Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak 1936, the “gang”." From May's journal, dated May 24th: "Today the Doctor spent quite a time taking pictures of the "gang", - we should look pretty tough as none of us have shaved since arriving...
Title taken from caption. The sign reads: "Government Excavations, U.S. National Museum, Visitors Welcome, Admission 20 Shovelfulls". The sign is located at the entrance to the site. There is a man with a wheelbarrow in the background. From May's...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936. Above the creek." View of a shed on a hill overlooking Pea Creek on Kodiak Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the...
Title taken from caption. From May's journal, dated June 1st: "Amother [sic] beautiful day, delightfully warm and was able to work all day stripped to the waist."--p. 39. View of Alan May shoveling dirt into a wheelbarrow, with a shovel and pickaxe...
Title taken from caption. View of "Ozzie" Osborne working at the excavation site on Kodiak Island. He is utilizing expedition equipment, including shovels and a wheelbarrow. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. View of seven men posing for a photograph in front of an exposure. Each man is holding some type of expedition equipment, including shovels, pickaxes, or a rifle. Some men are wearing glasses, and one is smoking a pipe....
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Log of the Smithsonian: walking it, with overland freight, the Major-- toward fisherman houses and the wooden Barabra-- Kodiak Island." View of Alan May carrying supplies to the expedition site. Photograph...
Title taken from caption. View of Alan May excavating a site. He is holding a brush and there is a wooden specimen tray in the foreground. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a small shed with expedition gear and clothing hung on the outside. From May's journal, dated May 22nd: "There is a small shack out on the site and here the Doctor keeps his specimens and later packs them. Outside...
Title and spelling taken from caption. View of a man walking along a beach on Kodiak Island. There is a building in the background. From May's journal, dated May 28th: "For the purpose of the identification of artifacts, the site is divided into...
Title taken from caption. Alan May, William Clemes, and William S. Laughlin excavating. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. William Clemes and William Laughlin looking at the excavation. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa assist with excavations. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Gebhard with the wheelbarrow." Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Myself, Clemes and the Doctor." Mrs. Pedlar and members of the 1938 expedition work at the excavation site on Unalaska. From left to right: Ales Hrdlicka, William Clemes, Alan May, and Mrs. Pedlar....
Title taken from caption. Five members of the expedition team pose for a photograph during lunch. Alan May is on the far right, and Ales Hrdlicka is seated next to him. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Amoknak – 1936. Last exposures." Two members of the expedition work on the Amaknak dig site. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Myself, Johnson, Corner, the Doctor, Zweigood and Connor." Alan May, Johnson, George Corner, Ales Hrdlicka, Zweigood and Sidney Connor pose for a photograph outside a cave on Kagamil Island. Photograph...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Corner and the Doctor." View of George Corner, Ales Hrdlicka and a man in uniform at a section of the dig site on Amaknak Island. Corner is pulling a wheelbarrow and Hrdlicka is holding a shovel....
Title taken from verso. Image shows Alfred Lindley and Harry Liek following their 1932 ascent of Mount McKinley. The Lindley-Liek Expedition was the first successful attempt to reach both peaks of Mount McKinley. This party also...