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![[Trees in landscape, taken during the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMTIvMzEvdHJlZXMtaW4tbGFuZHNjYXBlLXRha2VuLWR1cmluZy10aGUtaGFycmltYW4tYWxhc2thLWV4cGVkaXRpb24tb2YtMTg5OS02NDAuanBn/320/227/jpg "[Trees in landscape, taken during the Harriman Alaska Expedition of 1899]")
![Prokudin Gorskii: [Rastenii︠a︡]. Color separation negative](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDUvMDEvMDEvcmFzdGVuaWlhLTQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/37/webp "Prokudin Gorskii: [Rastenii︠a︡]. Color separation negative")
![[Two men with guns in foreground, pond and mountain in background, taken during the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4OTkvMTIvMzEvdHdvLW1lbi13aXRoLWd1bnMtaW4tZm9yZWdyb3VuZC1wb25kLWFuZC1tb3VudGFpbi1pbi1iYWNrZ3JvdW5kLXRha2VuLWR1cmluZy02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Two men with guns in foreground, pond and mountain in background, taken during the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 1899]")
![[Passerelle de l'Alma on the Quay d' Orsay, Paris Exposition, 1889]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvcGFzc2VyZWxsZS1kZS1sYWxtYS1vbi10aGUtcXVheS1kLW9yc2F5LXBhcmlzLWV4cG9zaXRpb24tMTg4OS0xZTg1ZDAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/32/webp "[Passerelle de l'Alma on the Quay d' Orsay, Paris Exposition, 1889]")
![[Bird's-eye view of Fairbanks, Alaska, July 3, 1908]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvYmlyZHMtZXllLXZpZXctb2YtZmFpcmJhbmtzLWFsYXNrYS1qdWx5LTMtMTkwOC02NDAuanBn/40/13/webp "[Bird's-eye view of Fairbanks, Alaska, July 3, 1908]")
![[Nome (and vicinity), Alaska, 1900]: Herd of reindeer](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbm9tZS1hbmQtdmljaW5pdHktYWxhc2thLTE5MDAtaGVyZC1vZi1yZWluZGVlci02NDAuanBn/40/30/webp "[Nome (and vicinity), Alaska, 1900]: Herd of reindeer")
![[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.")
![[People and landscape, taken during recording expedition on Cat Island, Bahamas, 1935]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzUvMDEvMDEvcGVvcGxlLWFuZC1sYW5kc2NhcGUtdGFrZW4tZHVyaW5nLXJlY29yZGluZy1leHBlZGl0aW9uLW9uLWNhdC1pc2xhbmQtYmFoYW1hcy0xLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/143/webp "[People and landscape, taken during recording expedition on Cat Island, Bahamas, 1935]")
