A small Chinese junk.

Native children riding water buffalo.

Native homes at Bojelebung.

A grass thatch hut.

Taking in the glories of nature. Picnic and swim at a Palawan waterfall

An eruption of Mayan Volcano.

A coastal lagoon.

Time for a little fun. Climbing a mushroom coral rock. FATHOMER in background offshore

Carl I. Aslakson Nationalist China Passport.

Roswell Bolstad. On the LYDONIA

Philip C. Doran. Observing with 10" Bausch theodolite in central Alaska

Herbert Grove Dorsey. Inventor of fathometer and first chief of C&GS radiosonic laboratory

Roland D. Horne.

Boatswain John Janke. Casting the lead on the WILDCAT

H. Arnold Karo. Director of Coast and Geodetic Survey 1955-1965. Deputy Administrator of ESSA with rank of Vice-Admiral 1965-1966. After retirement as expedition director of OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise

Ford Kurtz - an aid. At home in a modified boxcar CB and O #25094. Life on a level crew

Ector B. Latham. Getting a bite to eat on the way to Station Armada

Ector B. Latham on right. Starting out on the pack to Armada

Herman Odessey. On the right eating breakfast a la carte

Herman Odessey (l) and Walter J. Bilby (r). Triangulation work in Montana. A two-man observing party heading to a station

Hubert Paton. Taking a sun sight on the LYDONIA

Ralph Pfau (l). Early morning computing of previous night's astronomic observations

Ernst Stohsner. With blue fox on Amlia Island. Shore camp off of PIONEER

Almon M. Vincent. Chief Electronics Technician on the GUIDE. Invented radio sono-buoy

Sam White. At Station Portage with party of William M. Scaife. Sam White became one of the top bush pilots in Alaska in the 1940's and 1950's

Sam White. Conducting reconnaissance on the Yukon River. Sam White became one of the top bush pilots in Alaska in the 1940's and 1950's

Cartoon by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . Alexander served on the Survey for close to 40 years. This was his view of work on island off the coast of Maine.

Cartoon by Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow . Alexander was dreaming of getting rich on railroad stocks.

Sometimes things just catch the eye of the coast surveyor.

Bad news for Pollywogs - an Equator crossing is imminent. A 1985 crossing of the line on the MALCOLM BALDRIGE

Hosing down an unworthy Pollywog. Lieutenant Ray Moses catches the wrath of the almighty Shellbacks. Crossing the Equator on the PIONEER

Pollywog taking a bath. Yum! Yum! A bath and lunch at the same. Nothing better than fermented garbage. A 1985 crossing of the line on the MALCOLM BALDRIGE

King Neptune making sure that a Pollywog attains the proper aroma. A 1985 crossing of the line on the MALCOLM BALDRIGE

A trip to the royal barber - all Pollywogs must profess a love of Shellbacks. A 1985 crossing of the line on the MALCOLM BALDRIGE

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