Title taken from caption. Nurse Smith, a.k.a. "Smitty", and Sidney Connor pose for a photograph in Unalaska. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Alan May on a beach surrounded by whale bones. There is a wheelbarrow in the background. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Maggie Prokopioff, a.k.a. "Rock of Ages", poses for a photograph with two women in front of a tent near the village of Attu. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption. View of an Alaska Native woman standing next to a clothesline with grass hanging to dry. There is a wooden building in the background. From May's journal, dated July 12th: "The grass that is cut for making baskets, is cut...
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 donor's caption. "Headquarters camp. Arriving at Valdez in mid-February, we were soon on the trail to McCarthy Creek. We reached the spot I had selected for headquaters in late May, something over 90 days out of Valdez. (In...
Title from caption. Caption states that this game took place at the second annual Fairbanks Ice Carnival, and that Fairbanks won the game. One player is identified as Gordy Picotte.
Title from caption. Team is identified: Top (L to R): Harry Mikami, George "K", Arne Hoehner, Coach A. W. Bastress, Pat Thompson, Glen Bowman, Louie Smith, Gordy Picotte. Bottom (L to R): Pat O'Neill, Glen Franklin, E. Clahassey, E. Beistline.
View of 2nd Mate Isaac Lystad standing with a group of women and children on board the ship, North Star, in Alaska. In the background another ship's officer can be seen to the left of the photo and to the right stairs leading to the upper deck have...
Title taken from verso. Group of three 4H Club boys standing with horses at Palmer Fair, Palmer, Alaska, with building framework in background. Sept. 1936. Photographer: Almer J. Peterson. Original photograph size: 3 1/8" x 5 1/8".
Title from caption. Image shows a baseball player, George, hitting the ball in a Fourth of July baseball game in Anchorage, Alaska. A small crowd of spectators watches the game from the stands. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Ahgupuk, George Aden (artist). Size: 17.5 x 35 in. Medium: Pen and ink on hide Signed and dated lower right. Signature reads "George Aden Ahgupuk, Shishmaref, Alaska, 1936" Artist Info: Born 1911, Died 4/1/2001
Title taken from caption. View of an excavated fire place at the dig site on Kodiak. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from verso. View of large rock formation next to road in southcentral Alaska, possibly near Hatcher Pass. Also from verso: "Sept 22, 1936." Photographer: Almer J. Peterson.
Title taken from caption. View of "Ozzie" Osborne, Sidney Connor, and George Corner near a Russian Orthodox cemetery on Kodiak Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. View of Alan May excavating a site. He is holding a brush and there is a wooden specimen tray in the foreground. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.