Rear Admiral Leo Otis Colbert and Captain Clement L. Garner on an inspection trip to survey work along the ALCAN Highway in 1944.

Rear Admiral Leo Otis Colbert, Captain Clement L. Garner, and Commander John Bowie during an inspection trip to survey work along the ALCAN Highway. Colbert was Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey during WWII, Garner was Chief of the Division of Geodesy, and Bowie was chief of the ALCAN survey party.

Lieutenant Francis B. Quinn outside of his quarters during survey work along the ALCAN Highway during WWII.

Baseball team off the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER.

Wardroom of the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship HYDROGRAPHER.

Geodesy Division of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. William Bowie is standing in the center, with Clement Garner to his right and Jean Hawley to his left.

Rear Admiral Robert W. Knox, USC&GS, Deputy Director of the C&GS, talking with Rear Admiral H. Arnold Karo, Director of the USC&GS.

Wardroom of Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship. Henry Healy is sitting.

Wardroom of unidentified v essel - Front row rt. Alvin Thorson, right-most beard Robert Marshall, rear 4th from left Max Ricketts.

Joke double-exposure of George Cowie showing how busy a C&GS hydrographer could be. Had to be doing two things at once to get the job done.

From left - unknown, Ken Crosby, Lorin Woodcock, William Scaife

From left - unknown, Ken Crosby, Chief Conover, unknown, Raymond Stanton Patton, unknown, unknown, William Scaife, unknown. Wardroom of LYDONIA.

Wardroom of the Natoma. Ken Crosby second from left. Bill Scaife third from right.

Officers on the OCEANOGRAPHER. Carstens, John C. Bull, Price, William N. Martin, Ray Tryon. 1932 training section.

Members of triangulation crew at Carlsbad Caverns, 1934. Earl Hyland and wife, Mayrath, Tom Mayrath, Mrs. Mayrath, Larry Chase, Johnson, Angel Thomas, Nick Nicodemus, Smitty Smith, Cannon Ball Casey, Uppey Duffey Uplinger, Mac MacConnell, Bridges, Daily, Wobach, Bunky Holman, Thomas, Svensky Bert Nelson.

1934 triangulation crew in New Mexico. Holman, Daily, Miss Thomas, Nelson, 'Ma", Anne behind doll, Thomas, Smith, Chase, and Casey.

Ernst W. Eickelberg on left, Roland D. Horne on right. April 15, 1940.

Ernie Stohsner and John Laskowski

Crew of Coast and Geodetic Survey ship PIONEER sporting beards grown for beard-growning contest during field season.

Crew mess on the PIONEER. Mitch Green and others.

Unidentified left, Sam Grenell on right.

Wardroom of Coast and Geodetic Survey ship. Front l to r - Harry Garber, Hubert Paton, Augustus P. Ratti, unidentified, Walter Bainbridge, unidentified. Top- unidentified, unidentified, Fair J. Bryant, Harry Reed, unidentified.

Robert Earle and Don Jones. Arctic Field Party 1950 ca.

Standing L to R - Unknown, James Tison, Leonard Hubbard, unknown, Sam Grenell, unknown, Horace Conerly, unknown.Front row - L to R - unknown, Howard Cole, unknown, unknown, David Whipp.

Wardroom of PATHFINDER 1958. Junius Jarman sitting second from left, Ira Rubottom sitting third from left. Bob Williams standing center.

Commander Harry Reed on left, commanding officer of HYDROGRAPHER; Lieutenant Commander Kelly Taggart on right, field operations officer.

ESSA flyers - Francis D. Moran on left, Raymond Spear center, unknown.

Casper Durgin on left, Philip C. Doran on right. Checking observations during baseline measurement.

Unidentified Coast Survey geodetic field crew members in Alaska, ca. 1955.

Wardroom of SURVEYOR 1928 ca. Leonard Hubbard, Richard Lukens, Henry Healy, Paul A. Smith, Standing - John Mathisson, Carl Egner, Percy Bernstein, Joseph Partington, Frank Johnson, Franklin Gossett, Dr. Leary.

Survey crew comprised primarily of Navy personnel at Honolulu. Eoline Hand is C&GS officer in charge of crew conducting hydrographic surveys off Pearl Harbor. He is tall man fifth from right.

Wardroom of PIONEER in westhern Pacific. Sitting L to R - Sam Grenell, unidentified, William Deane, unidentified, Hubert Keith,. Standing, Austin Yeager, fifth from left.

Three unidentified officers and Leo Otis Colbert on left. Probably on the C&GS Steamer GEDNEY in SE Alaska. 1910 ca. Unidentified woman was probably an officer's wife as sometimes they were able to sail to remote areas with their husband in both Alaska and the Philippines.

Possibly H. W. Rhodes who later went to the Lighthouse Service. Ca. 1910.

Three unidentified officers on a C&GS ship. This uniform was used during the period when officers were civilians between the detachment of Navy officers from the Survey in 1898 until 1917 when the field assistants of the C&GS became commissioned officers during WW I. Note U.S. on collar.

Early training section 1932 Ca. Lieutenant Fred Peacock second from right in first row. Boatswain Oscar Peterrson back row to Peacock's left.

Officer force of geodesy ca. 1937. Clement Garner fourth from right front, William Bowie fifth from right front row. Walter D. Lambert in dark overcoat behind Bowie. Jean Hawley standing to Bowie's left.

Geodesy Division of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. William Bowie is standing in the center, with Clement Garner to his right and Jean Hawley to his left. Walter D. Lambert in dark overcoat behind Bowie.

Unidentified officers on C&GS ship before the ironing board was invented. The fellow in the top hat was either shanghaied or in the wrong profession.

Robert Earle in a rickshaw at a stop at Shanghai while in transit to the Philippines.

Lieutenant Arnold Karo, commanding officer of the LYDONIA 1940.

Wardroom and crew of ship C&GS Ship BOWIE. Lorin Woodcock, X.O., fifth from left standing; Bill Gibson, C.O., sixth from left standing.

Wardroom of PATHFINDER, 1949 ca. Robert Knox, C.O., Roswell Bolstad, Dr. Leary, Arthur Wardwell, Edwin Baum, __ Dermody, John Mathisson, Hal Demuth, Max Ricketts, Gordon Scott, __ Jones, Jim Randall, Howard Cole, Frank Johnson.

Unidentified chief petty officers and crew of unidentified C&GS ship. 1930 ca.

Possibly crew of PIONEER in Aleutians, 1940 ca., showing results of beard-growing contest.

Chief Engineer of C&GS Ship BOWIE

Unidentified personnel from field party in western United States. 1890 ca.

Unidentified personnel and wives.

Field party in Alaska, ca. 1915. Leo Otis Colbert on right.

Wire drag party in Maine, ca. 1907. Leo Otis Colbert fourth from left.