VIP viewing area during the launch of the Gemini space shuttle at the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Senator Jordan, middle, blocks the sun from his eyes and looks at the sky. Engineer John Martin sits below Jordan in the plaid jacket. Photo credit:...
VIP viewing area during the launch of the Gemini space shuttle at the John F. Kennedy Space Center. Senator Jordan, right, watches the launch with engineer John Martin to his left. Photo credit: NASA.
View from the top of Clear Creek Summit, looking south. An automobile sits among a forest of trees with Robert W. Limbert (left) and Lieutenant Shellworth (right).
Twelve unidentified men and women explored Lost Valley near Arco with Robert W. Limbert in 1926. These people were part of the Seattle Mountaineers and Mount Stuart Alpine Clubs.
Four men from the June 1921 expedition examine a large crater in the volcanic floor, including Robert W. Limbert (far right). A rifle sits in the distance.
Scattered in the lava ash were hundreds of bear tracks that could be traced for miles. The rumor of a dwarf grizzly bear was one of the initial reasons why Robert W. Limbert wanted to explore the unnamed Craters of the Moon area since the mid-1910s.
Three men from the expedition rest while traveling over the volcanic ground. Ad Santel (left) holds a camera while one man drinks from a canteen and another holds a rifle.
A line of pack horses make a half circle as they cross the volcanic soil of the Craters of the Moon area. The horses are barely distinguishable from the rocks on the right side of the photo, about a quarter of the way down from the top.
Three unidentified men sit on a log on the shore of Redfish Lake with the Sawtooth Mountains in the background. Redfish Lake Lodge is located to the right, although not in photograph.
Caption from one of Robert Limbert's scrapbooks: "One morning we sighted a band of sheep which had got lost and true to a homing instinct had endeavored to get back to their home range on the shortest possible route. The result was they were in...
An unidentified man crouches down to explore the ripples of the lava fields. He holds a shotgun in his right hand while touching the ripples with his other hand.
Spokane Scientist Elsie Hanft (left) kneels in front of a white tepee while a Native American woman and a young girl sit around it, photograph taken during an expedition to Lost Valley, near Craters of the Moon.
The lack of roads across uneven volcanic ground made this expedition into Craters of the Moon dangerous and tiring for both the men and animals involved.
