Title taken from caption. Nurse Smith, a.k.a. "Smitty", and Sidney Connor pose for a photograph in Unalaska. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
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...
Title taken from caption. "$1,250,000 clean up Miners & Merchants Bank, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number: C 49." Cataloguers note: This photograph shows gold bars stacked high above ground.
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...
Title from verso. Photograph of a .105-mm artillery piece and a crew serving it. Verso reads: "This 105-mm gun and its crew poured more than 2000 rounds of shells into Jap [ Japanese ] positions in the course of four days battling at...
Title taken from verso. Winter view of Trans-Alaska Pipeline one mile south of Pump Station 6 at Yukon River during construction in Interior Alaska. 1979? Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 10" x 8 1/8".
Title taken from front. Sled dog teams line up on Fourth Avenue in front of Brown & Hawkins after bringing a load of gold dust in from the Iditarod gold fields, Seward, Alaska. From front: "1/2 ton gold dust largest shipment ever carried by dog...
Jim and John Jefferies hold a string of black bass between them in Seward, Alaska. Jim Jefferies is possibly James J. Jeffries, the boxer, who visited Seward with his brother John. From front: "100 black bass caught by Jim & John Jefferies. L.N.G....
Title taken from front. View of 100 yard dash race during holiday celebrations, Valdez, Alaska, with spectators lining the street. Businesses shown include Seattle Hotel, Valdez Market, and Tony's. From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical...
Title from original photograph album. Two boys pose in front of a classroom map in Seward, Alaska. From verso: "Carrie Ida Pierce Seward, Alaska, Box 516." ca. 1950. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".
Title taken from front. View of aftermath of explosion of 10,600 pounds of TNT at railroad construction site in Interior Alaska. An Alaska Engineering Commission photo. Photographer's number 162. June 1920. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".
Title taken from verso. View of building at 1200 L Street (later known as Inlet View Towers), Anchorage, Alaska, with vehicles parked in front and building in background. July 29, 1954. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from front. Group photo of participants at first board meeting of 13th Regional Corporation in Seattle, Washington. Also from front: "On steps of the Frye Hotel, Seattle, W[ashingto]n." From verso: "Top row left to right: Frank Price,...