Title taken from caption. From May's journal, dated June 29th: "At nine o'clock we passed by Wasnesenski Island [sic] and by ten-thirty Pavlof volcano came in sight. Only a small amount of steam was coming out of the crater."--p. 77. View of two...
Title from image. View of Katmai crater during an eruption. Reverse of a postcard related to this images states: "Vol. Katmai that upset this part of the country last year (1912). Taken this June (1913), a year after. The 1st pictures taken of...
Title from verso. Photograph of a volcano erupting. Verso reads: "Umnak -- Shooting hot volcanic ash bombs high into the air, a long-dormant crater nearby Mount Tulik gave soldiers at this Aleutian base some anxious moments this summer. ...
Title from verso. Mt. Veniaminof blows black smoke. The eruption is photographed from an airplane. Verso reads: "Mt. Veniaminof, Alaska -- Out on the tip of the Alaskan Peninsula Mt. Veniamanof, oldest known volcano and estimated to have...
Color photo shows three islands, captioned left from right, "Castle Rock 1779", "Perry Isl. [Island] 1906," "Fire Isl. [Island] 1883," with a volcanic eruption occurring on Perry Island. Postcard is addressed to Miss...
The Carl J. and Dorothy L. Aho Photograph Collection consists of seventy-one black and white photographs. Images include aerial views, landing fields, landscapes, aircraft, military personnel, buildings, insignia and dog teams. The images were...
Sheldon and Lorena Turner -- Alaskan Survey Expedition Collection contains forty photographs and 1 report relating to the 1932 Alaskan Aerial Survey Expedition. The report, "The Land of the Williwaw," was written by Lieutenant R. H. Harrell,...
Photograph of Perry Island still smoking after rising from the sea. Now known as the Metcalf Cone, a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and was replaced by McCulloch Peak. McCulloch Peak also...
Bogoslof Island (left) with prominant Castle Rock outcrop of stone and Fire Island (right) with Perry Island in center erupting. Photograph of Perry Island now known as the Metcalf Cone was a brief addition to the Aleution Islands. Metcalf Cone...
Five men pose on either Bogslof or Fire Island soon after the rise of Perry Island from the sea. Perry Island, now known as the Metcalf Cone, was a brief addition to the Aleutian Islands. Metcalf Cone exploded in late 1906 or early 1907 and...
Title by cataloger. View of active volcano. Visible are smoke plumes and snow sprinkled with ash. The volcano closely resembles one identified as Mount Shishaldin (on Unimak Island) in "North Pacific: Japan, Siberia, Alaska, Canada" by...
Title taken from caption. View of Mount Katmai in 1916. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area.
Title taken from caption. "Taking the temperature of a hot one. Our thermometer read only to 360 centigrade. Not that the steam does not condense for some distance from the vent." View of two of the expedition members trying to get temperature...
Title taken from caption. View of a man to the right of a large fumarole (vent) issuing gases and vapors. Photo taken, near Baked Mountain, at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic...
Title taken from caption. View of Knife Peak near the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. It was later renamed Mount Griggs for Dr. Robert Fisk Griggs (1881-1962), botanist, whose explorations of the area, after the eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912,...
Title taken from caption. View of the lava plug of Novarupta from the crater rim. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1917....
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition collecting gas samples. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska, during a National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1917....