Title taken from caption. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland prior to departure from the Seattle docks. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of Harold Cowper, Alan May, and Captain H.W. Stinchcomb aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne. They preparing to load launches with supplies for their stay on Amchitka Island. Photograph taken during the 1938...
Title taken from caption. Crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland prepare for departure from the Seattle docks. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. William Clemes on the shoreline of Amlia Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "A weird formation at the top of the high cliffs." Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland in Unalaska. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Expedition members and crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Ariadne prepare for the expedition's time on Amchitka Island. Alan May is second from the left. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. Captain Hans Hanson stands on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of the U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Boat Alert at Unalaska. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of an excavated fire place at the dig site on Kodiak. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption also notes: "12 1/2" x 11 1/2". 1 1/2" deep." Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone bringing aboard a cod. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a fumarole on Kagamil Island. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Image taken at the dig site at Larsen Bay. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of a fireplace excavated at the dig site at Larsen Bay. Photograph taken by Alan May during the 1936 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Caption continues: "Portable radio mast in centre, for contact with Chelan." Expedition members and crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Chelan in one of the Chelan's surf boats, approaching the shoreline of Kagamil Island....
Image of expedition members alongside a car fitted to run along railroad tracks. Near Yakutat. Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Portrait of Anastasia Hodikoff of Attu in 1936. From May's journal, dated July 26th: "After church I got the Chief's wife to let me take a picture of her making an Attu basket. I think she rather liked the idea, for she...