Title taken from caption. View of seven men posing for a photograph in front of an exposure. Each man is holding some type of expedition equipment, including shovels, pickaxes, or a rifle. Some men are wearing glasses, and one is smoking a pipe....
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...
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. View of a small shed with expedition gear and clothing hung on the outside. From May's journal, dated May 22nd: "There is a small shack out on the site and here the Doctor keeps his specimens and later packs them. Outside...
Title taken from caption. View of Ales Hrdlicka and Sidney Conner photographing a slate sidewalk. From May's journal, dated June 22nd: "In the afternoon I came across a slate flagstone walk, which the Doctor wanted exposed. This took considerable...
Title and spelling taken from caption. View of a man walking along a beach on Kodiak Island. There is a building in the background. From May's journal, dated May 28th: "For the purpose of the identification of artifacts, the site is divided into...
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 expedition members walking along a path on Kagamil Island. From left to right: William Laughlin, William Clemes, Harold Cowper, and the Ariadne's photographer. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian...
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. 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. 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. 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. View of the coastline of Bering Island from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. From May's journal, dated July 13th: "It is peculiar that these islands appear to be different from the Aleutians. They are low and...
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...
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 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. 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....