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1650 thumbnail picture
Night observing on Mt. Gallatin. Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
Montana 1922
1651 thumbnail picture
P. C. Doran observing. 10" Bausch and Lomb theodolite. Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
Alaska 1924
1652 thumbnail picture
The old ring wall at Station Tushar. Elevation 12132 feet. Reconnaissance party of William Musseter
Utah 1925
1653 thumbnail picture
Observing at Station Armory. Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton
Rochester, New York 1925
1654 thumbnail picture
Observing tent on Station Armory. Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton
Rochester, New York 1925
1655 thumbnail picture
C&GS 12" theodolite. Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton
Rochester, New York 1925
1656 thumbnail picture
6 and 1/2 inch Fennel theodolite. Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton
Rochester, New York 1925
1657 thumbnail picture
Observing at Station Armory. Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton
Rochester, New York 1925
1658 thumbnail picture
Theodolite tied on top of water tank. Seaside Park Water Tank - New Jersey
Seaside Park, New Jersey 1926
1659 thumbnail picture
Traverse survey in Atlanta. Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton
Atlanta, Georgia 1927
1660 thumbnail picture
The old ring wall at Station Tushar. Elevation 12132 feet. Reconnaissance party of William Musseter
Utah 1925
1661 thumbnail picture
Observing on west shore of Chatham Strait. Triangulation party of J. M. Smook
Southeast Alaska 1925
1662 thumbnail picture
Observing at Station Meade in Frederick Sound. Triangulation party of J. M. Smook
Southeast Alaska 1925
1663 thumbnail picture
Instruments used during geodetic survey of Atlanta. Triangulation party of E. O. Heaton
Atlanta, Georgia 1927
1664 thumbnail picture
Observing tent at Station Panamint. Telescope Peak in background. Triangulation party of William Musseter
Death Valley area, California 1926
1665 thumbnail picture
Robert Earle running traverse survey in Cooper River area. Off launch ELSIE
Charleston, South Carolina 1928
1666 thumbnail picture
Florida traverse party 1928. Off ship HYDROGRAPHER
West coast of Florida 1928
1667 thumbnail picture
Triangulation work on Kodiak Island. Off ship SURVEYOR
Kodiak Island, Alaska 1929
1668 thumbnail picture
Finished observations - built signal - going home. Off ship SURVEYOR
Kodiak Island, Alaska 1929
1669 thumbnail picture
3rd order triangulation on west end of Kodiak Island. Off ship SURVEYOR
Kodiak Island, Alaska 1929
1670 thumbnail picture
Small umbrella lashed to alpenstock - shading instrument from sun. Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
Southeast Alaska 1929
1671 thumbnail picture
Parkhurst Theodolite. Triangulation party of Paul A. Smith
Midwest United States 1931?
1672 thumbnail picture
Reconnaissance setup to see over mesquite brush. Reconnaissance party of Charles Schanck
Southwest Texas 1932
1673 thumbnail picture
Triangulation station in shoal water. Combined operations party of Hubert A. Paton
Southeast United States 1934
1674 thumbnail picture
Setup in marshy land. Traverse party of G. C. Mattison
North Carolina 1933
1675 thumbnail picture
Observer Atridge at Station Hackberry. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Nebraska 1933
1676 thumbnail picture
Observing stand in western Nebraska. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Nebraska 1933
1677 thumbnail picture
Observing stand in western Nebraska. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Nebraska 1933
1678 thumbnail picture
Observing in western Nebraska. Chase, Smith, and Nicodemus. Recorder sitting and writing down angle observations. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Nebraska 1933
1679 thumbnail picture
Observing in western Nebraska. Chase, Smith, and Nicodemus. Recorder sitting and writing down angle observations. Triangulation party of Wilbur Porter
Nebraska 1933
1680 thumbnail picture
Observing at Station BAIN 1905. Combined operations party off WESTDAHL
White Pass area, Taku Inlet, Alaska 1936
1681 thumbnail picture
William Russell observing. Combined operations party off LYDONIA
Port of Spain, Trinidad 1940
1682 thumbnail picture
"O" party on 103' tower in Missouri. Triangulation party of Carl Aslakson
Ozark Mountains, Missouri 1935
1683 thumbnail picture
Observing party on Washington Monument. Took advantage of scaffolding from 1934 cleaning of monument.
Washington, D.C. November 19, 1934
1684 thumbnail picture
Observing from station Tiger South. Triangulation in support of aerial photography. Triangulation party of Harold J. Oliver
King County, Washington 1937
1685 thumbnail picture
Map showing status of triangulation as of 1937.
United States 1937
1686 thumbnail picture
Observing tent on Sequam Island. Note wind causing billowing tent
1941
1687 thumbnail picture
Triangulation observations on Cape Prince of Wales. The westernmost point of North America. Triangulation party of A. Newton Stewart
Seward Peninsula, Alaska 1944
1688 thumbnail picture
Observing at Station Rusty following 1964 Alaska earthquake. Station elevation subsided at least 12' during quake. Party off of HODGSON
Cook Inlet, Alaska 1964
1689 thumbnail picture
Wild T-3 theodolite.
1690 thumbnail picture
Wild T-3 theodolite in use. riangulation Station "CASTLE" , Westchester County, New York. The observer is Dan Novak and the other person is E. Dean Wegner. Chief of Party G-19 was James L. Cook. The station is on the Terrytown Castle.
Westchester County, New York 1964
1691 thumbnail picture
Burt Wilhelm observing at Kelp Bay. Off of FAIRWEATHER
Southeast Alaska 1985
1692 thumbnail picture
Triangulation work in Virgin Islands National Park. Party off of PEIRCE
St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands 1985
1693 thumbnail picture
Dennis Wegenast observing with Wild T-3. Transcontinental Traverse Party of Woodrow Johnson
Mojave Desert, California 1972
1694 thumbnail picture
Wild T-3 at twilight. Transcontinental Traverse Party of Woodrow Johnson
Mojave Desert, California 1972
1695 thumbnail picture
Heliograph at Station 22. Alaska - Canada border. International Boundary Commission
Alaska - Canada Boundary 1911
1696 thumbnail picture
Signaling with heliograph near Monument 92. Alaska - Canada border. International Boundary Commission
Alaska - Canada Boundary 1910
1697 thumbnail picture
Heliotrope being used in western United States
Western United States 1878?
1698 thumbnail picture
Light reflecting from heliotrope. Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
Montana-Idaho 1922
1699 thumbnail picture
Battery-powered electric signal lamp. Triangulation party of William M. Scaife
Montana-Idaho 1922

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