Title taken from caption. View of Larsen Bay and the Larsen Bay cannery, a.k.a. the Alaska Packers Association cannery, which had then merged with the California Packing Corporation (or Calpak). Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936...
From caption: "Half-breed fisherman's boat at Larsens Bay." From verso: "Aleut children and their father’s (Grumpy Joe?) fishing boat." View of several children on a beach near an anchored sailboat. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936...
Title taken from caption. View of a traditional style Aleut home, constructed of wood. From verso: "Aleut House, Barabara Style, sweat bath in rear." Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
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 taken from caption. View of Ales Hrdlicka and Sidney Conner photographing a slate sidewalk. From May's journal, dated June 22nd: "In the afternoon I came across a slate flagstone walk, which the Doctor wanted exposed. This took considerable...
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. View of Pisa Tower on Pisa Point, near Chichagof Harbor on Attu Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from album caption. View of businesses in downtown Skagway, Alaska, with cars parked along streets and people walking on wooden boardwalks. 1936. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 4 3/4".
View of the two-story railroad station at Fairbanks, Alaska. Other buildings are visible in the background. The railroad tracks are visible in the foreground.
Looking down the main street of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, at the Mile 0 marker that marks the start of the Alaska Highway (ALCAN). Sign on the marker reads "Mile 0 Alaska Hi-way". The Palace Hotel is visible on the left and cars are parked...
Title taken from caption. View of flooded street in Fairbanks, Alaska, April 1929. Several people are crossing flooded ground on a wooden sidewalk to the right of the photograph.
Title taken from caption. Aft view of the sternwheeler Gen'l J. W. Jacobs in Nenana, Alaska. Major Gillette sits on a dock piling next to the vessel. From verso: "The river boat that took us from Nenana to Russian Mission. This boat is run by the...
View of a boy leaning over the railing aboard a car ferry crossing the Tanana River. A truck is on the ferry and the town of McCarty (later Big Delta) appears in the background. From verso: "Car ferry on Richardson Highway across the Tanana at...
Title taken from caption. View of a wooden plank pathway to the church, with orthodox crosses marking graves on the right. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Sand Point, Alaska, on Popof Island. From verso: "Sandy Point, Schumagin Islands." From May's journal, dated June 29th: "Sand Point was reached at six o'clock. It is a small community comprised of a cannery,...
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. View of expedition members walking along a path on Kagamil Island. From left to right: William Laughlin, William Clemes, Harold Cowper, and the Ariadne's photographer. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "'Nigger head and the Spencer in the distance." The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (formerly the John C. Spencer) sits in Nikolski Bay to the right of the geographical feature now known as High Hill on...