PCA 411: Nora E. Kreps Photograph Album, Ca. 1908-1910

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Kreps, Nora E.

Nora E. Kreps Photograph Album, ca. 1908-1910

PCA 411

202 photographs, postcards Processed: May-June 2000 By: Kay Shelton Gladi Kulp

ACQUISITION: Lindsay Pitt of Tucson, AZ donated the slides to the Alaska State Library in May 2000; acc. no. 00-21.

ACCESS: The photos may be viewed, however, the images may not be photocopied.

COPYRIGHT: Request for permission to publish or reproduce material from the collection should be discussed with the Librarian.

PROCESSING: The photographs in the album were numbered; an inventory was completed.

Alaska Department of Education & Early Development Division of Libraries, Archives & Museums P.O. Box 110571  Juneau  Alaska 99811-0571  (907) 465-2925  Fax: (907) 465-2990 PCA 411: Nora E. Kreps Photograph Album, ca. 1908-1910 Alaska State Library

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

Nora Elizabeth Kreps lived at Fort Davis in Nome during her high school years. She took several trips and made a photograph album of pictures from her trips. In 1908 she took a trip through the Inside Passage, Prince William Sound, and into the Bering Sea. From 1909-1910 she collected and photographed images of Nome, Fort Davis and vicinity.

SCOPE AND CONTENTS NOTE

The collection includes photographs of Nora Kreps’ high school classmates and school activities. She also took photos around Fort Davis and on her various trips in Alaska. The album was probably assembled ca. 1908-1910. Photographers include: Lomen Brothers, Goetze, Simmer, Dobbs, and Nowell. Places mentioned include: Bering Sea, Cape Prince of Wales, Copper River, Dutch Harbor, Fort Davis, Fort Egbert, Fort Gibbon, Fort Liscum, Fort Seward, Holy Cross Mission, Nome, Point Barrow, Point Hope, Port Clarence, St. Michael’s, Solomon, St. Lawrence Bay (Siberia), Unalaska, Valdez, and Yukon River.

PARTIAL INVENTORY OF PHOTOGRAPHS

411-14 Traveled around a lot. Went to Fort Liscum, the Holy Cross Mission, Fort Egbert, and 411-15 then back to Fort Liscum, all in 1909. 411-34 411-59 1909 Traveled to Unalaska possibly on the R.C. “Thetis” 411-63 411-65 411-69 Picture of Nome. People looking at pictures, The Critics by Goetz. 411-70 Picture by Simmer. 411-71 Picture by Molar & Lomen. 411-76 Possibly Nora’s little brother Jack. 411-44 This is a family photo, which might lead someone to think that. 411-80 “Looking up Ophir Creek” The Lomen Brothers. 411-84 “Mickey” Lomen 411-92 “Excursion Party” By Simmer. 411-99 “Elsie” & ”Jackie” By The Lomen Brothers. 411-129 Sadie Davidson’s Picture. Fallen out, in Mylar. 411-136 F.H. Nowell “Sisterhood” Basketball picture. 411-143 “The Giants At Work” The Lomen Brothers. Fallen out, in Mylar. 411-144 “Faculty and students of the high school of Nome on the Bering Sea, April 1910 ” By The Lomen Brothers. 411-145 “The Old Snow Shoe maker” By The Lomen Brothers. Fallen out, in Mylar. 411-174 S.S. “Corwin” & Gas Sch. “Helen Johnston” By The Lomen Brothers. 411-175 Freighting from S.S. ”Corwin” with dogs, by The Lomen Brothers. 411-176 S.S. “Victoria” Entering Nome, by The Lomen Brothers. 411-198 “Winner First place” “Col. Ramsay’s entry, 3rd All Alaska Sweepstakes, John Johnson, Driver.” The Lomen Brothers.

http://www.library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/PCA411.pdf PCA 411: Nora E. Kreps Photograph Album, ca. 1908-1910 Alaska State Library

411-199 The Lomen Bothers, same as 411-72. In Mylar. 411-200 “Eskimo on lower Yukon” by The Lomen Brothers. In Mylar. 411-201 “Eskimos of North West Alaska” by Goetze. In Mylar. 411-202 Picture of a dog. In Mylar. 411-203 “May Day” The Lomen Brothers. In Mylar.

http://www.library.alaska.gov/hist/hist_docs/finding_aids/PCA411.pdf