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A souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition [graphic] : May-August 1899.
BANC PIC 1905.17182--ALB V. 1; BANC PIC 1905.17182--ALB V. 2
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Title:
A souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition: May-August 1899Creator/Contributor:
Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899), creatorCreator/Contributor:
Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952Creator/Contributor:
Harriman, Edward Henry, 1848-1909Creator/Contributor:
Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942Creator/Contributor:
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918Abstract:
Photoprints taken on the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899. Views depict landscapes, geographic features, towns, native Alaskans,
and expedition members. Many settlements are identified.
Date:
ca. 1899 (issued)Contents:
Volume I: New York to Cook Inlet -- Volume II: Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return Voyage.
Subject:
n-us-akHarriman Alaska Expedition (1899) -- Pictorial works
Eskimos -- Alaska -- Photographs
Alaska -- Discovery and exploration -- Pictorial works
Note:
Photographs by Edward S. Curtis, E.H. Harriman, C. Hart Merriam, Grove Karl Gilbert, L.J.C., W.B.D., W.R.C., W.H.A., and R.R.-.
Photoprints mounted on pages with printed captions and initials of photographers. Each album also has a printed title page.
Original glass negatives for many of the images in these albums are present in the C. Hart Merriam pictorial collection at
The Bancroft Library.
"H.A.E." on a standard (insiginia for Harriman Alaska Expedition) stamped in gold on album covers.
Includes a map showing the route of the voyage.
Type:
graphicPhysical Description:
graphic
photoprint
2 albums (277 photographic prints) : b&w ; 24 x 34 cm.
Language:
English
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1905.17182--ALB V. 1
BANC PIC 1905.17182--ALB V. 2