Carl J. Lomen Explained

Carl J. Lomen
Birth Date:	July 13, 1880
Birth Place:	St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Death Place:	Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation:	Businessman, photographer

Carl Joys Lomen (July 13, 1880 – August 16, 1965) was an American entrepreneur and photographer. He was known as The Reindeer King of Alaska, because of his role in "organizing, promoting, marketing, and lobbying for the reindeer industry"^[1] in the first decades of the 20th century, as president of the Lomen Company.^[2]

In 1954, he published his autobiography, Fifty Years in Alaska (New York: David McKay). He died on August 16, 1965.^[3]

External links

• Lomen Brothers Alaska Photographs
• Guide to the Walter B. Beals Album on Roald Amundsen 1906–1929

Notes and References

1. Web site: Guide to the Lomen Family Papers. NWDA. 19 June 2010.
2. In fact, a conglomerate of companies that included the Northwestern Livestock Corporation and its subsidiaries Alaska Livestock and Packing Company, Nunivak Development Corporation, Lomen Commercial Company and Arctic Transportation Company.
3. Web site: Carl J. Lomen Is Dead at 85; ' The Reindeer King' of Alaska. The New York Times. August 18, 1965. 19 June 2010.