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. 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. 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. 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: "Gebhard with the wheelbarrow." Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
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. 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. 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. Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa walk back to the ship from the excavation area on Amaknak Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. Expedition members and crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne prepare for the expedition's time on Amchitka Island. Alan May is second from the left. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's...
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: "U.S.C.G. Shoshone, with wheel-barrows akimbo, Lieut. Greeley and Johnson, who is not going to hit anybody." View of several uniformed men aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone. Photograph taken by Alan...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Uyak 1936, the “gang”." From May's journal, dated May 24th: "Today the Doctor spent quite a time taking pictures of the "gang", - we should look pretty tough as none of us have shaved since arriving...
Title taken from caption. Members of the expedition await the arrival of the launch from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. From May's journal, dated June 4th: "We were all digging away yesterday morning when we heard the Tally whistling....
Title taken from caption. Men walking along a path on Kagamil Island. From left: Alan May, William Laughlin, William Clemes, and Harold Cowper. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
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. 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 "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. 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. View of expedition members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa awaiting permission to land at Bering Island. Alan May is third from the left. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's...