Title taken from caption. View of many boats, buildings and people on the pier at Juneau. From May's journal, dated May 19th: "About 8 a.m. this morning we docked at Juneau, the capital of Alaska. ...Juneau is by far the nicest town we have seen...
Title taken from caption. View of Larsen Bay and the Larsen Bay cannery, a.k.a. the Alaska Packers Association cannery, which had then merged with the California Packing Corporation (or Calpak). Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936...
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.
From caption: "Half-breed fisherman's boat at Larsens Bay." From verso: "Aleut children and their father’s (Grumpy Joe?) fishing boat." View of several children on a beach near an anchored sailboat. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936...
Title taken from caption. View of a traditional style Aleut home, constructed of wood. From verso: "Aleut House, Barabara Style, sweat bath in rear." Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
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. From verso: "Left to right: Osborne, the customs inspector, and major; aboard U.S.C.G. “Alert”." View of "Ozzie" Osborne, Mr. Sides, the customs inspector, and Alan May on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat...
Title taken from caption. View of a young man posing for a photograph on deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the deck aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert. The life preserver reads: "U.S. Coast Guard Alert." From May's journal, dated June 28th: "The Alert is about 120 feet long and has five hundred tons...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Sophie (right) and the cook backgammoning in Shelikof strait, or somewhere." View of two men playing acey deucey, a variant of backgammon. From May's journal, dated June 29th: "About noon we passed Mitrofania...
Title taken from caption. View of Pisa Tower on Pisa Point, near Chichagof Harbor on Attu Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a wooden plank pathway to the church, with orthodox crosses marking graves on the right. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Sand Point, Alaska, on Popof Island. From verso: "Sandy Point, Schumagin Islands." From May's journal, dated June 29th: "Sand Point was reached at six o'clock. It is a small community comprised of a cannery,...
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 Harold Cowper and James Botsford, two of the 1938 expedition members, sitting at a table. 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. Caption continues: "'Nigger head and the Spencer in the distance." The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (formerly the John C. Spencer) sits in Nikolski Bay to the right of the geographical feature now known as High Hill on...
View of five expedition members eating a meal at an archeological dig site. From left to right: William Laughlin, Ales Hrdlicka, William Clemes, Harold Cowper, and James Botsford. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's...