This youngster wanted to grow up and be just like Dad. An Eskimo toddler dreams of hunting on the Bering Sea with his father. F&WS 1166.

A view of Unalaska. The Russian Orthodox Church is in the center of the village . Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 337.

Commercial fishing boats at Petersburg. F&WS 12,227.

Village of Attu. Attu was one of two Aleutian islands captured by Japanese forces during WW II. A Weather Bureau observer, Charles Foster Jones, was shot and killed by the Japanese; his wife and 42 Aleut Americans were taken prisoners of war and taken to labor camps in Japan. 40% of the Aleuts died including Attuan Chief Mike Hodiakoff who had warned U.S. military of coming invasion.

The plank road on St. George Island. F&WS 10,067.

A bidarrah or large skin boat off St. George Island. F&WS 10,030.

The Russian Orthodox Church at Uzinki. F&WS 10,048.

The Lower Naknek Cannery of the Pacific American Fisheries. F&WS 12,153.

The school building on St. Paul Island. F&WS 10,071.

Religious and patriotic ceremony commemorating the 4th of July. F&WS 10,074.

Part of the crowd celebrating the 4th of July at St. Paul. A number of representatives of the local baseball team are dressed for a game. F&WS 10,020.

The cannery on Chisik Island. F&WS B-60180.

The fishing fleet at Ketchikan. Ketchikan was then the greatest fishing center on the Pacific Coast. Fishing in Alaska then accounted for 80 percent of all employment with most activity limited to the summer months. F&WS C-1191.

A bidarrah or large skin boat off St. George Island. The Bureau of Commercial Fisheries vessel PENGUIN is in the background. F&WS 10,030.

Stomach of a Sea Lion (Eumetopias jubata) used by Aleut natives for storing dried red salmon. F&WS B-50,242.

Penobscot River mudflat at low tide showing pattern of tidal streams.

Vertical slate on 700 Acre Island. Erosion of this material provides sediment for Philbrook Cove Beach.

Pebble Beach on 700 Acre Island. This beach has been formed from glacial material while the Philbrook Cove Beach, right around the corner, was formed from erosion of slate.

Birch Island beach showing gradation of sediment from coarse pebbles to sand as one moves up from the shoreline. Seaweed is evident along "rack" line showing furthest extent of normal high tide. Wildflower seeds float in on algae and take root helping preserve sediment.

Birch Island glacial sculpted smooth rocky point with ospreys on pitch pine.

Pillow basalts indicating location of former oceanic spreading center.

Grindstone Point on Schoodic Head. Cobble beach lying between tabular outcroppings of exfoliated granite.

A fine example of glacial plucking showing direction of glacial ice motion from left to right in the image.

Morse River Inlet showing tidal marsh with bedrock exposed on the periphery.

Morse River Inlet showing tidal marsh showing prograding of the barrier spit.

Mosquito Cove cobble beach showing progressive landward migration of shoreline.

Glacial erratic boulder (white boulder in left center) trapped on eroding granite shoreline.

Harbor seals on Muscle Ridge Island.

Philbrook Cove on 700 Acre Island.

Philbrook Cove on 700 Acre Island.

Tidal stream at low tide showing parallel ripple pattern in deeper areas versus hummocky pattern in shallower areas. Parallel ripples form perpendicular to tidal flow.

Glacial cobble returned to land as kelp ripped out during storm and carried the cobble back to shore.

"Entrance of Livermore's Pass", Plate II. In: Reports of Explorations and Surveys .... Vol. 5, p. 12. Commonly known as Pacific Railroad Surveys. Call Number F593 .U58.

View of San Francisco in 1849 from the head of California Street. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 234. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

Dennison's Exchange and Parker House before the fire, December 1849. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 242. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

Muddy streets in San Francisco. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 244. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

Lodging room. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 247. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

The Custom House. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 255. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

San Francisco in April 1850, showing Clay Street, opposite Portsmouth Square. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 270. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

The San Francisco fire of May 4th, 1850. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 274. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

The San Francisco fire of May 4th, 1850. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 330. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

San Francisco after the fire of May 4th, 1850. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 332. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

East side of Portsmouth Square, spring of 1850. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 358. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

The wreck of the TENNESSEE on March 6th, 1853. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 435. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

The outer telegraph station. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 464. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

The inner telegraph station. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 465. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

San Francisco 1854. From the head of Sacramento Street. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 510. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

The San Francisco fire of June 22nd, 1851. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 598. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

Departure of a steamship. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 626. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.

First Presbyterian Church. In: "The Annals of San Francisco". Frank Soule, John Gihon, and James Nesbit. 1855. Page 687. D. Appleton & Company, New York. F869.S3.S7 1855.