Professor Benjamin K. Emerson and Grove Karl Gilbert, probably on Saint Matthew Island, 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 185. Benjamin k. Emerson (professor of geology, amherst college), grove karl gilbert (geologist, u. S. Geological survey). Caption on image: emerson and gilbert photograph taken by edward s. Curtis, official photographer, member of the 1899 harriman alaska expedition. Subjects (lctgm): islands--alaska subjects (lcsh): harriman alaska expedition (1899); emerson, benjamin kendall, b. 1843; gilbert, grove karl, 1843-1918; geologists--alaska--saint matthew island; saint matthew island (alaska). Date: Taken on 1 July 1899. Medium: silver. Depicted Place: United States, Alaska, Saint Matthew Island. Collection: University of Washington.