Title taken from caption. Going ashore on Ilak (?) Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of expedition members aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa awaiting permission to land at Bering Island. Alan May is third from the left. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. View of the expedition party on the shore of Agattu. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. From May's journal, dated June 1st: "Amother [sic] beautiful day, delightfully warm and was able to work all day stripped to the waist."--p. 39. View of Alan May shoveling dirt into a wheelbarrow, with a shovel and pickaxe...
Title taken from caption. Crewmembers from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa take a lunch break on a fishing trip to Kenai Lake. From May's journal, dated June 7th: "At Mile 18 [on Lake Kenai] we went in three different parties in a motor boat...
This photograph depicts Roxy Pomeroy holding a crab caught at her homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, in July 1950. She is standing in front of the Pomeroys' cabin on the homestead. The title and date are...
Title taken from caption. View of two Alaska Native men aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Morris. En route to Nikolski. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title from accompanying notes. An ice-axe at the top of Mount Miyazaki, to which has been attached two flags (USA and Japan) and a placard.The names read: Peter E. Haase, Noburu Morikawa; Ryu Nakajima; Hiromasa Haneda. The sign has been dated...
Title taken from caption. Appears to be the U.S. Navy destroyer McCall. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of two ships offshore from Anangula Island (also Ananiuliak Island). U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (formerly the John C. Spencer) is to the left. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. Four members of Anchorage Garden Club seated at table in Z.J. Loussac Library in Anchorage, Alaska. During National Garden Week celebration club members donated books to Z.J. Loussac Library. Woman standing is Vi Green and...
Title taken from front. Painting of a moose harnessed to a covered wagon that looks like a log cabin on wheels with a man and a husky sitting on the front seat of the wagon. Lettering on the wagon cover reads: "We want statehood." From verso: "Hi...
The caption reads: "(WX8) WASHINGTON, July 1--THE HEADLINE TELLS THE STORY--Gov. Mike Stepovich of Alaska holds a newspaper bearing a big headline as he stands between President Eisenhower and Secretary...
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Farewell to Seattle. The Atlanta on the left." The "Atlanta" is most likely the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter "Atalanta". The row of boxes in front are stamped with the word "Stanavo", possibly indicating a...
Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "A wild swan captured alive by [August E.] Miller. Being at the height of its molt is was unable to fly and so was easily overtaken and captured by the power dory. It made such a disturbance with its...
Title taken from caption. Caption also says: "[August E.] Miller holding the swan, which we caught in the front end of the boat." Previous photo caption reads: "A wild swan captured alive by Miller. Being at the height of its molt is was unable to...
Title taken from caption. "11555 -- (6) Judging from his suit and hood of fur and his team of dogs, we might mistake the boy in this picture for an Esquimau.
In 1898, at the time of the great rush for gold, he was the only white boy on...
Wilma Knox walks down a street in the ghost town of McCarthy, Alaska. From caption: "Bob caught me from behind as I strolled down past what must have been some kind of recreation hall. We looked in the window and there were seats inside and a large...
Title taken from front. View of building and WAMCATS (Washington-Alaska Military Cable and Telegraph System) telegraph tower at Fort Gibbon, Alaska. Handwritten inscription on verso reads: "Dear Ann & family, We leave today for San Francisco. Love...