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.
Title taken from caption. In front of the church at Nikolskoye village, Bering Island. According to Alan May's journal, he later discovered that this was not Bering's grave but a monument to Bering erected 150 years after his death. May also notes...
Title taken from caption. View of the cemetery at Naknek, Alaska, with the church in the background. Pawik is a variant name for the village of Naknek. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area, 1919.
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. View of the village of Nikolskoye, Bering Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the Russian mission house and the Russian Orthodox Church at Kodiak, Alaska. The National Geographic expedition members stayed at the mission house while in Kodiak. The Russian Orthodox Church at Kodiak was founded...
Title taken from caption. View of Russian Orthodox Church, Kodiak, Kodiak Island, Alaska. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to Katmai area. 1917. Photographer: J.W. Shipley.
Caption torn. Title taken from remnants. View of Attu, showing several homes, the church and the school. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from similar image, no. 104b. View of Attu, showing several homes, the church and the school. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Nikolski. May used Umnak and Nikolski interchangeably but the diary does not indicate that the expedition visited Umnak village and the church in the far left of the photograph is the church in Nikolski. Photograph taken...
Title supplied by cataloger. Church and other buildings in the background. Probably location on the Iditarod Trail. Slide taken from a slide box labeled, 'Org' in a slide carousel box labeled, 'Iditarod.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title taken from verso. View of tourist information center in log building at southeast corner of 4th Avenue and F Street in Anchorage, Alaska, with church at right. June 28, 1957. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
View of village of Ouzinkie, Spruce Island, Alaska, along coast, with Russian Orthodox Church at right. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on the way to what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve. 1913.
Title taken from border of photo. View of town on Saint Paul Island, Alaska, with Russian Orthodox Church visible left of center. From information with photo: "Taber Photographic Parlors. View Department. (San Francisco)." Photographer's number 17....
Treaty concerning the Cession of the Russian Possessions in North America by his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russians to the United States of America; Concluded March 30, 1867.
Title taken from photo album. View of tree growing out of rock at town hall at Sitka, Alaska, with woman standing at left. St. Michael Cathedral (Russian Orthodox church) is visible in background, with cross at top of tower visible above tree. 1891.
Title taken from verso. View of barabara with church in background in Tununak, Nelson Island, Alaska. Ca. 1930-1939. Original photograph size: 2.75" x 4.5".
Title from caption. Photograph shows two airplanes sitting next to a few buildings in a town. One of the airplanes tail numbers is C.5262, the other is 2775. This photograph is fairly dark. Original size is 5.5 in. x 2.5 in.