This collection was processed with funding from the Smithsonian Women's Committee.
Extent
1 Photographic print
1 Lantern slide
Date
1899 June
Container
Photo-folder 3
Box 10
Archival Repository
National Museum of the American Indian
Identifier
NMAI.AC.053, Item P10977, L00710
Type
Archival materials
Photographs
Slides
Photographic prints
Lantern slides
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.
Collection Rights
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Scope and Contents
Passengers lined up on deck, wearing life preservers, during a fire drill on the steamship S. S. George W. Elder on the coast of Alaska. From left: Mary Harriman, Cornelia Harriman, Dorethea Draper, Mrs. A. (possibly Mrs. Averell), Elizabeth Averell, Roland Harriman, Carol Harriman.
Collection Restrictions
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