This collection contains a broad coverage of northern Alaskan people and activities, including sled dogs and racing (the All Alaska Sweepstakes), arctic explorers, portraits of Eskimos, Eskimo hunters, Eskimo traditional activities, beach mining activities, Nome activities and businesses, reindeer herds and herders, and views of various Alaska towns.

The Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Canada, acquired a large collection of Lomen photographs in 1956. A published inventory of that collection, Lomen Brothers' Photographic Collection, Nome, Alaska, 1900-1935, which includes more details of the Lomen family, is available in the Alaska State Library (TR653.G54 1968). The photographs in PCA 28 collection were renumbered, the original Lomen numbers are included in parentheses, whenever possible.