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![[A man, possibly B.E. Fernow, seated next to river, tent on the right, mountains in background, Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvYS1tYW4tcG9zc2libHktYmUtZmVybm93LXNlYXRlZC1uZXh0LXRvLXJpdmVyLXRlbnQtb24tdGhlLXJpZ2h0LW1vdW50YWlucy1pbi03ZDc5ODItMTAyNC5qcGc%3D/320/255/jpg "[A man, possibly B.E. Fernow, seated next to river, tent on the right, mountains in background, Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.")
![[Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in the general's tent]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjIvMDEvMDEvYW50aWV0YW0tbWQtcHJlc2lkZW50LWxpbmNvbG4tYW5kLWdlbi1nZW9yZ2UtYi1tY2NsZWxsYW4taW4tdGhlLWdlbmVyYWxzLXRlbnQtMS02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[Antietam, Md. President Lincoln and General George B. McClellan in the general's tent]")
![[A man, possibly Lewis Rutherford Morris, seated in a canoe on a river in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvYS1tYW4tcG9zc2libHktbGV3aXMtcnV0aGVyZm9yZC1tb3JyaXMtc2VhdGVkLWluLWEtY2Fub2Utb24tYS1yaXZlci1pbi1hbGFza2EtOTk2NzBhLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/31/webp "[A man, possibly Lewis Rutherford Morris, seated in a canoe on a river in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.")
![Edward S. Curtis - [Icebergs, bay, and mountain in background, Alaska] / Curtis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvaWNlYmVyZ3MtYmF5LWFuZC1tb3VudGFpbi1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLWFsYXNrYS1jdXJ0aXMtMWQ4ZDIyLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "Edward S. Curtis - [Icebergs, bay, and mountain in background, Alaska] / Curtis.")
![[Surveyor with theodolite(?) in the mountains of Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTIvc3VydmV5b3Itd2l0aC10aGVvZG9saXRlLWluLXRoZS1tb3VudGFpbnMtb2YtYWxhc2thLTE4OTktY3VydGlzLTgzZWIzMy02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Surveyor with theodolite(?) in the mountains of Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.")
![[Unidentified old man, seated, writing, at entrance to a log and earth shelter in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLW9sZC1tYW4tc2VhdGVkLXdyaXRpbmctYXQtZW50cmFuY2UtdG8tYS1sb2ctYW5kLWVhcnRoLXNoZWx0ZXItZmFjYjcxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[Unidentified old man, seated, writing, at entrance to a log and earth shelter in Alaska, 1899] / Curtis.")
![[Kern River, the Cascades, with the Sierra foot hills in background]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDYva2Vybi1yaXZlci10aGUtY2FzY2FkZXMtd2l0aC10aGUtc2llcnJhLWZvb3QtaGlsbHMtaW4tYmFja2dyb3VuZC02NmY0YzMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/28/webp "[Kern River, the Cascades, with the Sierra foot hills in background]")
![[Theodore Roosevelt, seated in canoe, rowing]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMTcvdGhlb2RvcmUtcm9vc2V2ZWx0LXNlYXRlZC1pbi1jYW5vZS1yb3dpbmctNjI2ZDU4LTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[Theodore Roosevelt, seated in canoe, rowing]")
