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English: Custom house and British and American flags at the boundary of British Columbia and Alaska, White Pass summit, June 7, 1899.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Photographer
Edward S. Curtis  (1868–1952)  wikidata:Q433128
 
Edward S. Curtis
Alternative names
Birth name: Edward Sheriff Curtis; Edward Curtis; E. S. Curtis; E.S. Curtis; Edward Sherriff Curtis
Description American photographer, anthropologist, explorer, film director and screenwriter
Date of birth/death 16 February 1868 Edit this at Wikidata 19 October 1952 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Whitewater Los Angeles
Work period 1896 Edit this at Wikidata–1930 Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
United States of America; Seattle Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q433128
Title
English: Custom house and British and American flags at the boundary of British Columbia and Alaska, White Pass summit, June 7, 1899.
Description
English: From album entitled: A Souvenir of the Harriman Alaska Expedition, May - August, 1899. Volume 1, New York to Cook Inlet, leaf 26.

Caption on image: The Disputed Boundary

Photograph taken by Edward S. Curtis, official photographer, member of the 1899 Harriman Alaska Expedition.

  • Subjects (LCTGM): Customhouses--British Columbia--White Pass; Passes (Landforms)--British Columbia; Boundaries--United States; Boundaries--Canada; Tents--British Columbia--White Pass; Flags--British; Flags--American
  • Subjects (LCSH): Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Customhouses--British Columbia--White Pass; White Pass (B.C.); Mountain passes--British Columbia
Depicted place
English: Canada--British Columbia--White Pass
Date Taken on 7 June 1899
Medium
English: silver gelatin, b&w
institution QS:P195,Q219563
Current location
University of Washington: Special Collections
Accession number
38
Source
English: Harriman Alaska Expedition Collection
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The author died in 1952, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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HAR030

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