Object Details
- Creator
- Curtis, Edward S. 1868-1952
- Gilbert, Grove Karl 1843-1918
- Subject
- Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart) 1855-1942
- Union Pacific Railroad Company
- United States Bureau of Biological Survey
- Washington Academy of Sciences (Washington, D.C.)
- Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
- Also known as: RU7243_Box1_F1_Harriman3 [SPI_1528]
- Summary
- Photo of the ferry on Snake River. The ferry is full of people and a stagecoach with two horses. Page 8 of a photo album documenting the Harriman Alaska Expedition, Volume 1. This image is part of a series of photographs taken by various members of the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899, which was cosponsored by Edward Henry Harriman, president of the Union Pacific Railroad and the Washington Academy of Sciences. Originally conceived by Harriman as a big-game hunt, the enterprise was transformed into a scientific expedition upon the advice of Clinton Hart Merriman, chief of the Bureau of Biological Survey.
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7243, Harriman Alaska Expedition, Image No. SIA2012-3639
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1899
- Local number
- SIA RU007243 [SIA2012-3639]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Type
- Black-and-white photographs
- Physical description
- Photographic prints 9.5h x 13.75w
- Place
- Kodiak Island (Alaska)
- Prince William Sound (Alaska)
- Shoshone Falls (Idaho)
- Siberia (Russia)
- Snake River (Idaho)
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Animals
- Botanists
- Botany
- Discoveries in science
- Ferries
- Geologists
- Geology
- Industries
- Nature and society
- Ornithologists
- Scientific expeditions
- Taxidermists
- Transportation
- United States--History
- Zoologists
- Zoology
- Record ID
- siris_arc_308110
