Title taken from inscriptions on the photograph. The wagon in front of the Dairy has the following inscription: "Hinckley's Diary, pure milk and Cream, 25 cents a quart". Additionally, the inscription Huey Foto is legible in the far left...
Title taken from caption. The 1896 Peary expedition to Greenland included an artist, Albert Operti, and the man seated is likely to be him. Expedition member’s name as identified in “A diary kept while with the Peary Arctic expedition of...
Title taken from caption. (The governor is identified as Knudsen by Benjamin Hoppin in “A diary kept while with the Peary Arctic expedition of 1896.") Location probably Upernavik, Greenland.
Title taken from caption. (The governor is identified as Knudsen by Benjamin Hoppin in "A diary kept while with the Peary Arctic expedition of 1896." Location probably Upernavik, Greenland.)
Title taken from caption. Five men stand in front of a tent in Greenland. An American flag is attached to the top. The man in the center is identified as George Rockwell Putnam. One of the other men is Professor Alfred E. Burton of the...
Portrait of William Godley, ship's cook aboard the S.S. Hope en route to Greenland on Peary's 1896 expedition. Crewmember’s name as identified in “A diary kept while with the Peary Arctic expedition of 1896” by Benjamin Hoppin.
Title taken from caption. A man works with what appears to be surveying equipment in the foreground, the background includes several buildings in Godhavn. The Inspector's name, according to “A diary kept while with the Peary Arctic expedition of...
Title taken from front. Formal studio portrait of Fred Wildon Fickett in uniform. Also from front: "F[or]t Myer V[irgini]a. Signal Corps. 1882." From verso: "See diary - Feb. 28 - 1882. The New Photographic Art Company. 905 Penn[sylvania] Avenue....
Cyanotype portrait of two Alaska Native men sitting on a bench draped with animal hides and skins. The men are each holding an object in their hands, possibly hats, while the man on the right is wearing a tie. These men are possibly Andrew and...
Cyanotype portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Hanmore in Tyonek on October 8, 1898. Both are wearing hats and neckware, and the man has a mustache. The photograph was taken by Edwin F. Glenn during the 1898 Cook's Inlet Exploring Expedition, which was led by...
Title taken from caption. Nikolski. May used Umnak and Nikolski interchangeably but the diary does not indicate that the expedition visited Umnak village and the church in the far left of the photograph is the church in Nikolski. Photograph taken...
Title taken from caption. Alan May corrects this elsewhere in his diary text: not Bering's grave but a monument erected to him 150 years after his death. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the...
These are possibly Senator W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, Senator H. E. Burnham, of New Hampshire, Senator Knut Nelson of Minnesota and Senator E. [T] M. Patterson of Colorado. Also included in that party were Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; Col....
These are possibly Senator W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, Senator H. E. Burnham, of New Hampshire, Senator Knut Nelson of Minnesota and Senator E. M. Patterson of Colorado. Also included in that party were Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; Col....
These are possibly Senator W. P. Dillingham, of Vermont, Senator H. E. Burnham, of New Hampshire, Senator Knut Nelson of Minnesota and Senator E. M. Patterson of Colorado. Also included in that party were Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; Col....
Decrees issued in East Siberia 1917-1921, copied in pencil; extracts from books on East Siberia, copied in ink; two letters regarding effort to emigrate
from Japan to the U.S., July 1920; poem by Vinokouroff, "Na more," (On the Sea), written en...
Descriptive Narrative: Cross-shaped medallion of gold-tone metal hanging from a black and gold striped ribbon. The center of the medallion has a tiny cloisonné image of St. George & the Dragon.
Label: (c.1988) RUSSIAN-AMERICAN HERTIAGE MONTH...
Descriptive Narrative: Round medallion of gold-toned metal hanging from an orange and black striped ribbon.
Label: (c.1988) RUSSIAN-AMERICAN HERTIAGE MONTH The United States Congress designated October 1988 as Russian-American Heritage Month,...