between 1896 and 1920 by the Lomen Brothers Studio among Inuit communities in Canada and Inupiaq communities in Alaska. Photographers include the Lomen brothers and Albert D. Kinne (1835-1925).

73 Copy negatives

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 11658078

National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) Archive Center

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Lomen Bros.

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The Lomen family was well known in Alaska for an entreprenurial spirit. Their interests varied from reindeer herding to law practice. The five Lomen brothers, Carl Joys, Alfred Julian, Harry, George, and Ralph helped create a reindeer industry, outfitted the Norwegian explorer Amundsen and participated in the birth of bush aviation in Alaska. Judge G.J. Lomen of St. Paul, Minnesota, moved to Nome after vacationing with a son, Carl, in the early 1900's. In 1903, they were joined by his wife, Juli...