Title taken from caption. View of cannery from aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands. Identified...
Title taken from caption. View of mounted gun aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Duane (formerly the William J. Duane). Photograph taken during the 1937 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of an airplane tied to the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (formerly the John C. Spencer). Photograph taken off shore of Anangula Island (also Ananiuliak Island) during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's...
Title taken from caption. Alan May aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Shoshone en route from Unalaska to Seattle. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Passengers and crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route from Seattle to Alaska. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of man wearing an apron walking across the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. Nikolai Antipov, a Russian officer, poses for a photograph while accompanying the members of the expedition from the village of Nikolskoye back to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tallapoosa. Photograph taken during the 1937...
Congress was almost totally ignorant of Alaska, many suspected that the purchase was a bad bargain, and the only interest revolved around fur sealing. Therefore, many Congressmen were reluctant to pass Alaska legislation. Aside from the purchase,...
Ed Levin works out with a punching bag on the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland en route to Alaska from Seattle. Ed Levin was accompanying Father Bernard Hubbard to Alaska. From May's journal, dated May 22nd: "Levin stands 6' 2" and...