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1950 thumbnail picture
Using pack dogs after leaving the railroad near Cantwell. Spring reconnaissance between upper Cook Inlet and Fairbanks. Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
Near Mount McKinley National Park, Alaska 1923
1951 thumbnail picture
Transportation by oxen. Triangulation party in Brazil. Liaison party of Joseph Lushene
Brazil 1946
1952 thumbnail picture
Dog sled on Arctic Field Party. Combined operations party in Arctic Alaska. DEW Line surveys in Alaska Arctic
Northern Alaska 1950?
1953 thumbnail picture
Dog sled and cat train used by Arctic Field Party. Combined operations party in Arctic Alaska. DEW Line surveys in Alaska Arctic
Northern Alaska 1951
1954 thumbnail picture
Cable car crossing on the Klehini River. Party off of WESTDAHL
St. Elias Mountains, Alaska 1936
1955 thumbnail picture
Cable car crossing on the Salmon River. Reconnaissance party of Oscar Risvold
Salmon River Canyon, Idaho 1945
1956 thumbnail picture
Truck on the floor of Death Valley. Reconnaissance party of William Musseter
Death Valley, California 1927
1957 thumbnail picture
Stuck on the beach near Cape Canaveral. Topo party of L. S. Hubbard. Party off of LYDONIA
Cape Canaveral, Florida 1930
1958 thumbnail picture
Ready to move. Triangulation party of Paul A. Smith
Illinois 1931
1959 thumbnail picture
Steel tower truck stuck in the mud and snow. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
Colorado 1932
1960 thumbnail picture
Stuck in the mud. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
Colorado 1932
1961 thumbnail picture
On the move in the Colorado Rockies. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
Colorado 1932
1962 thumbnail picture
Brrrrr! Enroute to Nebraska. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
South Dakota November 27, 1934
1963 thumbnail picture
Camp at Alexandria, Louisiana. Arc from Eunice to Rustun, Louisiana. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
Alexandria, Louisiana April 1934
1964 thumbnail picture
Giving new meaning to getting a tow.
1965 thumbnail picture
On the way from Kansas to Del Rio. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Texas Early 1934
1966 thumbnail picture
On the way from Kansas to Del Rio. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Texas Early 1934
1967 thumbnail picture
Looking for pliers to fix the truck. Near Beargrass Station. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
New Mexico 1934
1968 thumbnail picture
Trucks will get that way - broken down near Buffalo. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Buffalo, Wyoming 1934
1969 thumbnail picture
South of Martin's Ranch. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
West Texas 1934
1970 thumbnail picture
Steel tower truck at Haigler, Nebraska. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Southwest corner of Nebraska 1935
1971 thumbnail picture
On the move with new-fangled trailers. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
Texas April 1935
1972 thumbnail picture
Oh for the gypsy life. On the move with new-fangled trailers. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
Texas April 1935
1973 thumbnail picture
Carl Aslakson ran a taut ship. Party camp at Benjamin, Texas. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
Benjamin, Texas Early 1935
1974 thumbnail picture
Steel truck wrecks near San Sabo. Triangulation party of Carl I. Aslakson
San Sabo, Texas February 2, 1935
1975 thumbnail picture
Truck No. 400 turned upside down in a previously dry creek. Caught in a freshet and floated 200 yards downstream. Triangulation party of Maurice A. Hecht
Tennessee? 1934?
1976 thumbnail picture
"Old No. 60 and my house". 12% grades on roads. Reconnaissance party of William Musseter
Indian Creek Pass, Utah 1937?
1977 thumbnail picture
The triangulation station at Meade's Ranch Kansas.
1934?
1978 thumbnail picture
Entering a canyon in the San Rafael Swell. Triangulation party of Frank G. Johnson
Eastern Utah 1939
1979 thumbnail picture
Heading to a station in the Muddy River area. Triangulation party of Frank G. Johnson
Eastern Utah 1939
1980 thumbnail picture
A rough road in the Lake Mead area. Level party of Emmett Sheridan
Southern Nevada 1941
1981 thumbnail picture
Gravity work - crossing a stream. Gravity party of Carl I. Aslakson
South America 1941
1982 thumbnail picture
Gravity work in Peru. Gravity party of Carl I. Aslakson
Peru 1941
1983 thumbnail picture
Government trucks at Abilene. Surveying Red Bluff Reservoir for a sea plane landing site. Series of reservoirs and lakes used to ferry sea planes across United States. Wire drag party of Max G. Ricketts
Abilene, Texas 1942
1984 thumbnail picture
Bench mark truck bogged down in the swamp. Level party of R. C. Darling
North central Louisiana 1950
1985 thumbnail picture
A party casualty on the Olympic Peninsula. Reconnaissance party of John A. Webb
Olympic Peninsula, Washington 1954
1986 thumbnail picture
High-centered at Station Rice. Vern Burns with shovel. Astro party of Albert E. Theberge
Mojave Desert, California 1972
1987 thumbnail picture
Richard Cohen demonstrating use of shovel. Astro party of Albert E. Theberge
Mojave Desert, California 1972
1988 thumbnail picture
Vern Burns determining rough azimuth prior to Wild T-4 setup. Astro party of Albert E. Theberge
1989 thumbnail picture
Cat train at Meade River Mine. Arctic Field Party of Hubert A. Paton
Alaska Arctic 1948
1990 thumbnail picture
Triangulation party preparing to set up observing tent. Arctic Field Party of Hubert A. Paton
Alaska Arctic April 6, 1948
1991 thumbnail picture
Snow-cat offloading gear from landing ship.
Alaska Arctic 1950?
1992 thumbnail picture
Snow-cat and pressure ridge. Arctic Field Party of Robert A. Earle
Alaska Arctic 1950?
1993 thumbnail picture
Snow-cat negotiating small grade. Arctic Field Party of Robert A. Earle
Alaska Arctic 1950?
1994 thumbnail picture
Peruvian "sky-hook" railway. The Lima-Huancayo Railroad. Liaison party of A. P. Ratti
Peru 1944
1995 thumbnail picture
Amphibious airplane used by Army. Photogrammetry project on Florida's West Coast
Florida 1925
1996 thumbnail picture
Gravel bar used as landing field at Rampart House. Magnetic observation party of E. H. Bramhall
Central Alaska 1939
1997 thumbnail picture
William Husemeyer's plane burned at Platinum, Alaska. Triangulation party of A. Newton Stewart
Southwest Alaska 1948
1998 thumbnail picture
Unloading a Norseman bush plane. Arctic Field Party of Robert A. Earle
Arctic Alaska 1950
1999 thumbnail picture
Loading a stripped down Piper Cub on the PIONEER. Plane used to tend tide gages and do reconnaissance
St. Lawrence Island, Bering Sea, Alaska 1950

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