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. View of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne at the dock in Unalaska. From May's journal, dated May 31st: "We are to go West on the Ariadne tomorrow. The Ariadne is one of the 165 footers and is the type that takes the most...
Title taken from caption. Sidney Connor walking along the Juneau-Douglas bridge. From May's journal, dated May 27th: "Wednesday afternoon Connor and I walked part of the way to Douglas, over the new $150,000 bridge. We got pretty wet for it has...
Ed Levin works out with a punching bag on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route to Alaska from Seattle. Ed Levin was accompanying Father Bernard Hubbard to Alaska. From May's journal, dated May 22nd: "Levin stands 6' 2" and...
Title taken from caption. View of Kenneth "Sandy" Chisholm and Ed Levin, both of whom accompanied Father Bernard Hubbard on trips to Alaska. Image taken aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. From May's...
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...
Mageik, one of Father Bernard Hubbard's dogs, on board the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. From May's journal, dated May 23rd: "There are two of Father Hubbard's dogs on board, Magiek and Wolf, they weigh 100 and...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Reading left to right, his nephew, Sandy Chisholm, Father Hubbard and Ed Levin." Bernard Stanley, Kenneth "Sandy" Chisholm, Father Hubbard and Ed Levin pose for a photograph aboard the U.S. Coast Guard...
Title taken from caption. The "Atlanta" is most likely the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter "Atalanta". From May's journal, dated May 21st: "The Atlanta [sic], a Coast Guard ship stationed at Seattle, escorted us out for a mile or two with the relatives and...
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. Alan May poses for the camera in front of the cut in the diggings on Amaknak Island showing strata. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of Alan May taken after his return from the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Compulsory coffee." View of the expedition party. Alan May on right in light colored jacket. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of Alan G. May at the dig site. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Dr. Hrdlicka on the right." View of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland prior to departure from the Seattle docks. From May's journal, dated May 21st: "The Departure of the Northland is usually quite...
Title and spelling taken from caption. View of Alan May sitting near a whale vertebrae, and eating a sandwich. There are shovels propped up next to him. From May's journal, dated July 11th: "Turned out the grandaddy [sic] of all whale vertabrae...
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. Handwritten note on verso: "Kind remembrances of a pleasant association. Sincere good wishes. Dr. & Mrs. L.A. White." This aerial photograph of Amaknak Island was likely sent to Alan May by Dr. and Mrs. White after the...
The front of a holiday card showing a group of school boys on the steps of the Jesse Lee Home in Seward, Alaska. From the front: "Seasons Greetings from our house to your house. [?] from my lads and me. Sincerely yours H. Mother [house mother]...
Title taken from front. View of people standing on front porch of City Hall, Anchorage, Alaska, with Anchorage Daily Times building in background at left. Also from front: "A.E.C. G464." An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number...