Eskimos in umiaks, or skin boats, bartering their goods and curios alongside the GEO. W. ELDER, Port Clarence, Alaska, July 1899., Taken on 1 July 1899

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 169. Caption on image: eskimo traders photograph taken by dr. Clinton hart merriam, chief of the biological survey, u. S. Department of agriculture, member of the 1899 harriman alaska expedition. Subjects (lctgm): barter--alaska--port clarence; steamboats--alaska--port clarence subjects (lcsh): harriman alaska expedition (1899); george w. Elder (steamship); eskimos--boats--alaska--port clarence; umiaks--alaska--port clarence. Date: Taken on 1 July 1899. Medium: silver. Depicted Place: Port Clarence, Alaska. Collection: University of Washington.