[Photograph of nine men in a sailing canoe]
- Published/Created:
- Alaska
1898 - Physical Description:
- 1 photographic print
b&w
12.3 x 20.2 cm. on mount 20.3 x 25.3 cm. - Notes:
- Verso blank.
- Abstract:
- Cook Inlet Exploration Expedition under the command of Captain Edwin Forbes Glenn (1857-1926) in south-central Alaska explored the country north of Cook Inlet to discover the most "direct and practicable" route from the coast to the Tanana River. Images include a group portrait of the expedition, interior and exterior views of the salmon cannery for the Pacific Steam Whaling Company at Prince William Sound; views of the steamer Salmo, and a group portrait of Native American men and others in a ship. Identified individuals include Lieutenant Joseph C. Castner, Walter Curran Mendenhall, Private George W. Van Schoonhoven, Private Adelbert L. Canwell, and guide Harry H. Hicks.
- Topics:
- Canoes and canoeing--Northwest Coast of North America--Pictorial works
Cook Inlet Exploring Expedition
Geological Survey (U.S.) - Topics:
- Alaska--Discovery and exploration
- Topics:
- Castner, Joseph C., 1869-1946
Mendenhall, Walter C. (Walter Curran), 1871-1957 - Genre:
- Group portraits
Photographic prints - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Public
- Source Creator:
- Brooks, Alfred H. (Alfred Hulse), 1871-1924
- Source Title:
- Alfred Hulse Brooks photographs and papers
- Source Created:
- 1892-1955
- Source Note:
- Series II. Photographs by Other Photographers. Photographs by Identified Photographers. Cook Inlet Exploration Expedition
- Call Number:
- WA Photos 444
- Box:
- Box 8
- Folder:
- Folder 707
- Orbis Record:
- 9296117
- Finding Aid:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/beinecke.brooksah
- Yale Collection:
- Beinecke Library
- Digital Collection:
- Yale Collection of Western Americana
- oid pointer:
- 10509879
- Extent of digitization:
- Complete folder digitized.
- OID:
- 10508526
- PID:
- digcoll:3781930
