Title taken from caption. Alan May stands in front of the archaeological excavation site. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Aleš Hrdlička and another expedition member looking for a route onto Wislow Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Ales Hrdlicka and Bernard Hubbard talking aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland. From May's journal, dated May 23rd: "Yesterday I saw the Doctor talking very confidentially to Father Hubbard, so I took a picture of...
Title taken from caption. Aleš Hrdlička lectures to expedition participants below deck on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne, en route from Unalaska to Nikolski. There are two bunks visible on the left. Photograph taken during the 1938...
Title taken from caption. An unidentified Alaska Native boy watches the excavators make plans. Alan May is in the light colored jacket, Ales Hrdlicka to the right. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption. Captain Noble G. Ricketts of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa demonstrates gold panning techniques to a party including Aleš Hrdlička. From May's journal, dated June 10th: "This morning the Captain gave the Doctor...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Animal bones found being passed aboard on right." Original image blurred. View of Ales Hrdlicka climbing aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa off the coast of Bering Island. Photograph taken...
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 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. 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: "Paden, Guill, the Doctor, the Captain, Lazerof, Clemes and myself." Party departing the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone for Nikolskoe village on Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1938...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Photos by Woodbridge." Portrait of Ales Hrdlicka taken by a resident of Unalaska. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Wineman, Gebhard, Guggenheim, Connor, May and Seashore." Portrait of the 1937 expedition members. From May's journal, dated June 18th: "We landed from the launch... and as it was fairly bright the...
Title taken from caption. Dr. Hrdlicka looks on while Lt. Lazerof, a Soviet officer, tries to read the inscription on the cross marking Vitus Bering's grave. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to...
Title taken from caption. Dr. Hrdlicka takes a portrait of several residents of Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
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: "Larson’s Bay: Dr. H. and the major seen thru bug nets, uncovering a fireplace, June 9." View of Ales Hrdlicka and Alan May cleaning out a fireplace. Both men are wearing head netting, and May is smoking a...
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. Lieutenant Lazerof, of the village of Nikolskoye on Bering Island, meets with Dr. Hrdlicka and ship's personnel aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. Portrait of Aleš Hrdlička with the captain of the U.S. Navy cargo ship Sirius. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.