Title taken from caption. View of the three story hospital building at Unalaska with part of a wooden bridge visible in the foreground. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. View of a mounted gun on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone. There is a man in the background. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Title taken from caption. View of Unalaska from the hospital steps. Wooden buildings, utility poles, and a small wooden bridge are visible. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Unalaska’s principal street, with Sears & Roebuck-clad Aleuts approaching the sign." Street view of Unalaska showing several wooden buildings and three residents walking along a gravel street past a welcome...
View of Unalaska, as seen from the hills behind town. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Main Street, Unalaska, looking toward Pat’s Café, than whose chocolate pie there is no whoser." Street view of Unalaska, with Pat's Cafe (center), the Orthodox church (right), and several men, women and...
Title taken from caption. View of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chelan. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Alan May poses for a photograph wearing a kamlayka, and holding a pair of snowshoes and mukluks. May explains receiving these gifts in the following journal entry, dated July 20th: "Agefangle Prokopioff brought in a pair...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Coast guard ships at Unalaska’s pier." View of U.S. Coast Guard ships and boats docked in the Unalaska harbor. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Amoknak island, from the trail above the reservoir." View of mountains and islands in Unalaska Bay. There is a dock and building in the lower right. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian...
Title taken from caption. Handwritten note on verso: "Kind remembrances of a pleasant association. Sincere good wishes. Dr. & Mrs. L.A. White." This aerial photograph of Amaknak Island was likely sent to Alan May by Dr. and Mrs. White after the...
Title taken from caption. Aerial view of Amaknak Island and Unalaska Bay. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
The photographs primarily relate to Valdez and the Copper River country during the period 1899-1905. Included are photographs of towns, buildings, camps, social events, mining, packing supplies and equipment, people, and scenery. Some photographs...
Title taken from front. View of Mount McKinley (Denali) from Explorers Peak, Alaska. Also from front: "Parker-Browne Expedition 1910." 1910. Photographer: LaVoy. Postcard. Original photograph size: 3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Mushers with dog sled team bound for Alaska Yukon Expedition held in Seattle, Washington. Banner on sled reads: "Caribou Bill and Missouri Kid. Alaska Yukon Exposition dog team. Overland from Valdez, Alaska to Seattle, Wash[ington]." From verso:...
Title from sleeve. The tail of the 'Marineland of the Pacific Arctic Expedition' airplane on the runway at the Gambell airport, with airplane number N67578. A Wien 'Arctic Liner' airplane is partially viisble behind. Photographer's number: 12029. 2...
Title supplied by cataloger. Meat cut on bandsaw. Meat would have been kept frozen in 'drop bags' and used during expedition to feed the sled dogs. Folder labeled, 'Iditarod Challenge.' Original format: 35mm color slide