Captain Peter Doran using a sextant to take measurements aboard the steamer GEORGE W. ELDER, 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 190. Caption on image: taking the sun photograph taken by edward s. Curtis, official photographer, member of the 1899 harriman alaska expedition. Subjects (lctgm): sextants; steamboats--alaska; ship captains--alaska; decks (ships) subjects (lcsh): harriman alaska expedition (1899); doran, peter; george w. Elder (steamship); nautical instruments--alaska. Date: Taken on 1 July 1899. Medium: silver. Depicted Place: Alaska. Collection: University of Washington.