This is an exceptional authentic photography album by the Lomen Brothers of Nome, Alaska dating to circa 1906-1916 titled, “Photos from the Land of the Midnight Sun”. The album contains 62 original photographs which are titled “Photos from the Land of the Midnight Sun” and “F.H.G. Gibson Nome, Alaska.” F.H.G. Gibson was the clerk to Alaska Division 2 U.S. Attorney J.H. Hart, based in Nome (the judge of Division 2 was G.J. Lomen). The first ten pages all have one photograph and one photographic print of eight lines of the poem, “The Kobuk Maiden.” These are followed by many more photographs of Alaska indigenous Eskimo and Inuit Native American Indians, including their methods of fishing, seal hunting and catching king crab. One photograph shows a reindeer draped in the American flag, pulling a sled with two women and several other US flags. Another shows an African American child in a fur parka. The final 20 photographs are all 6 x 9 in. prints by Lomen Brothers, Nome, with titles in the negatives. Scenes include a view of the town from the Bering Sea; a single photograph showing the transit of the sun, at five different positions, barely cresting the horizon on Dec. 28, 1910; a large floating mining rig; "Leonhard Seppala and His Siberians," who won the 1915 and 1916 All-Alaska Sweepstakes "Ruby Derby"; Fox Ramsay and his team, who won second prize in the 1910 All-Alaska Sweepstakes; a herd of reindeer; a reindeer-drawn US Mail sled on the Teller Route; a hunter with his kayak and, spear, and dead seal; an "Eskimo Dance"; walrus sleeping on an ice floe; cod drying; native berry pickers; the midnight sun; and more. The Lomen Bros. or Lomen Brothers was comprised of G. J. Lomen and his son Carl Joys Lomen originally came to Nome as part of the 1900 gold rush. In 1906-1908 the brothers bought a photographic studio and later bought the negatives of several other photographers including Dobbs, Nowell, Goetze and Kinne. Brothers Carl, Harry, Alfred, and Ralph Lomen were partners in the business. In September 1934, a fire destroyed their studio along with nearly all of their negatives and photographs, after which they never opened again. The photographs range in size from 6 inches by 9 inches to 2.75 inches by 4 inches with many being 3.25 inches by 5.5 inches. The album itself measures overall 11.5 inches by 7.5 inches and 1.75 inches thick. Provenance: The item was found to be an authentic original example by the experts at Cowan’s Auction and given a value of $5,000 (the experts noted this as being one of the finest albums of the indigenous of Alaska of the era they had ever seen). From a large Montana and American historic ephemera and photography collection in Bozeman, Montana. For a complete representation of condition and for additional images please call 800-686-4216. It is the buyer’s responsibility to view each image and preview the item to determine condition.