Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952. Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909
Published / Created:
c1899
Call Number:
ZZc86 899ha
Collection Title:
A souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition : May-August, 1899 [graphic]
Container / Volume:
v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
Edward Henry Harriman 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
Description:
Letterpress caption on album page and manuscript caption identifying Mary Harriman, Cornelia Keeler, Dorothea Draper and others.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899) --Pictorial works
Photograph album of commercial views of Alaska, including Wrangell Narrows, scenery along the Indian River, tourists at Irving Falls in Gardners Inlet, Taku Inlet, Glacier Bay and the Steamship "Queen" among the icebergs.
Description:
Caption on recto.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Description and travel
Subject (Name):
Queen (Steamship)
Subject (Topic):
Steamboats--Alaska--Pictorial works and Tourism--Alaska--Pictorial works
Cook Inlet Exploration Expedition under the command of Captain Edwin Forbes Glenn (1857-1926) in south-central Alaska explored the country north of Cook Inlet to discover the most "direct and practicable" route from the coast to the Tanana River.
Images include a group portrait of the expedition, interior and exterior views of the salmon cannery for the Pacific Steam Whaling Company at Prince William Sound; views of the steamer Salmo, and a group portrait of Native American men and others in a ship. Identified individuals include Lieutenant Joseph C. Castner, Walter Curran Mendenhall, Private George W. Van Schoonhoven, Private Adelbert L. Canwell, and guide Harry H. Hicks.
Description:
Verso blank.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Topic):
Cook Inlet Exploring Expedition, Salmon fisheries--Alaska--Pictorial works, and Steamboats--Alaska--Pictorial works
Cook Inlet Exploration Expedition under the command of Captain Edwin Forbes Glenn (1857-1926) in south-central Alaska explored the country north of Cook Inlet to discover the most "direct and practicable" route from the coast to the Tanana River.
Images include a group portrait of the expedition, interior and exterior views of the salmon cannery for the Pacific Steam Whaling Company at Prince William Sound; views of the steamer Salmo, and a group portrait of Native American men and others in a ship. Identified individuals include Lieutenant Joseph C. Castner, Walter Curran Mendenhall, Private George W. Van Schoonhoven, Private Adelbert L. Canwell, and guide Harry H. Hicks.
Description:
Verso blank.
Subject (Geographic):
Alaska--Discovery and exploration
Subject (Topic):
Cook Inlet Exploring Expedition, Salmon fisheries--Alaska--Pictorial works, and Steamboats--Alaska--Pictorial works