Title taken from caption. The Captain of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone assisting with excavations at Amaknak. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of items taken from the dig site on Amaknak Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
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. View of the archeological dig site on Amaknak Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of expedition members digging at the site on Amaknak Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
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. 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. Caption continues: "Corner and the Doctor." View of George Corner, Ales Hrdlicka and a man in uniform at a section of the dig site on Amaknak Island. Corner is pulling a wheelbarrow and Hrdlicka is holding a shovel....
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...
Title taken from caption. Aerial view of Amaknak Island and Unalaska Bay. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa assist with excavations. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the dig site near Unalaska. Soil removed from the cut was dumped over the edge of the hill. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Three lions." View of several trees with mountains in the background. From May's journal, dated June 30th: "Near this site is a small cluster of trees, the only trees west of Kodiak. They were planted by the...
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. From verso: "Amoknak island, from the trail above the reservoir." View of mountains and islands in Unalaska Bay. There is a dock and building in the lower right. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian...