Title taken from caption. National Geographic Society expedition member sits on large boulder in the middle of field of boulders from Mount Mageik, in what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during...
During the first attempt of flying over the north pole Sir Hubert Wilkins the expeditions aircraft developed problems. Supplies needed for the flight were sent to Point Barrow on snow motors and dog sled. This party developed troubles as well and...
Title taken from verso. Image shows Alfred Lindley and Harry Liek following their 1932 ascent of Mount McKinley. The Lindley-Liek Expedition was the first successful attempt to reach both peaks of Mount McKinley. This party also...
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "'Slim' Williams, International Trail Blazer. Alaska Cabin - A Century of Progress." Verso stamped: "POST CARD. New York - Stadler Photographing Co. - Chicago. Made in U.S.A." Slim Williams was a...
Title by indexer. Handwritten text on verso looks like: "J. F. Moore. Logan Fort Ind." Slim Williams was a musher, trapper, mail carrier, and adventurer who came to Alaska during the Klondyke Gold Rush. In 1933, Williams made a...
Title taken from caption. View of the Frye-Bruhn ranch buildings with the ash covered land around them. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of salmon hung out to dry as a means to preserving the fish for later consumption at Kodiak Island, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of the chapel and girls dormitory of the Kodiak Baptist Church Orphanage on Woody Island (know earlier as Wood Island), Alaska. The field in front of the trees and buildings is covered in ash. Photo taken during...
Title taken from caption. View of the main building of the Kodiak Baptist Orphanage on Woody Island (know earlier as Wood Island), Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of a man examining the dying poplar trees along Soluka Creek in what is now Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of poplar trees in a field of ash, sending out sprouts from dormant buds in what is now Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of new pussy willow growth, growing horizontally in what is now Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Vertical growth has been sandblasted by ash, blowing in the wind, and destroyed. Photo taken during National...
Title taken from caption. View of the Katmai Village Church and its bell. The area was covered in water by the Katmai Flood and Robert F. Griggs states in his book The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes that the bottom of the bell was the high water...
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of the Katmai Church and the damage done by the Katmai Flood. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of the Katmai Church and the damage done by the Katmai Flood. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.
Title taken from caption. View of two men holding an eagle that was shot by B.B. Fulton as it flew around base camp in what is now Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area....
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition trying to get drinkable water by straining it through a food bag to remove the ash and mud at Soluka Creek in what is now Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during...
Title taken from caption. View of Robert F. Griggs trying to cross the Katmai River. In his book The Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes Griggs states "After working our way to within a hundred yards of the trees in the distance we had to turn back"....
Title taken from caption. View of one of the expedition members walking out of the mud of the Katmai River in what is now Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1915.