Railroad magnate Edward H. Harriman described his Alaska outing "as a
summer cruise for the pleasure and recreation of my family and a few friends."
While he initially planned to extend his adventure only as far as Kodiak Island
to engage in some big game hunting, his party grew to include some of the
country's foremost and distinguished scientific personnel, artists,
photographers, writers, and conservationists. On May 31, 1899, the members of
the Harriman Alaska Expedition set sail from Seattle on the steamship
George W. Elder. For the next two months, they
headed north to explore the waters and coastal territory of Alaska.
Twenty-three scientists including geologists, botanists, ornithologists,
taxidermists, and zoologists engaged in scientific investigation in their
respective fields while enjoying E.H. Harriman's hospitality and leisurely
lifestyle aboard the steamship. John Muir, naturalist, explorer and
conservationist, was an honorable member of the expedition. Muir had discovered
Glacier Bay and Muir Glacier on an earlier expedition with S. Hall Young in
1879. The Harriman Alaska Expedition stops included Muir Glacier, Glacier Bay,
Sitka, Yakutat Bay, Prince William Sound, Kodiak Island, the Shumagin Islands,
Unalaska, the Pribilof Islands, Port Clarence, and Cape Fox, in addition to a
short jaunt over to Plover Bay on the Siberian coast.
Over 5,000 photographs were taken on the trip. Upon the group's
return, Harriman produced a two-volume souvenir album entitled
A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May-August,
1899. Volume 1, New York to Cook Inlet and ...Volume II, Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return
Voyage, which included photographs by Edward S. Curtis, one of the
official expedition photographers.
Photographer Edward S. Curtis was born in 1868 in Whitewater,
Wisconsin, and grew up near Cordova, Minnesota. In 1887, Curtis moved to the
Washington Territory with his father, where he bought into and later owned a
photographic studio in Seattle. In 1898, Curtis met George Bird Grinnell and C.
Hart Merriam on Mt. Rainier, which most likely led to his appointment in the
following year as official photographer of the Harriman Alaska Expedition.
Throughout the early 1900s, Curtis became well known as a photographer of
Native Americans, including Chief Joseph. He also developed a relationship with
Theodore Roosevelt after photographing his children. Roosevelt wrote the
foreword for Curtis's twenty-volume work entitled The
North American Indian, the result of three decades of fieldwork. The
first volume was published in 1907 and the last in 1930. Curtis died in
1952.
Photographs of the Harriman Alaska Expedition were also taken by other
members of the party, including Edward Henry Harriman, patron of the
expedition; Clinton Hart Merriam, chief of the Biological Survey, U.S.
Department of Agriculture; Grove Karl Gilbert, geologist, U.S. Geological
Survey; Leon J. Cole, taxidermist; Robert Ridgway, curator of birds at the U.S.
National Museum in Washington, D.C.; William H. Averell, brother-in-law of
Edward H. Harriman; Wesley R. Coe, assistant professor of comparative anatomy,
Yale University; W.B. Devereux, mining engineer; and D.J. Inverarity, Curtis's
assistant.
Permission must be granted to gain access to originals albums and
photographic prints. Contact the repository for details.
Original glass negatives for many of the images contained in these
albums are included in the C. Hart Merriam pictorial collection at the Bancroft
Library, University of California, Berkeley.
See: William H. Goetzmann and Kay Sloan, Looking Far North : the Harriman Expedition to Alaska,
1899, Princeton University Press, 1983.
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| Album |
Date
|
| 1 | | Volume 1. New York to Cook
Inlet | May-August, 1899 |
|
| Page |
Item
| |
[0] | 1 | | Map showing the
route of the Harriman Expedition in 1899
 | | | Frontispiece | 2 | | Head of Harriman
Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 2 | 3 | | Edward Henry
Harriman's private train on the Continental Divide, Wyoming
| May 1889 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 3 | 4 | | Shoshone Falls
from the north and the Lava Plain, Idaho
| May 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 4 | 5 | | Shoshone Falls
from the west, Idaho
| May 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 5 | 6 | | Shoshone Falls,
Idaho
| May 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 6 | 7 | | Shoshone Falls,
Idaho
| May 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 7 | 8 | | Canyon of Snake
River below Shoshone Falls, Idaho
| May 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 8 | 9 | | Harriman
Expedition members aboard a ferry crossing the Snake River, Idaho
| May 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 9 | 10 | | Columbia River
fishwheel
| May 1899 |
|
Photographer: L.J.C.
|
| 10 | 11 | | Steamer
George W. Elder, probably sailing the Inside
Passage, British Columbia, Canada
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 11 | 12 | | Lowe Inlet,
British Columbia, Canada
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 12 | 13 | | Lowe Inlet,
British Columbia, Canada
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 13 | 14 | | Members of the
expedition canoeing in Lowe Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 14 | 15 | | Frazer Reach,
British Columbia, Canada
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 15 | 16 | | Hanging valley
from (probably) a reach of the Fraser River, British Columbia,
Canada
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 16 | 17 | | Episcopal church
and school house, New Metlakatla, Annette Island, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 18 | | Interior of
church, New Metlakatla, Annette Island, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 17 | 19 | | Behm Canal near
Wrangell, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 18 | 20 | | Wrangell,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 19 | 21 | | Tlingit totem
poles in front of house, Wrangell, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 20 | 22 | | Tlingit totem
poles in front of Chief Shake's house, Wrangell, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 21 | 23 | | Coast Mountains
near Wrangell, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 22 | 24 | | Davidson
Glacier, Lynn Canal, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 23 | 25 | | Tracks of the
White Pass and Yukon Railroad, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 24 | 26-27 | | Skagway River
and Canyon from the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 25 | 28 | | Sleds with
provisions on the summit of White Pass, Alaska
| June 7, 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 26 | 29 | | Custom house and
British and American flags at the boundary of British Columbia and Alaska,
White Pass summit
| June 7, 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 27 | 30 | | Muir Glacier
looking west, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 28 | 31 | | Muir Glacier,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 29 | 32 | | Beach near John
Muir's cabin, east end of Muir Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Edward S. Curtis
|
| 30 | 33 | | Member of the
Harriman Expedition canoeing in Glacier Bay, Muir Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 31 | 34a | | Large rock
supported by a column of ice, Muir Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| Photograph is missing from bound album page but is present in
loose album pages housed in box 1. |
| 34b | | Crevasses in
Muir Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Wesley R.
Coe
|
| 32 | 35 | | Remains of
partially submerged old forest near Muir Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 33 | 36 | | Steamer
George W. Elder and launch in Muir Inlet, Glacier
Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 34 | 37 | | Ice in Glacier
Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 35 | 38 | | Fairweather
Range seen across Glacier Bay from Sunday Island, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 36 | 39 | | Steamer
George W. Elder, Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 37 | 40 | | Muir Inlet,
Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 38 | 41 | | Charpentier
Glacier, Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 39 | 42 | | Hugh Miller
Glacier seen from Hugh Miller Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 40 | 43 | | Rock debris and
material deposited by the Hugh Miller Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 41 | 44 | | Members of the
expedition on the shoreline of Reid Inlet, Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 11, 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 42 | 45 | | John Muir and
another member of the expedition visiting iceberg, Glacier Bay,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 43 | 46 | | Reid Glacier,
Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 44 | 47 | | West side of
Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 45 | 48 | | Tlingit Indian
seal hunters' camp, Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 46 | 49 | | Dwelling in a
Tlingit Indian sealer's camp, Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 47 | 50 | | Tlingit Indian
sealers being towed in a canoe, Glacier Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 48 | 51 | | Sitka Bay,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 49 | 52 | | Islands near
Sitka, Alaska with George W. Elder in
harbor
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 50 | 53 | | Two members of
the expedition canoeing in Sitka Bay near the hot springs located 15 miles
south of the town of Sitka, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 51 | 54 | | Path by the
Indian River near Sitka, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 52-53 | 55-56 | | Indian River
near Sitka, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 54 | 57 | | Sitka spruce
trees near the Indian River, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Robert
Ridgway
|
| 55 | 58 | | Tree moss and
ferns near the Indian River, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Robert
Ridgway
|
| 56 | 59 | | Mount Edgecombe
viewed from Cross Mountain, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 57 | 60 | | Sitka Trading
Company housed in the old Russian barracks, Sitka, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 58 | 61 | | Russian Orthodox
church, the Cathedral of St. Michael, Sitka, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 59 | 62 | | Interior of the
Cathedral of St. Michael, Sitka, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 60 | 63 | | Old museum,
Sitka, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 61 | 64 | | Mount
Fairweather, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 62 | 65 | | Forests
destroyed by the La Perouse Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 63 | 66 | | Yakutat Bay and
village, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 67 | | Village of
Yakutat, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Wesley R.
Coe
|
| 64 | 68 | | Harriman
Expedition hunting party tent on the west shore of Yakutat Bay,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 69 | | Harriman
Expedition members and tent on the west shore of Yakutat Bay,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 65 | 70 | | Willow trees on
Yakutat Bay near the Malaspina Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 66 | 71 | | Willow trees and
lupins in the dunes at Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 67 | 72 | | Field of wild
strawberries, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 68 | 73 | | Two members of
the Harriman Expedition canoeing in Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 74 | | Members of the
Harriman Expedition canoeing in drift ice, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 69 | 75-76 | | Drift ice in
Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 70 | 77 | | Haenke Island,
south side of Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 71 | 78 | | Seagulls
probably on Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 79 | | Seagull probably
over Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 72 | 80 | | Turner Glacier,
Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 73 | 81 | | Hubbard Glacier,
Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 74 | 82 | | Front of Hubbard
Glacier, Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 75 | 83 | | Russell Fiord,
Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 76 | 84 | | Nunatak Glacier
in Russell Fiord, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 77 | 85 | | Ice Cascade near
Nunatak Glacier, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 78 | 86 | | Hidden Glacier,
Russell Fiord, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 79 | 87 | | Tlingit canoes
inYakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 88 | | Tlingit Indians
in canoes alongside the expedition ship George W.
Elder, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 80 | 89 | | Tlingit Indian
seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 81 | 90 | | Tlingit Indian
seal hunters' camp with canoe in foreground, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 82 | 91 | | Tlingit Indian
seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 83 | 92 | | Seal skins
drying at Tlingit Indian seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 84 | 93 | | Tlingit Indian
seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 85 | 94 | | Tlingit Indian
flensing a seal hide at the seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 95 | | Tlingit Indian
child in front of a canvas tent in the seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 86 | 96 | | Members of the
expedition taking part in a lifeboat drill aboard the George W. Elder
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 87 | 97 | | Members of the
expedition taking part in a lifeboat drill aboard the George W. Elder
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| From left to right: Mary Harriman, Cornelia Harriman, Dorethea
Draper, Mrs. A [possibly Mrs. Averell], Elizabeth Averell, Roland Harriman,
Carol Harriman. |
| 98 | | Members of the
expedition taking part in a lifeboat drill aboard the George W. Elder
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| From left to right: Edwin C. Starks, John Burroughs, W.B.
Devereux, Mrs. A.[possibly Mrs. Averell], Averell Harriman, Edward H. Harriman,
Roland Harriman, Elizabeth Averell, Carol Harriman. |
| 88 | 99 | | Peter Doran,
captain of the George W. Elder
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 100 | | Members of the
expedition in a lifeboat aboard the George W.
Elder
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| Man standing up in boat may be John Burroughs. |
| 89 | 101 | | Town of Orca,
Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 90 | 102 | | View of Orca
harbor from the mountaintop above the town, Orca, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 91 | 103 | | Yakutat seal
hunters' canoe, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 92 | 104 | | Columbia
Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 105 | | Columbia
Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 93 | 106 | | Columbia
Glacier, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 94 | 107 | | Columbia Glacier
from Heather Island in Columbia Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 95 | 108 | | Members of the
expedition in one of the small launches from the steamer George W. Elder, probably in Columbia Bay,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 109 | | Steamer
George W. Elder, probably in Columbia Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 96 | 110 | | Heather Island,
Columbia Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 97 | 111 | | Heather Island,
Columbia Bay, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 98 | 112 | | Icebergs from
the Columbia Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 99 | 113 | | Overturned
trees, forest debris, and peaty soil left in the wake of glacier ice, Columbia
Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 100-101 | 114-115 | | Ice in the
vicinity of Nunatak Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 102 | 116 | | Heather on
Heather Island, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 103 | 117 | | Reindeer moss
and huckleberries, Heather Island, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 104 | 118 | | Amherst Glacier,
left, and Cresent Glacier, right, on the northwestern arm of Prince William
Sound called Port Wells, Alaska
| June 26, 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 105 | 119 | | Harvard Glacier,
left, and Yale Glacier, right, at the head of College Fiord, Prince William
Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 120 | | Smith,
Radcliffe, Harvard, and Yale Glaciers at the head of Port Wells, Prince William
Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 106 | 121 | | Yale Glacier at
the head of College Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 107 | 122 | | Harvard Glacier
at the head of College Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 108 | 123 | | Radcliffe
Glacier, left, and Harvard Glacier, right, in College Fiord, Prince William
Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 124 | | Steamer
George W. Elder in Port Wells, Prince William
Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 109 | 125 | | Vassar, Bryn
Mawr, and Smith Glaciers in College Fiord, Prince William Sound,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 110 | 126 | | Bryn Mawr,
Smith, and Harvard Glaciers in College Fiord, Prince William Sound,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 111 | 127 | | Members of the
expedition visiting the Bryn Mawr Glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound,
Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 112 | 128 | | Bryn Mawr
Glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 113 | 129 | | Smith Glacier,
College Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 114 | 130 | | Vassar Glacier,
College Fiord, Prince William Sound, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 115 | 131 | | Barry Glacier at
the entrance to Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 116 | 132 | | Barry Glacier
and Doran Strait at the mouth of Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 117 | 133 | | Barry Glacier at
the mouth of Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 118 | 134-136 | | Barry Glacier at
the mouth of Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 119 | 137 | | Serpentine
Glacier, Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 120 | 138 | | Surprise
Glacier, Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 121 | 139 | | Harriman
Glacier, Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 122 | 140 | | Harriman
Glacier, Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 123 | 141 | | South end of the
front cliff of the Harriman Glacier, Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 124 | 142 | | Stream emerging
from the Harriman Glacier, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 125 | 143 | | Hemlocks
bordering Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 126 | 144 | | Hemlocks
bordering Harriman Fiord, Alaska
| June 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
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2 | | Volume 2. Cook Inlet to Bering
Strait and the Return Voyage | May-August, 1899 | |
| Page |
Item
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127 | 145 | | Town of Homer,
Cook Inlet, Alaska
| June 1899 | |
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 128 | 146 | | Seldovia on Cook
Inlet, Alaska
| June 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 129 | 147 | | Halibut Cove,
Cook Inlet, Alaska
| June 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 130 | 148 | | Uyak River on
the northwest coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 149 | | Uyak Bay on the
northwest coast of Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 131 | 150 | | Launch from
George W. Elder returning to the campsite on Uyak
Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
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| 132 | 151 | | Kodiak Narrows,
Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 133 | 152 | | Kodiak, Kodiak
Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 134 | 153 | | Holy
Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church, Kodiak, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 154 | | Town of Kodiak
with cotton grass in the foreground, Kodiak, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Wesley R.
Coe
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| 155 | | Indians racing
in a bidarka canoe during the July 4th celebrations, Kodiak Island,
Alaska
| 1899 |
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Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
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| 135 | 156 | | Place where E.H.
Harriman hunted for bear, Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
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| 136-137 | 157-158 | | Kodiak Bear shot
by E.H. Harriman, Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
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| 138 | 159 | | One of the
members of the bear hunting party, Stepan Kandarkof, a Russian villager from
Kodiak Island, Alaska
| June 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 139 | 160 | | Island off of
Kodiak Narrows, Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 140 | 161 | | Kodiak Island,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 141 | 162 | | Lupins on Woody
Island near Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 142 | 163 | | Vegetation on
Sand Point, northwest coast of Popof Island, Shumagin Islands,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 143 | 164 | | Popof Island,
Shumagin Islands, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 144 | 165 | | Shishaldin
Volcano on Umiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 166 | | Pavlof Volcano
on the west side of Pavlof Bay, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 145 | 167 | | Near town of
Belkovski, Shumagin Islands, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 146 | 168 | | Dutch Harbor on
Unalaska Bay, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 147 | 169 | | Town of
Unalaska, Unalaska Bay, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 148 | 170 | | Russian Orthodox
church, the Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of Christ, Iliuliuk Bay, Unalaska,
Alaska
| June 8, 1899 |
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Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
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| 149 | 171 | | Aleut dwelling
(Barabara) at Unalaska, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 150 | 172 | | Spruce trees
planted circa 1805 at Dutch Harbor, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 151 | 173 | | Bogoslof Island
in the Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 174 | | Bogoslof and
Grewingk Island in the Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 152 | 175-177 | | Sea lions on
Bogoslof Island, Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 153 | 178-180 | | Fur seals on St.
Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 154 | 181 | | Photography
session on board the steamer George W. Elder,
Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
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| 155 | 182 | | Sunrise at 2
a.m., July 12, 1899, near the Bering Strait, Alaska
| 1899 |
|
Photographer: Leon J.
Cole
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| 183 | | Siberian coast,
Russia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 184 | | Siberian coast,
Russia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 156 | 185 | | East shore of
Plover Bay, Siberian coast, Russia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 157 | 186 | | Eskimos in
umiaks alongside the George W. Elder, Plover
Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 187 | | Eskimos in
umiaks alongside the George W. Elder, Plover Bay,
Siberia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 158 | 188 | | Two Eskimos, a
woman and a man, in camp, Plover Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
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| 159 | 189 | | Eskimo woman and
children dressed in reindeer-skin parkas and sealskin boots in camp, Plover
Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 160 | 190 | | Two Eskimos, a
woman and a man, in camp, Plover Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 191 | | Two Eskimos, a
woman and a man, dressed in reindeer-skin parkas, with two of the expedition
women standing in the background, Plover Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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| 161 | 192 | | Eskimo summer
house (topek) constructed of reindeer skins stretched over poles, with inflated
seal skins hanging in front, Plover Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 162 | 193 | | Eskimo summer
houses (topeks) constructed of reindeer skins stretched over poles, Plover Bay,
Siberia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 163 | 194 | | Eskimo summer
house (topek) and fireplace, Plover Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 164 | 195 | | Unfinished
winter house showing framework of whale bones, Plover Bay Eskimo settlement,
Siberia
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 165 | 196 | | Eskimo winter
hut constructed of whale bones, sod, and walrus and seal skins, Plover Bay,
Siberia
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 166 | 197 | | Members of the
expedition bartering with the Eskimos, Plover Bay, Siberia
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| From left to right: Dr. George F. Nelson (chaplain), Peter Doran
(captain), Dr. Lewis Rutherford Morris (physician), Daniel G. Elliot
(zoologist). |
| 167 | 198 | | Eskimos in
umiaks (skin boats) approaching the George W.
Elder to barter, Port Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
|
| 168-169 | 199-200 | | Eskimos in
umiaks (skin boats) bartering their goods and curios alongside the
George W. Elder, Port Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 170-171 | 201-202 | | Eskimo children
dressed in parkas made of hair seal or reindeer skin, Port Clarence,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 172 | 203 | | Eskimo children
with (possibly) a member of the expedition on the beach at Port Clarence,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 204 | | Eskimo boy and
girl in fur parkas, Port Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 173 | 205 | | Eskimo in kayak,
Port Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 174 | 206 | | Eskimo women and
children on the deck of a whaling ship, Port Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 207 | | Eskimo child on
the deck of a whaling ship, Port Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 175 | 208 | | Whaling ships
preparing for their voyages to the Arctic in August, Port Clarence,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 176 | 209 | | Tundra at Port
Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: G.K.
Gilbert
|
| 177 | 210 | | Several launches
from the George W. Elder returning from their
exploration of Port Clarence and vicnity, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
|
| 178 | 211 | | Young swans
caught on St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Leon J.
Cole
|
| 212 | | Launches from
the George W. Elder landing on Hall Island, Bering
Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 179 | 213 | | Beach on Hall
Island, Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 180 | 214 | | Member of the
expedition on Hall Island, Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 181 | 215 | | Bird rookery off
of Hall Island, Bering Sea, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 182 | 216 | | Arenaria
(sandwort) on Hall Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 183 | 217 | | Tundra on St.
Matthew Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 184 | 218 | | Frederick V.
Colville and Professor William H. Brewer, probably on St. Matthew Island,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 185 | 219 | | Professor
Benjamin K. Emerson and Grove Karl Gilbert, probably on St. Matthew Island,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 186 | 220 | | John Burroughs
and John Muir, probably on St. Matthew Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 187 | 221 | | Members of the
Harriman Expedition and acquaintances at Dutch Harbor, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 188 | 222 | | Collection of
Aleutian baskets, Atka Island part of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 189 | 223 | | Eskimo baskets,
Port Clarence, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 190 | 224 | | Captain Peter
Doran using a sextant to take measurements aboard the steamer
George W. Elder, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 191 | 225 | | Roland Harriman,
Edward H. Harriman's son, aboard the steamer George W.
Elder, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 192 | 226 | | Fox farm on Long
Island, east of Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 193 | 227 | | Long Island near
Kodiak Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 194 | 228 | | Pacific Ocean on
the return voyage of the steamer George W. Elder,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 195 | 229 | | Members of the
expedition on the deck of the steamer George W.
Elder during the return voyage, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 196 | 230 | | Mount
Fairweather, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 197 | 231 | | Fairweather
Range and La Perouse Glacier, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 198 | 232 | | La Perouse
Glacier, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
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| 199 | 233 | | Fairweather
Range, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 200 | 234 | | Last view of the
Pacific Ocean on the return voyage of the George W.
Elder
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 201 | 235 | | Juneau from the
water, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 202 | 236 | | Treadwell Gold
Mining Company, Douglas Island, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 203 | 237 | | Dwellings and
totem poles at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 204 | 238 | | Tlingit totem
poles and houses at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 205 | 239 | | Harriman Alaska
Expedition party on the beach at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| Front left, seated: Wesley Coe, Trevor Kincaid, B.K. Emerson,
Robert Ridgway, William Ritter, Alton Saunders, man, Thomas Kearney, G.K.
Gilbert, Henry Gannett, three Harriman daughters and their guests, Mrs. E.H.
Harriman, C. Hart Merriam. Middle row, kneeling: Charles Palache, A.K. Fisher.
Rear, standing: Charles Keeler, William H. Brewer, Frederick V. Coville, B.E.
Fernow, Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, two women, George F. Nelson, man, John
Burroughs, Louis Agassiz Fuertes, Edward H. Harriman, Lewis B. Morris, William
Trelease, George Bird Grinnell, Daniel G. Elliot, William H. Dall. |
| 206 | 240 | | Members of the
expedition on the beach at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: E.H.
Harriman
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| 207 | 241 | | Chief's painted
house with totem pole, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 208 | 242 | | Totem pole of
beaver, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 209 | 243 | | Totem pole with
representation of eagle on top, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 210 | 244 | | Tlingit house
interior with roof-post totem pole representing an eagle, Tlingit Indian
village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 211 | 245 | | Interior
roof-post totem pole representing a bear, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: C. Hart
Merriam
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| 212 | 246 | | Two members of
the expedition posing with examples of Tlingit carvings and masks, Tlingit
Indian village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 213 | 247 | | Tlingit
artifacts and carvings on the beach at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
|
| 214 | 248 | | Two totem poles,
one with man holding hat, in front of dwellings, Tlingit Indian village, Cape
Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 249 | | Building with
carved animal motif and totem pole, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 250 | | Indian burial
sites with grave markers depicting bears and birds, Tlingit Indian village,
Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
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Photographer: W.H.
Averell
|
| 215 | 251 | | Grave house with
Chilkat blanket and totemic carving representing a bear, Tlingit Indian
village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
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| 216 | 252 | | Salmonberries,
Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: Edward S.
Curtis
|
| 217 | 253 | | View seaward
from Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, Alaska
| July 1899 |
|
Photographer: W.B.
Devereux
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Subject Terms |
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Personal Names:
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| Averell, William H., photographer. |
| Coe,
Wesley Roswell, 1869-1960, photographer. |
| Coe, Wesley
Roswell, 1869-1960--Photographs. |
| Cole,
Leon J., photographer. |
| Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952, photographer. |
| Devereux,
W.B.--Photographs. |
| Devereux, W.B., photographer. |
| Gilbert,
Grove Karl, 1843-1918--Photographs. |
| Harriman,
Edward Henry, 1848-1909--Photographs. |
| Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909, photographer. |
| Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942 , photographer. |
| Ridgway,
Robert, 1850-1929--Photographs. |
| Ridgway, Robert, 1850-1929, photographer. |
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Organizations:
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| Harriman
Alaska Expedition (1899)--Photographs. |
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Geographic Names:
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| Alaska--Discovery and exploration--Photographs. |
| Glacier Bay (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Kodiak Island (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Port Clarence (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Pribilof Islands (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Prince William Sound (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Shumagin Islands (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Sitka (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Unalaska (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Yakutat (Alaska)--Photographs. |
| Yakutat Bay (Alaska)--Photographs. |
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Subjects:
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| Bays--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Eskimos--Alaska--Photographs . |
| Eskimos--Boats--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Glaciers--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Islands--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Natural
history--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Scientific
expeditions--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Tlingit
Indians--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Tlingit
art--Alaska--Photographs. |
| Umiaks--Photographs. |
|
Genre Headings:
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| Photograph
albums. |
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