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Finding aid written in English.Finding aid based on DACS (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).University of Washington Libraries, Special CollectionsPH0333Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition photograph albumsMay-August 18993 boxes containing 2 albums containing 253 photographic prints; 1 glass negativeCollection materials are in English.Photograph albums documenting the activities of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska in 1899, led by Edward Henry Harriman and photographed by the expedition's official photographer, Edward S. Curtis, as well as other members of party

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.

The collection consists of two albums entitled A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition , containing 253 photographic prints and one map. Also included in the collection is a duplicate copy of the album photographs housed unbound in two boxes and including an additional print missing from Volume I. Views depict landscapes, geographic features, towns, native Alaskans, and expedition members.

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Glass negative donated October 2024 by William Coons.

Revised by Heather Robbins May 2013.

Titles of some images revised to align with harmful language guidelines. Revision completed by S. Fitch 2023.

Glass negative added November 2024 by S. Fitch.

See: C. Hart Merriam's Description of the Harriman Alaska Expedition , written as the introduction to the twelve-volume "Alaska" series, which detailed the scientific discoveries that were made during the journey.

See: William H. Goetzmann and Kay Sloan, Looking Far North : the Harriman Expedition to Alaska, 1899 , Princeton University Press, 1983.

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1CoverA Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition May-August, 1899. Volume 1. New York to Cook Inlet.10Map showing the route of the Harriman Expedition in 1899 11Head of Harriman Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaEdward S. Curtis 12Edward Henry Harriman's private train on the Continental Divide, WyomingMay 1889C. Hart Merriam 13Shoshone Falls from the north and the Lava Plain, IdahoMay 1899C. Hart Merriam 14Shoshone Falls from the west, IdahoMay 1899E.H. Harriman 15 Shoshone Falls, IdahoMay 1899E.H. Harriman 16Shoshone Falls, IdahoMay 1899G.K. Gilbert 17Canyon of Snake River below Shoshone Falls, Idaho May 1899G.K. Gilbert 18Harriman Expedition members aboard a ferry crossing the Snake River, IdahoMay 1899G.K. Gilbert 19Columbia River fishwheelMay 1899L.J.C 110 Steamer George W. Elder, probably sailing the Inside Passage, British Columbia, CanadaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 111Lowe Inlet, British Columbia, CanadaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 112Lowe Inlet, British Columbia, CanadaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 113Members of the expedition canoeing in Lowe Inlet, British Columbia, CanadaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 114Frazer Reach, British Columbia, CanadaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 115 Hanging valley from (probably) a reach of the Fraser River, British Columbia, CanadaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 116aEpiscopal church and school house, New Metlakatla, Annette Island, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 116bInterior of church, New Metlakatla, Annette Island, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 117 Behm Canal near Wrangell, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 118Wrangell, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 119Tlingit totem poles in front of house, Wrangell, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 120Tlingit totem poles in front of Chief Shake's house, Wrangell, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 121Coast Mountains near Wrangell, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 122Davidson Glacier, Lynn Canal, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 123Tracks of the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 124a-b Skagway River and Canyon from the White Pass and Yukon Railroad, Alaska June 1899C. Hart Merriam 125Sleds with provisions on the summit of White Pass, AlaskaJune 7, 1899Edward S. Curtis 126Custom house and tattered British and American flags at the boundary of British Columbia and Alaska, White Pass summitJune 7, 1899Edward S. Curtis 127Muir Glacier looking west, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 128Muir Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 129Beach near John Muir's cabin, east end of Muir Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 130Member of the Harriman Expedition canoeing in Glacier Bay, Muir Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 131a Large rock supported by a column of ice, Muir Glacier, Alaska June 1899W.H. Averell 131bCrevasses in Muir Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Wesley R. Coe 132Remains of partially submerged old forest near Muir Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 133Steamer George W. Elder and launch in Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 134Ice in Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 135Fairweather Range seen across Glacier Bay from Sunday Island, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 136Steamer George W. Elder, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 137Muir Inlet, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 138Charpentier Glacier, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 139Hugh Miller Glacier seen from Hugh Miller Inlet, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 140Rock debris and material deposited by the Hugh Miller Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 141Members of the expedition on the shoreline of Reid Inlet, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 11, 1899G.K. Gilbert 142John Muir and another member of the expedition visiting iceberg, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 143 Reid Glacier, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 144West side of Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 145Tlingit Indian seal hunters' camp, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 146Dwelling in a Tlingit Indian sealer's camp, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 147Tlingit Indian sealers being towed in a canoe, Glacier Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 148Sitka Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 149Islands near Sitka, Alaska with George W. Elder in harborJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 150Two members of the expedition canoeing in Sitka Bay near the hot springs located 15 miles south of the town of Sitka, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 151Path by the Indian River near Sitka, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 152Rapids of Indian River near Sitka, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 153Indian River near Sitka, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 154Sitka spruce trees near the Indian River, AlaskaJune 1899Robert Ridgway 155Tree moss and ferns near the Indian River, AlaskaJune 1899Robert Ridgway 156Mount Edgecombe viewed from Cross Mountain, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 157 Sitka Trading Company housed in the old Russian barracks, Sitka, Alaska June 1899Edward S. Curtis 158Russian Orthodox church, the Cathedral of St. Michael, Sitka, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 159 Interior of the Cathedral of St. Michael, Sitka, Alaska June 1899Edward S. Curtis 160Old museum, Sitka, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 161Mount Fairweather, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 162Forests destroyed by the La Perouse Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 163aYakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 163bVillage of Yakutat, AlaskaJune 1899Wesley R. Coe 164aHarriman Expedition hunting party tent on the west shore of Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 164bHarriman Expedition members and tent on the west shore of Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 165Willow trees on Yakutat Bay near the Malaspina Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 166Willow trees and lupines in the dunes at Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 167Field of wild strawberries, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 168aTwo members of the Harriman Expedition canoeing in Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 168bMembers of the Harriman Expedition canoeing in drift ice, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 169a-bDrift ice in Disenchantment Bay, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 170Haenke Island, south side of Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 171aSeagulls probably on Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899W.H. Averell 171bSeagull probably over Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 172Turner Glacier, Disenchantment Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 173Hubbard Glacier, Disenchantment Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 174Front of Hubbard Glacier, Disenchantment Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 175Russell Fiord, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 176Nunatak Glacier in Russell Fiord, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 177Ice Cascade near Nunatak Glacier, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 178Hidden Glacier, Russell Fiord, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 179aTlingit canoes in Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 179bTlingit Indians in canoes alongside the expedition ship George W. Elder, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 180Tlingit Indian seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 181Tlingit Indian seal hunters' camp with canoe in foreground, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 182Tlingit Indian seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 183Seal skins drying at Tlingit Indian seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 184Tlingit Indian seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 185a Tlingit Indian flensing a seal hide at the seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, Alaska June 1899W.B. Devereux 185bTlingit Indian child in front of a canvas tent in the seal hunters' camp, Yakutat Bay, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 186Members of the expedition taking part in a lifeboat drill aboard the George W. ElderJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 187aMembers of the expedition taking part in a lifeboat drill aboard the George W. ElderJune 1899W.H. Averell

From left to right: Mary Harriman, Cornelia Harriman, Dorethea Draper, Mrs. A [possibly Mrs. Averell], Elizabeth Averell, Roland Harriman, Carol Harriman.

187bMembers of the expedition taking part in a lifeboat drill aboard the George W. ElderJune 1899W.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.

188aPeter Doran, captain of the George W. ElderJune 1899W.H. Averell 188bMembers of the expedition in a lifeboat aboard the George W. ElderJune 1899W.H. Averell

Man standing up in boat may be John Burroughs.

189Town of Orca, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 190View of Orca harbor from the mountaintop above the town, Orca, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 191Yakutat seal hunters' canoe, AlaskaJune 1899W.H. Averell 192aColumbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 192bColumbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 193Columbia Glacier, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899W.H. Averell 194Columbia Glacier from Heather Island in Columbia Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 195aMembers of the expedition in one of the small launches from the steamer George W. Elder, probably in Columbia Bay, AlaskaJune 1899W.H. Averell 195b Steamer George W. Elder, probably in Columbia Bay, Alaska June 1899G.K. Gilbert 196Heather Island, Columbia Bay, AlaskaJune 1899G.K. Gilbert 197Heather Island, Columbia Bay, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 198Icebergs from the Columbia Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 199Overturned trees, forest debris, and peaty soil left in the wake of glacier ice, Columbia Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1100Ice in the vicinity of Nunatak Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1101Ice in the vicinity of Nunatak Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1102Heather on Heather Island, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1103Reindeer moss and huckleberries, Heather Island, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1104Amherst Glacier, left, and Crescent Glacier, right, on the northwestern arm of Prince William Sound called Port Wells, AlaskaJune 26, 1899C. Hart Merriam 1105aHarvard Glacier, left, and Yale Glacier, right, at the head of College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1105bSmith, Radcliffe, Harvard, and Yale Glaciers at the head of Port Wells, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1106Yale Glacier at the head of College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1107Harvard Glacier at the head of College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1108aRadcliffe Glacier, left, and Harvard Glacier, right, in College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 1108bSteamer George W. Elder in Port Wells, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 1109Vassar, Bryn Mawr, and Smith Glaciers in College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1110Bryn Mawr, Smith, and Harvard Glaciers in College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1111Members of the expedition visiting the Bryn Mawr Glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1112Bryn Mawr Glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1113Smith Glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1114Vassar Glacier, College Fiord, Prince William Sound, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1115Barry Glacier at the entrance to Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 1116Barry Glacier and Doran Strait at the mouth of Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 1117Barry Glacier at the mouth of Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1118a-cBarry Glacier at the mouth of Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1119Surprise Glacier, Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899C. Hart Merriam 1120Serpentine Glacier, Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1121Harriman Glacier, Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 1122Harriman Glacier, Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1123South end of the front cliff of the Harriman Glacier, Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1124Stream emerging from the Harriman Glacier, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1125Hemlocks bordering Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 1126Hemlocks bordering Harriman Fiord, AlaskaJune 1899E.H. Harriman 2CoverA Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition May-August 1899. Volume II. Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return Voyage.2127Town of Homer, Cook Inlet, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 2128Seldovia on Cook Inlet, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 2129Halibut Cove, Cook Inlet, AlaskaJune 1899W.B. Devereux 2130Uyak River on the northwest coast of Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux 2130Uyak Bay on the northwest coast of Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux 2131 Launch from George W. Elder returning to the campsite on Uyak Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska July 1899E.H. Harriman 2132Kodiak Narrows, Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2133Kodiak, Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2134aHoly Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church, Kodiak, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2134bTown of Kodiak with cotton grass in the foreground, Kodiak, AlaskaJuly 1899Wesley R. Coe 2134cIndians racing in a bidarka canoe during the July 4th celebrations, Kodiak Island, Alaska1899G.K. Gilbert 2135Place where E.H. Harriman hunted for bear, Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899E.H. Harriman 2136Kodiak Bear shot by E.H. Harriman, Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899E.H. Harriman 2137Kodiak Bear shot by E.H. Harriman, Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899E.H. Harriman 2138 One of the members of the bear hunting party, Stepan Kandarkof, a Russian villager from Kodiak Island, AlaskaJune 1899Edward S. Curtis 2139Island off of Kodiak Narrows, Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2140Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2141Lupines on Woody Island near Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2142Vegetation on Sand Point, northwest coast of Popof Island, Shumagin Islands, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2143Popof Island, Shumagin Islands, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2144aShishaldin Volcano on Umiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2144bPavlof Volcano on the west side of Pavlof Bay, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2145Near town of Belkovski, Shumagin Islands, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux 2146Dutch Harbor on Unalaska Bay, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2147Town of Unalaska, Unalaska Bay, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2148Russian Orthodox church, the Cathedral of the Holy Ascension of Christ, Iliuliuk Bay, Unalaska, AlaskaJune 8, 1899E.H. Harriman 2149Aleut dwelling (Barabara) at Unalaska, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2150 Spruce trees planted circa 1805 at Dutch Harbor, Alaska July 1899Edward S. Curtis 2151aBogoslof Island in the Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2151bBogoslof and Grewingk Island in the Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux 2152a-cSea lions on Bogoslof Island, Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2153a-cFur seals on St. Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2154Photography session on board the steamer George W. Elder, Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899E.H. Harriman 2155aSunrise at 2 a.m., July 12, 1899, near the Bering Strait, Alaska1899Leon J. Cole 2155b Siberian coast, Russia July 1899W.B. Devereux 2155cSiberian coast, RussiaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2156East shore of Plover Bay, Siberian coast, RussiaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2157aSiberian Yupik people in umiaks alongside the George W. Elder, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimos in Umiaks, Plover Bay, Siberia.

2157bSiberian Yupik people in umiaks alongside the George W. Elder, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimos in Umiaks, Plover Bay, Siberia.

2158Siberian Yupik woman and man in camp, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899G.K. Gilbert

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimos - Plover Bay.

2159Siberian Yupik woman and children dressed in reindeer-skin parkas and sealskin boots in camp, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Plover Bay Eskimos.

2160aSiberian Yupik woman and man in camp, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Plover Bay.

2160bSiberian Yupik woman and man, dressed in reindeer-skin parkas, with two of the expedition women standing in the background, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Plover Bay.

2161Siberian Yupik summer house (topek) constructed of reindeer skins stretched over poles, with inflated seal skins hanging in front, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimo Village - Plover Bay.

2162Siberian Yupik summer houses (topeks) constructed of reindeer skins stretched over poles, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Asiatic Trade.

2163 Siberian Yupik summer house (topek) and fireplace, Plover Bay, Siberia July 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: House and Hearth - Plover Bay.

2164Unfinished winter house showing framework of whale bones, Plover Bay Siberian Yupik settlement, SiberiaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Frame of the Siberian Eskimos' Winter Topek.

2165Siberian Yupik winter hut constructed of whale bones, sod, and walrus and seal skins, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: The Winter Topek.

2166Members of the expedition bartering with Siberian Yupik people, Plover Bay, SiberiaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: A Doubtful Bargain.

From left to right: Dr. George F. Nelson (chaplain), Peter Doran (captain), Dr. Lewis Rutherford Morris (physician), Daniel G. Elliot (zoologist).

2167Iñupiat people in umiaks (skin boats) approaching the George W. Elder to barter, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899E.H. Harriman

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimos in Umiaks - Port Clarence, Alaska.

2168Iñupiat people in umiaks (skin boats) bartering their goods and curios alongside the George W. Elder, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Traders at the Landing Stage.

2169Iñupiat people in umiaks (skin boats) bartering their goods and curios alongside the George W. Elder, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimo Traders.

2170Iñupiat children dressed in parkas made of hair seal or reindeer skin, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimo Children - Port Clarence.

2171Four Iñupiat children dressed in parkas made of hair seal or reindeer skin, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Four of a Kind.

2172aIñupiat children with (possibly) a member of the expedition on the beach at Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam

Caption letterpress printed on album page: On the Beach - Port Clarence.

2172bIñupiat boy and girl in fur parkas, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2173Iñupiat mankayak, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimo and Kayak - Port Clarence.

2174aIñupiat women and children on the deck of a whaling ship, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimos on a Whaler.

2174bIñupiat child on the deck of a whaling ship, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimos on a Whaler.

2175Whaling ships preparing for their voyages to the Arctic in August, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2176Tundra at Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899G.K. Gilbert 2177Several launches from the George W. Elder returning from their exploration of Port Clarence and vicinity, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2178aYoung swans caught on St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899Leon J. Cole 2178bLaunches from the George W. Elder landing on Hall Island, Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899W.H. Averell 2179Beach on Hall Island, Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2180Member of the expedition on Hall Island, Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2181Bird rookery off of Hall Island, Bering Sea, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2182Arenaria (sandwort) on Hall Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2183Tundra on St. Matthew Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2184Frederick V. Colville and Professor William H. Brewer, probably on St. Matthew Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2185Professor Benjamin K. Emerson and Grove Karl Gilbert, probably on St. Matthew Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2186John Burroughs and John Muir, probably on St. Matthew Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2187Members of the Harriman Expedition and acquaintances at Dutch Harbor, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2188Collection of Aleutian baskets, Atka Island part of the Aleutian Islands, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2189Iñupiat baskets, Port Clarence, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption letterpress printed on album page: Eskimo Baskets.

2190Captain Peter Doran using a sextant to take measurements aboard the steamer George W. Elder, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2191Roland Harriman, Edward H. Harriman's son, aboard the steamer George W. Elder, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2192Fox farm on Long Island, east of Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2193Long Island near Kodiak Island, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2194Pacific Ocean on the return voyage of the steamer George W. Elder, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2195Members of the expedition on the deck of the steamer George W. Elder during the return voyage, AlaskaJuly 1899W.H. Averell 2196 Mount Fairweather, Alaska July 1899C. Hart Merriam 2197Fairweather Range and La Perouse Glacier, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2198La Perouse Glacier, AlaskaJuly 1899E.H. Harriman 2199Fairweather Range, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2200Last view of the Pacific Ocean on the return voyage of the George W. ElderJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2201Juneau from the water, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2202Treadwell Gold Mining Company, Douglas Island, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux 2203Dwellings and totem poles at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2204Tlingit totem poles and houses at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2205Harriman Alaska Expedition party on the beach at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward 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.

2206Members of the expedition on the beach at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899E.H. Harriman 2207Chief's painted house with totem pole, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2208Totem pole of beaver, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2209Totem pole with representation of eagle on top, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2210Tlingit house interior with roof-post totem pole representing an eagle, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2211Interior roof-post totem pole representing a bear, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899C. Hart Merriam 2212Two members of the expedition posing with examples of Tlingit carvings and masks, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux 2213Tlingit artifacts and carvings on the beach at a Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux 2214aTwo totem poles, one with man holding hat, in front of dwellings, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899W.H. Averell 2214bBuilding with carved animal motif and totem pole, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899W.H. Averell 2214cIndian burial sites with grave markers depicting bears and birds, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899W.H. Averell 2215Grave house with Chilkat blanket and totemic carving representing a bear, Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2216Salmonberries, AlaskaJuly 1899Edward S. Curtis 2217View seaward from Tlingit Indian village, Cape Fox, AlaskaJuly 1899W.B. Devereux Glass negativesXGB1a218Hall Island vegetation1899Edward S. Curtis

Caption on negative: Splendid flower-like tundra on Hall Island

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