File:Columbia Glacier from Heather Island, Alaska, 1899 - DPLA - 33a5645ccae19130e8465670cca82654.jpg

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Columbia Glacier from Heather Island, Alaska, 1899 (

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Creator



Alternative names	Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
Description	American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director and screenwriter
Date of birth/death	16 February 1868	19 October 1952
Location of birth/death	Whitewater	Los Angeles
Work period	1896 –1930
Work location	United States of America; Seattle
Authority file	: Q433128 VIAF: 31995046 ISNI: 000000012277999X ULAN: 500018219 LCCN: n80034999 NLA: 36204847 WorldCat

Title

Columbia Glacier from Heather Island, Alaska, 1899

Description

Transcribed from accompanying description: ""[Photograph]. Curtis, Edward S. Hand-tinted silver print executed for the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899 (Alaskan ""dreamscape,"" with lake and tall pines). 1899. 6 3/8 x 8 1/8. Signed, annotated ""X307"", and dated ""copyrighted 1899 E.H. Harriman"" in the negative. Some fading. Chiefly the sky."" Transcribed from photo enclosure included by donor: ""Columbia Glacier, from Heather Island. Plate also reproduced as photogravure in Vol. 1 Harriman Alaska facing p. 136 in a reduced and cropped form. Curtis took 5000 plates in this expedition.""; X307; Heather Island, AK

Date

1899

Collection

Seattle Public Library

	Location	Seattle , United States of America
	Coordinates	47° 36′ 24″ N, 122° 19′ 58″ W
	Established	1890
	Website	www.spl.org
	Authority file	: Q7442157 VIAF: 147059007 ISNI: 0000000107435179 LCCN: n50059684 NRHP: 82004253 GND: 4841883-3 WorldCat

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This file was contributed to Wikimedia Commons by Seattle Public Library as part of a cooperation project. The donation was facilitated by the Digital Public Library of America, via its partner Northwest Digital Heritage.

Record in source catalog
DPLA identifier: 33a5645ccae19130e8465670cca82654
Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_nwp_00969

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