Title taken from caption. View of Alan May on a beach surrounded by whale bones. There is a wheelbarrow in the background. Photograph taken during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Maggie Prokopioff, a.k.a. "Rock of Ages", poses for a photograph with two women in front of a tent near the village of Attu. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition...
Title taken from caption. View of an Alaska Native woman standing next to a clothesline with grass hanging to dry. There is a wooden building in the background. From May's journal, dated July 12th: "The grass that is cut for making baskets, is cut...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Log of the Smithsonian: walking it, with overland freight, the Major-- toward fisherman houses and the wooden Barabra-- Kodiak Island." View of Alan May carrying supplies to the expedition site. Photograph...
Left to right Mrs. F. W. Herms (Emily), Dr. F. W. Herms Sr. and an unidentified man. They are standing in the Assay Office of the American Bank of Alaska (Iditarod, Alaska) in front of $125,000.00 of gold bricks.
Photo caption reads "Gus Owen and Roy Lynch weighing a sponge to be sent to Anchorage. About $14,000." View of two men working the scales used to weigh the gold removed from the Independence Mine, Alaska. 1939.
Title from sleeve. Edie Opinsky, holding pot, and Senator Ted Stevens stand with an unidentified woman at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 23065, 14 of 55. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Al Gay, Senator Ted Stevens, and Dave Harbour at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 23085, 34 of 55.2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Dennis Waldock and his wife stand with Senator Ted Stevens at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25088, 30 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Jesse Carr (left) and Senator Ted Stevens (right) stand with Ken Brady and his wife at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25057, 8 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Burt Bomhoff and his wife stand talking with Senator Ted Stevens (right) at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25056, 7 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Senator Ted Stevens reaches out to shake hands with R.L. Whittington at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 23117, 7 of 19. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Senator Ted Stevens stands talking with Dr. George Hale and his wife Mary at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25053, 4 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title from sleeve. Senator Ted Stevens (left) talks with Mrs. Thorsness and an unidentified man at Stevens' birthday party. Photographer's numbers: 25069, 20 of 56. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
Title is based on identification furnished by Roy David Tok, Alaska during the Alaska Federation of Natives (AFN) Convention held at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, October 2005.
Title form verso partially obscured. Photograph of Kiska invasion command during a meeting to discuss the final plans. Verso reads: "American and Canadian troops have occupied Kiska, vast Japanese stronghold in the Aleutians, without...