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Karl "Skook" and Arlene Berg: photographic print

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Date
1987
Description

From the Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection (PH-00221) -- Series V. Smoky Valley, Nevada and Round Mountain, Nevada -- Subseries V.C. Lofthouse-Berg Families (Round Mountain). The nickname “Skook” is reported to have been given to Berg by his father Will Berg, who, expecting the birth of a daughter, had no name for a boy and called him Skookum Jim, which in Alaska is said to mean, “Big, strong, healthy”. Location Unknown. 

Digital ID
pho005778
Physical Identifier
0221_0983
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1rn33c6f
Details
Subject
Berg, Karl W.
Sitting position
Time Period
1980s (1980 - 1989)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
Source
Karl "Skook" and Arlene Berg, 1987
Citation

pho005778. Nye County, Nevada Photograph Collection, 1880-1990. PH-00221. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1rn33c6f

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Digital Provenance
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Publisher
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Format
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