Wiredrag operations

Hydrographic survey launch underway. Boat off of PATHFINDER.

Sounding operations from small boat

Sounding from small boat - note splash of lead to the right

Survey boat in Philippine lagoon

Launch getting underway. Transportation for aerial photography field inspection crew.

Sounding operations in Taku Inlet. Boat off of WESTDAHL.

Sounding from rowed skiff inside the breaker line

Launch DELTA churning and burning. On line doing hydrography.

Survey launch off Hawaii. Launch off of PATTERSON.

Launch EQUATOR. Used for wiredrag work in Alaska in 1915.

The beach at Nome

Old Coast and Geodetic Survey Office Building

Elsa DeWind, long-time resident of Lovango Cay. Mrs. DeWind came from New York City in the 1930's. Married a native fisherman and lived happily ever after

Building party from NOAA Ship WHITING

Icefishing and tanning on the NOAA Ship SURVEYOR. Helo pilots relaxing in the Bering Sea.

A more reasonable individual than helicopter pilots

Survey launch off of PEIRCE. Late spring in Penobscot Bay.

Philippine hydrographic survey crew off Ship FATHOMER

Boston whaler outfitted for inshore hydrography. Doing bar check to calibrate sounding instrument. Off NOAA Ship PEIRCE

Makeshift skiff built for plane table mapping. Project from Brunswick, GA, to Jacksonville, FL. Combined Operations party of Hubert A. Paton

Unloading Shoran equipment. Work crew off PATHFINDER.

Boat used to transport level crew on Lake Meade

Frontispiece for season's report on hydrographic survey

Arctic Field party launch with Shoran antenna

Resurvey of Taku Inlet

Launch Hydrographic Party. 1931 Hydrographic Manual Figure 38.

Passage to Alligator Bay, Everglades - looks like Pirates of the Caribbean. Party off of HYDROGRAPHER.

Rubber boat used for crossing stream. Working on control surveys for the Alcan Highway. Triangulation party of John Bowie.

Running Snow Hole Rapids on Salmon River. Transportation for level party. Level party of Ira Rubottom.

Barge with out-board motor on Salmon River. Level party of Ira Rubottom.

Salmon River - summer transportation for leveling unit. Level party of Ira Rubottom.

Working among breakers sounding. Survey party off SURVEYOR.

Early use of an outboard motor

Pier erected by camping party at Mist Harbor. Used to offload fuel for launches. Party off of C&GS Ship PATTERSON

Wading ashore off the ELSIE III

Motor sailer off the HYDROGRAPHER

Motor sailer operating in Alaska

A diversion - a sailing party on the ship motor sailer

Skiff in icy conditions

Launch departing the PIONEER for a day of hydrography

PIONEER boats at Amlia Island

Skiff off HODGSON in Jackpot Bay operating in ice conditions

Shorty Fuentes leaving St. Catherine's Island, Georgia coast. WHITING Boston Whaler.

Lt. Ken Perrin catching a few winks after a hard day installing a tide gauge. Boston Whaler off WHITING.

PEIRCE launch tied up at Sand Key Light. Supporting range-azimuth navigation operations.

Boston whaler returning to ship from liberty party. Boston whaler off of PEIRCE.

Boston whaler returning to ship from liberty party. Boston whaler off of PEIRCE.

Ferdinand Hassler' s carriage on road at base of cliff. Sketch by John Farley - mid 1830's.

Ferdinand Hassler directing the movement of the great theodolite to the station. Working on Fire Island, about 1837. Sketch by John Farley.