Title from verso. Photograph of Seabees building a runway out of Marsden Matting. Verso reads: "Seabees work through a mile-a-minute gale at an Aleutian base from which American planes take off to bomb Paramushiru, key Jap [ Japanese ]...
One minute, 41 second, color/sound, film clip. From title frame: "Marston Matt" steel plank runway is assembled by U.S. Army on Adak. Excerpt from "Report from the Aleutians", a 1943 War Dept. film produced, directed, and narrated by John...
Unknown military personnel standing beside a PBY Catalina seaplane during World War II on an airstrip at Adak Island, Alaska, with propellers in motion. Surface on the ground is Marsden matting (perforated steel plating that interlocks to provide a...
Two servicemen pose for a photograph on a vehicle used for towing aircraft. Verso: "Left to right: Charles Nicholls and Weldon Preddy." Marsden matting (interlocked steel plates) covers the ground. Original photograph size: 4 x 5 3/4 inch.
A flight crew from the 77th Bombardier Squadron (Eleventh Air Force) stands beside a plane on the runway at Adak. Left to right: Weldon Preddy, Joe Fontaine, and Ken Wood. Marsden matting (steel interlocked plates) covers the ground. Original...
Title taken from front. View of Marsden matting (interlocking steel plates which provide a stable place for airplanes to take off and land) on runway, damaged by high winds, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, during World War II. Also from front: "IPF 3G294...
Title taken from label on matting. View of Froshland cold storage buildings and slaughterhouse for reindeer processing plant in Shaktoolik, Alaska. Also from matting: "Posts for removal of corral fence in f[ore]g[roun]d." Photographer's number...
Title taken from label on matting. View of building housing refrigeration machine for natural cold storage at Lomen Reindeer Corporation reindeer processing plant at Elephant Point (also called Buckland), Alaska, with tramway for transporting...
Title taken from label on matting. View of sled dogs in pens and kennels with dog's name on each enclosure, built by United States Civilian Conservation Corps for park rangers' dog teams at Mount McKinley National Park (later Denali National Park...
Title from sleeve. The tail of the 'Marineland of the Pacific Arctic Expedition' airplane on the runway at the Gambell airport, with airplane number N67578. A Wien 'Arctic Liner' airplane is partially viisble behind. Photographer's number: 12029. 2...
Title from sleeve. Fur trader Edward R. Shepherd with his wife 'Dick', who sits on the hood of a Snow-Trac snowmachine at the Gambell airport. Photographer's number: 11216. 2 1/4 B&W negative.
(4:59 min.) (03 of 12) Down the chain Marsden matting--harbor installation--dock washed away--Amchitka--Atka-- Attu and Kiska--Discrepancies with Lael Morgan--Garfield, (author)
Title taken from caption. Textile removed from dig site on Ship Rock. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Textiles removed from Kagamil. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of textiles removed from the dig site on Kagamil Island. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from verso. View of airport construction at Point Barrow, Alaska, as seen from airplane coming in for landing. Also from verso: "Light square is matting. Left side strip below it is compacted area where we are to land. Right side strip...