Title taken from caption. View of the village of Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title from image caption As early as 1775, Russian Orthodox Churches were built in nearly every Alaskan village under Russian influence; artist Sam McClain, painting from old photographs, drawings, or other likenesses, produced 106 watercolors...
Title taken from caption. View of men preparing to go salmon fishing. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the Russian Orthodox church at Nikolski village. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. According to May, Father Kochergin was one of only two Aleut (Unangan) priests serving the Russian Orthodox Church. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...
Caption reads: "'Nigger Head and Vsevidof from across the entrance to the harbor." The hill to the left in front of the volcano is the geographical feature now known as High Hill on Umnak Island along Nikolski Bay. Photograph taken during the 1938...
Title taken from caption. Father Kochergin poses in the Russian Orthodox church in Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (formerly the John C. Spencer) from the deck of the cutter Ariadne. Offshore from Anangula Island (also Ananiuliak Island). From May's journal, dated June 5th: "We are still here...
View looking east from White Alice communications site at Nikolski, Alaska, with debris at left. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska during the Cold War....
Title taken from caption. Portrait of two residents of Nikolski, the school teacher and his wife, at the dig site. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the school teacher and his wife living in Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Officer Myers, of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne, surrounded by young Alaska Native boys. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of three of the residents of Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of three boys from Nikolski posing for a portrait in front of a dwelling. Probably Okee Bay. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of residents of Nikolski splitting up the catch from the fish trap. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of an Alaska Native man from Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of Alaska Native man from Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.