Ground New-made by Hugh Miller Glacier 1899

ID: SIA RU007243 [SIA2012-3671]

Creator: Gilbert, Grove Karl 1843-1918

Form/Genre: Black-and-white photographs

Date: 1899

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7243, Harriman Alaska Expedition, Image No. SIA2012-3671

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Summary

Photo of rocky new ground made by Hugh Miller Glacier. A man is standing on the new ground. Page 40 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.

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Also known as: RU7243_Box1_F2_Harriman12 [SPI_1555]

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7243, Harriman Alaska Expedition, Image No. SIA2012-3671

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

1899

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Topic

Form/Genre

Black-and-white photographs

Local number

SIA RU007243 [SIA2012-3671]

Physical description

Photographic prints 9.5h x 13.75w

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