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Eskimos in umiaks alongside the GEO. W. ELDER, Plover Bay, Siberia, July 1899.
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| Title | Eskimos in umiaks alongside the GEO. W. ELDER, Plover Bay, Siberia, July 1899. |
| Photographer | Devereux, W.B. |
| Date | 1899 |
| Notes | From album entitled: A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May - August, 1899. Volume II, Cook Inlet to Bering Strait and the Return Voyage, leaf 157, left.
Umiaks were boats made of walrus skins stretched over wooden frames.
Caption on image: Eskimos in Umiaks, Plover Bay, Siberia
Photograph taken by W.B. Devereux, mining engineer, member of the 1899 Harriman Expedition. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Yuit Eskimos--Clothing & dress--Russia--Plover Bay
Leather garments--Russia (Federation)--Plover Bay
Fur garments
Steamboats--Russia--Siberia
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| Subjects (LCSH) | Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899)
George W. Elder (Steamship)
Yuit Eskimos--Boats--Russia (Federation)--Plover Bay
Parkas--Russia (Federation)--Plover Bay
Plover Bay (Russia)
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| Location Depicted | Russia--Siberia--Plover Bay |
| Digital Collection | Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection
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| Order Number | HAR053 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info Please cite the Order Number when ordering. |
| Negative Number | NA2107 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection. PH Coll 333
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| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | silver gelatin, b&w
Safety film copy negative (4 x 5 in.), B2/F14, good |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9600XL at 72 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 3. 11/1998. |
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