Title taken from caption. Nurse Smith, a.k.a. "Smitty", and Sidney Connor pose for a photograph in Unalaska. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Alan May on a beach surrounded by whale bones. There is a wheelbarrow in the background. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Maggie Prokopioff, a.k.a. "Rock of Ages", poses for a photograph with two women in front of a tent near the village of Attu. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption. View of an Alaska Native woman standing next to a clothesline with grass hanging to dry. There is a wooden building in the background. From May's journal, dated July 12th: "The grass that is cut for making baskets, is cut...
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. "$1,250,000 clean up Miners & Merchants Bank, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number: C 49." Cataloguers note: This photograph shows gold bars stacked high above ground.
Left to right Mrs. F. W. Herms (Emily), Dr. F. W. Herms Sr. and an unidentified man. They are standing in the Assay Office of the American Bank of Alaska (Iditarod, Alaska) in front of $125,000.00 of gold bricks.
Photo caption reads "Gus Owen and Roy Lynch weighing a sponge to be sent to Anchorage. About $14,000." View of two men working the scales used to weigh the gold removed from the Independence Mine, Alaska. 1939.
Title from sleeve. Edie Opinsky, holding pot, and Senator Ted Stevens stand with an unidentified woman at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 23065, 14 of 55. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Al Gay, Senator Ted Stevens, and Dave Harbour at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 23085, 34 of 55.2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Dennis Waldock and his wife stand with Senator Ted Stevens at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25088, 30 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Jesse Carr (left) and Senator Ted Stevens (right) stand with Ken Brady and his wife at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25057, 8 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Burt Bomhoff and his wife stand talking with Senator Ted Stevens (right) at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25056, 7 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.