Note on slide reads "Russian Church Nicoli [Nikolai], Dec. 1949." Wooden building identified as Russian church. Nearby the building is a bell affixed to a wooden frame. A ladder leans against the side of the...
Title from verso. Man standing in front of church to the left of the door in winter. Tall steeple and bell tower above the roof, adorned with a large cross. Appears to be church of the Holy Cross Catholic Mission.
Title taken from caption. View of a wooden plank pathway to the church, with orthodox crosses marking graves on the right. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 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. From verso: "In Unalaska’s churchyard. Greek crosses for departed Aleuts." View of the Russian Orthodox Greek Church in Unalaska. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from verso. Nine men in religious gowns standing in front of wooden building. Probably connected to the Holy Cross Catholic Mission. Photo has a vertical tear to the right of center.
Title taken from caption. View of the top of the door of the church in Nikolski. English writing reads: Saint Nicholas the Thaumaturge. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.