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 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.
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. From verso: "Uyak – 1936 Pots on point." View of excavated checkalinas, or storage containers. From May's journal, dated June 13th: "I found a good lamp, some points and three chekalinas. ...These chekalinas are dishes...
Title taken from caption. William Clemes and William Laughlin looking at the excavation. Photograph taken during the 1938 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. 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. Caption continues: "Part of bidarka frame found, shown in centre foreground." View of Alan May and another expedition member at the entrance to a cave on Kagamil Island. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936, fire place, west banks." From May's journal, dated June 9th: "The Doctor uncovered a nice fireplace from which I saved a lot of seed found in a shell which was used for food. This is is the...
Title taken from caption. Five members of the expedition team pose for a photograph during lunch. Alan May is on the far right, and Ales Hrdlicka is seated next to him. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological...
Title taken from caption. Alan May poses for a photograph during at a dig site wearing full rain gear, including a hat, jacket, pants and boots. There is a wheelbarrow full of dirt next to him, and he is holding a shovel. Photograph taken during...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak – 1936. Above the creek." View of a shed on a hill overlooking Pea Creek on Kodiak Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the...
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, Clemes and the Doctor." Mrs. Pedlar and members of the 1938 expedition work at the excavation site on Unalaska. From left to right: Ales Hrdlicka, William Clemes, Alan May, and Mrs. Pedlar....
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 "Ozzie" Osborne working at the excavation site on Kodiak Island. He is utilizing expedition equipment, including shovels and a wheelbarrow. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's...
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. From verso: "May, photographing our cache of chipped knives, June 8th." View of Alan May photographing a set of six chipped knives. He is using a tripod and wearing a heat net. From May's journal, dated June 8th: "The...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Gebhard with the wheelbarrow." Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. The cart reads: “Danger, Arctic Special, Trip Every 45 Minutes, Always On Time.” From verso: "The “Arctic Express” 1935." View of two men posing for a photograph near a small railroad cart. Both men are wearing...