Title taken from caption. View of church at Praeobrajenskoe, Medny Island, Russia. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of captive sea otter raised at Gladkuvskaya Stanovishche, Medny Island, Russia. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Soviet flag flying above a house in Praeobrajensko, Medny Island, Russia. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title and spelling taken from caption. View of Alan May sitting near a whale vertebrae, and eating a sandwich. There are shovels propped up next to him. From May's journal, dated July 11th: "Turned out the grandaddy [sic] of all whale vertabrae...
Title taken from caption. From verso: "U.S.C.G. Shoshone, with wheel-barrows akimbo, Lieut. Greeley and Johnson, who is not going to hit anybody." View of several uniformed men aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone. Photograph taken by Alan...
Title taken from caption. View of the interior of the Attu church, showing the pulpit and lectern, banners and decoration. From May's journal, dated July 11th: "There are many religious pictures and ikons [sic] on the walls, and lots of candles...
Title taken from caption. From verso of similar image, no. 110a: "Garman, Gollodoff is keeper of it. Attu Church, Mother of Alaska Church." View of the interior of the Attu church, showing the altar, pulpit, holy water stoup, and a metal censer, or...
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 and spelling taken from caption. View of a path leading to the barabara of a resident of Attu. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of barabaras, or semi-subterranean homes, and the chief's house in the village of Attu. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Attu, showing several homes, villagers and the church in the background. There are two troughs, or containers in the foreground, one filled with sacks. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Finley. Dempwolfe. Keilhorn. White. Belfort. Senator Thomas. Garcia." According to official reports and the Fourth of July program, the proper title and spelling of names is as follows: Commander G.T....
Title taken from caption. Several men, including Sidney Connor and Ales Hrdlicka, gather to view an archaeological dig site on Amaknak Island. The man on the far right is carrying camera equipment and smoking a pipe. Photograph taken by Alan May...
Title taken from caption. From May's journal, dated June 29th: "By evening we had reached False Pass, which flows between the Bering Sea and the Pacific Ocean. ...Beyond the Pass lay Round Top, Isnotski [sic] and Sheshaldin [sic], the three most...
Title taken from caption. From May's journal, dated June 29th: "At nine o'clock we passed by Wasnesenski Island [sic] and by ten-thirty Pavlof volcano came in sight. Only a small amount of steam was coming out of the crater."--p. 77. View of two...
Title taken from caption. A crewmember aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone raises the flag. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
This photographs depicts two Grumman Widgeon airplanes operated by Alaska Airlines on the beach on Kodiak Island, circa 1945-1949. The plane on the right has the number "N58832" written on its wing, and the plane on the left has "N1188V" written...
This photograph depicts a Grumman Widgeon airplane on a runway in an unidentified location in Alaska. It was taken circa 1945-1955 by Grenold Collins. The writing on the tail is illegible.
Title taken from caption. View of several Alaska Natives collecting roots near Attu, including Agefangel (on the left), Chief Mike Hodikof (standing) and his wife, Anastasia (on the right). They are gathered in front of a lean-to tent structure....
Title taken from caption. From verso: "Amoknak – 1936. Last exposures." Two members of the expedition work on the Amaknak dig site. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian...