Wittenberg family papers, ca. 1905-ca. 1920.

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Wittenberg family papers, ca. 1905-ca. 1920.

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The Wittenberg Family Papers consist of 223 photographs and a small amount of family biographical and genealogical material. Most of the photographs were taken in and around Nome, Alaska. They include images of Wittenberg family members and friends and their activities; Nome social life, parades, and Fourth of July celebrations; Nome streetscapes and individual buildings; gold dredges in the Nome region; the Little Creek farm and roadhouse near Nome; Alaska Natives; Native people and their dwellings on the Siberian coast (Chukchi Peninsula?); and various vessels (the schooners "Ram," "Bender Brothers," and "Sea Wolf," the S.S. "Umatilla," the S.S. "Corwin," and others). Many of the photographs were commercially produced by Lomen Brothers. Also included in the collection is the book "Gold-rush Nome" by Carrie McLain and an excerpt from Vilhjalmur Stefansson's book "Discovery," both of which mention the Wittenbergs.

0.45 cu. ft.

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7622894

University of Alaska Fairbanks, Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

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Wittenberg family.

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The Wittenbergs were one of several pioneer Jewish families to settle in Alaska. Abraham Wittenberg (1867-1939) and his son, Leo, moved from Seattle to Nome in 1904 and opened a general store. Abraham's wife and remaining seven children joined them in 1905. Wittenberg formed the Nome Trading Company in 1906, chartering schooners to trade in Point Barrow. In 1917, he began trading as far away as Kamchatka in the schooner "Sea Wolf." Two years later he formed a partnership with Leo Seidenverg. As ...