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. Expedition party landing on Kagamil Island from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Alan May aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone en route from Unalaska to Seattle. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of Bosun Johnson and another crewmember aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
From caption: "Old village site near Pias Tower, Attu." View of an abandoned village site on Attu Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Close-up of a wooden Orthodox cross with Cyrillic script. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. A man poses by a fish-drying rack (?) and possibly a clothesline near the village of Attu. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of crew painting the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken near Kodiak Island during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
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. Portrait of Alan G. May at the dig site. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa painting the ship. Original image blurred. From May's journal, dated June 10th: "The men are now painting the ship, endevoring [sic] to make it look smart and snappy...
Title taken from caption. Textiles removed from Kagamil. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Crewmembers practice semaphore signalling aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.