A souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition : May-August, 1899 [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- A souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition : May-August, 1899 [graphic].
- Creator
- Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899).
- Contributor
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Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909.
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952.
Dellenbaugh, Frederick Samuel, 1853-1935.
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918.
Grinnell, George Bird, 1849-1938. - Published / Created
- 1899.
- Abstract
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Photograph albums documenting the voyage and return trip of the Harriman Expedition to Alaska. There are views of passengers and crew aboard ship and ashore, glaciers and tundra, sealing in the Probilof Islands, and whaling fleets at Port Clarence. Photographs of native Alaskan villages and camps include views of temporary and permanent structures, boats, totem poles, baskets and carvings, as well as women and men identified as Aleuts or Eskimos. Photographs of Alaskan flora and of a bear hunting trip are also present
- Description
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Edward Henry Harriman made his fortune in the stock market, and became active in the consolidation of rail lines in the late nineteenth century. In 1899 he organized and funded a scientific expedition up the Alaska coast that included George Bird Grinnell, Grove Karl Gilbert, John Muir, Frederick Dellenbaugh, C. Hart Merriam, and other scientists, artists and writers, as well as his own wife and five children, and assorted other friends and relations.
Edward S. Curtis, then working as a studio photographer in Seattle, accompanied the Harriman Expedition as official photographer. Photographs in the album are by Curtis, Gilbert, Harriman, Merriam and others.
Letterpress captions on album pages. - Extent
- 2 albums (230 photographic prints, map) : 24 x 34 cm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been partially digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- ZZc86 899ha
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Photographic prints
Photograph albums - Material
- b & w ;
- Subject (Geographic)
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Alaska
Sitka (Alaska)
Juneau (Alaska)
Pribilof Islands (Alaska) - Subject (Name)
- Harriman Alaska Expedition
- Subject (Topic)
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Pictorial works
Indians of North America
Aleuts
Eskimos
Whaling
Sealing
Description and travel - Subjects
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Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) > Pictorial works
Indians of North America > Alaska > Pictorial works
Aleuts > Pictorial works
Eskimos > Pictorial works
Whaling > Alaska > Pictorial works
Sealing > Alaska > Pictorial works
Alaska > Pictorial works
Alaska > Description and travel
Sitka (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Juneau (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Pribilof Islands (Alaska) > Pictorial works
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 1503900
- Object ID (OID)
- 2014894
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