Jafet Lindeberg was a gold prospector and co-founder of the city of Nome, Alaska.
1905 photo
Jafet Lindeberg with photographer, Frank G. Carpenter.
Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the US state of Alaska. The city is located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. It had a population of 3,699 recorded in the 2020 census, up from 3,598 in 2010. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901. It was once the most-populous city in Alaska. Nome lies within the region of the Bering Straits Native Corporation, which is headquartered in Nome.
Steadman Street in Nome, looking north from King Place, in May 2002
Gold Pan, Anvil City Square
An aerial view of Nome, Alaska, in July 2006
Inuit music and dance near Nome, 1900