Aleuts racing in a bidarka canoe during the July 4th celebrations, Kodiak Island, Alaska, 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 134, bottom right. Captions on image: kadiak, bidarka, racing photograph taken by g. K. Gilbert, geologist, u. S. Geological survey, member of the 1899 harriman alaska expedition. Subjects (lctgm): racing--alaska--kodiak island; fourth of july celebrations subjects (lcsh): harriman alaska expedition (1899); aleuts--boats--alaska--kodiak island. Date: 1899. Medium: silver. Depicted Place: Kodiak Island. Collection: University of Washington.