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Edge of Muir glacier

American Indian Museum

Edge of Muir glacier
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Object Details

Photographer

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

Collection Collector

Rumsey, Mary Harriman, 1881-1934.

Collection Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Mary Harriman Rumsey Collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition Photographs, Box and Folder Number; National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center, Smithsonian Institution.

Scope and Contents

Unidentified member of the Harriman Expedition canoeing in Muir Inlet, at the base of Muir Glacier in Alaska. "Just after this was taken, a huge berg fell off, the wave almost swamping the canoe and washing overboard a series of very large negatives of the glacier front."
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GUID

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Photographer

Curtis, Edward S., 1868-1952

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Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs
Mary Harriman Rumsey collection of Harriman Alaska Expedition photographs / Series 1: Harriman Alaska Expedition / 1.9: Glacier Bay

Sponsor

This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.

Extent

1 Lantern slide
1 Photographic print

Date

1899 June 9-14

Container

Photo-folder 9
Box 11

Archival Repository

National Museum of the American Indian

Identifier

NMAI.AC.053, Item P10912, L00825

Type

Archival materials
Photographs
Slides
Lantern slides
Photographic prints

Collection Rights

Permission to publish materials from the collection must be requested from National Museum of the American Indian Archive Center. Please submit a written request to nmaiphotos@si.edu. For personal or classroom use, users are invited users to download, print, photocopy, and distribute the images that are available online without prior written permission, provided that the files are not changed, the Smithsonian Institution copyright notice (where applicable) is included, and the source of the image is identified as the National Museum of the American Indian.

Collection Restrictions

Access to NMAI Archive Center collections is by appointment only, Monday - Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm. Please contact the archives to make an appointment (phone: 301-238-1400, email: nmaiarchives@si.edu).
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Record ID

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