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. 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: "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. From verso: "May, photographing our cache of chipped knives, June 8th." View of Alan May photographing a set of six chipped knives. He is using a tripod and wearing a heat net. From May's journal, dated June 8th: "The...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936 Pots on point." View of excavated checkalinas, or storage containers. From May's journal, dated June 13th: "I found a good lamp, some points and three chekalinas. ...These chekalinas are dishes...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936, fire place, west banks." From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Doctor uncovered a nice fireplace from which I saved a lot of seed found in a shell which was used for food. This is is the...
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 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. Several men, including Sidney Connor and Ales Hrdlicka, gather to view an archaeological dig site on Amaknak Island. The man on the far right is carrying camera equipment and smoking a pipe. Photograph taken by Alan May...
Title taken from caption. The cart reads: “Danger, Arctic Special, Trip Every 45 Minutes, Always On Time.” From verso: "The “Arctic Express” 1935." View of two men posing for a photograph near a small railroad cart. Both men are wearing...
Title taken from caption. The man in the center is holding a surveying instrument (a transit?) while the man on the right appears to be taking notes. All are aboard the steamer Taku.
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. 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 a man loading equipment into one of the National Geographic expedition boats. Caption also says: "The end portage between Lake Grosvenor and Island Bay, showing our complete equipment for taking topography and 2...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition taking pictures of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 expedition. Photo taken at what was later...