Photo caption reads "Nelson surveying underground." View of Ned Nelson standing over the tracks at a split in the tunnels of the Independence Mine and surveying the left hand route. On the wall of the mineshaft are "FM", the number 490 repeated...
View of crew surveying for construction of bridge at Yukon River during Trans-Alaska Pipeline construction in Interior Alaska. July 2, 1974. Photographer: Steve McCutcheon. Original photograph size: 8" x 10 1/8".
Title taken from caption. The man in the center is holding a surveying instrument (a transit?) while the man on the right appears to be taking notes. All are aboard the steamer Taku.
Title taken from caption. View of one of the National Geographic expedition members at work using an alidade. An alidade is a topographic surveying and mapping instrument used for determining directions, consisting of a telescope and attached...
Baker Engineers employees with survey equipment during construction of the runway at the Army Air Base in Galena. (L-R) Bobo, McBride, and Glenn. Baker Engineers was under contract with the United States Army Air Forces to construct a runway at...
Title taken from caption. A surveyor working for the U.S. government working on Umnak Island. Photograph taken during the 1938 Smithsonian Institution's Archaeological Expedition to the Aleutian Islands.
Title taken from caption. View of expedition members with surveying equipment standing on crater rim during National Geographic Society expedition to what was later designated as Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. 1917. Photographer: J.W....
There was a dispute over whether the new building would be allowed to protrude into the street; ca. 1908. Sign reads "Meals at all Hours Restaurant All White Help".
Title taken from back of photo. "Aerial Recon (Reconnaissance) -- Two U. S. Air Force B 58 "Hustler" aircraft from the 43rd Bomb Wing, Carswell AFB, Tex., took many aerial photographs of the state such as this, the day after the Good Friday...
Title taken from caption "Photographers and topographers working on the summit of Bear Mt." View of Clarence F. Maynard in the background and one of the expedition photographers while they worked on Bear Mountain. Identity based on fact that...
Title taken from caption. View of Clarence F. Maynard testing his equipment near Kodiak. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 expedition. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition on...
Title taken from caption. View of a member of the expedition taking pictures of the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 expedition. Photo taken at what was later...
View of Clarence F. Maynard working atop Novarupta. Identity based on fact that Maynard is the only topographer listed as part of the 1917 National Geographic expedition to Katmai area. Photo taken at what was later designated as Katmai National...
Title taken from caption. View of Paul Rarey Hagelbarger, topographer, at work. Photo taken during National Geographic Society expedition to Katmai area. 1919.
View of surveyor's instrument near White Alice Communications site on Resolution Island, Nunavut, Canada. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in Alaska and parts of...
View of construction of White Alice Communications site at Port Moller, Alaska, as seen through surveyor's leveling instrument. The White Alice Communications System (WACS) was a United States Air Force telecommunication link system constructed in...