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 168. Caption on image: traders at the landing stage 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.