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Photographic documentation of historical forts in the US, capturing architecture and landscapes from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

Looking Southeast up the Valley; Town of Aiquile. Original caption: 42-4468: At Iglesia Aguada - looking southeast up the valley along which the road continues ahead to Aiquile. March 12, 1942 - Hart. Original caption: 42-4469: The town of Aiquile - looking back - west from the road which goes eastward. March 12, 1942 - Hart. State: Bolivia.
Looking Southeast up the Valley; Town of Aiquile. Original caption: 42-4468: At Iglesia Aguada - looking southeast up the valley along which the road continues ahead to Aiquile. March 12, 1942 - Hart. Original caption: 42-4469: The town of Aiquile - looking back - west from the road which goes eastward. March 12, 1942 - Hart. State: Bolivia.
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Chain of Natural Spires on the Gila. Original caption: "Chain of Natural Spires on the Gila" copied from Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth, in Missouri, to San Diego, in California, including parts of Arkansas, Del Norte, and Gila Rivers, by W. H. Emory, Brevet Major, Corps of Topographic Engineers. Washington - Wendel and Van Benthuysen, Printers - 1848. Copied by H. H. Ritter - October 1938.Harold Medicine Elk. 1924 - 1924. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Northern Cheyenne Agency. -1947. Home Industrial SurveysShamrock, Texas. Original caption: Photo by T. W. Kines, September 1, 1948. State: Texas. Place: Shamrock.Photos from inspection report of Mississippi Cooperative Erosion Control Projects #1 to #12 inclusive. Original caption: Copies of photographs appearing in February 21, 1942 inspection report of Mississippi Cooperative Erosion Control Projects #1 to #12 inclusive. State: Mississippi.Independence Rock-on Sweetwater River on Overland Trail. Original caption: Independence Rock - on Sweetwater River on Overland Trail. Old print. Photograph from Signal Corps. War Department. Copied by H. H. Ritter - April 1938. State: Missouri.Photograph of Photographs. Glass Plate Negatives of the Construction and Repair of Buildings, Facilities, and Vessels at the New York Navy Yard.Pavement Failure, Virginia. Original caption: Pavement failure on N Lexington Street near Little Falls Road, Arlington County, Virginia. This is a spot that has been under observation for several years as a spot where past frost boils occur after every deep freeze. Trouble this year was not as bad as it was after last deep freeze. J. K. Hillers - March 1940. State: Virginia.Broke Through Six Feet of Bridge Planking, 10 Miles North of Trinidad. Original caption: Broke through six feet of bridge planking, 10 miles north of Trinidad. March 12, 1911. A. L. Westgard. State: Colorado Place: Trinidad.Pecos Mission. Original caption: Pecos Mission - A L Westgard - 1911 State: New Mexico.Dick Whirlwind. 1924 - 1924. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Northern Cheyenne Agency. -1947. Home Industrial SurveysEastern Section of the Pensacola-St. Augustine Highway "Bellame Trail". Original caption: From Vol. XIV January, 1936, No. 3 - The Quarterly Periodical of the Florida Historical Society - "The First American Road in Florida: Pensacola-St. Augustine Highway, 1824, Part II Mark F. Boyd - - - The Eastern Section Pensacola-St. Augustine Highway "Bellame Trail". State: Florida.Isadore Whitewolf. 1924 - 1924. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Northern Cheyenne Agency. -1947. Home Industrial SurveysJulia Burns. 1924 - 1924. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Northern Cheyenne Agency. -1947. Home Industrial SurveysPhotograph Taken During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: Taken during filming of "Wheels of Progress" - "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.Subgrade Failure. Original caption: Sta. 0-80 Subgrade failure. F.A.P. 2. Voshell, 1920. State: Michigan.Results of Flood of Amite River, Port Vincent. Original caption: Results of Flood of Amite River, Port Vincent, Louisiana. New fill. Photo by T.W. Kiines, April 1951. State: Louisiana. Place: Port Vincent.Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Founded 1827, West Bank of Mississippi River, 10 Miles South of St. Louis. Original caption: Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, Founded 1827. West bank of Mississippi, 10 miles south of St. Louis. Old print. Photograph from Signal Corps. War Department. Copied by H. H. Ritter - April 1938. State: Missouri.Crossing Deep Arroyo 10 Miles South of Laguna Salina De Zunia on Road to Springerville from McCarty Station, Worn Adobe Trail. Original caption: Crossing deep arroyo 10 miles south of Laguna Salina de Zunia on road to Springerville from McCarty Station. Worn adobe trail. Nov. 10, 1911. A. L. Westgard. State: New Mexico Place: Socorro Co.Signs - California. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryPuerto Rico FAS No. 11-B (1) Project. Joyuda-Escuela Correccional Road. Original caption: 41-445 - Puerto Rico FAS No. 11-B(1) Project. Joyuda-Escuela Correccional Road. Showing macadam properly cleaned before placing MC-1. Original caption: 41-446 - Puerto Rico FAS No. 11-B(1) Project. Joyuda-Escuela Correccional Road. Preparing macadam for surface treatment. State: Puerto Rico.Worn Gravel Road, Wisconsin. Original caption: Shows rubble base on state aid road built in 1912. No maintenance and wearing surface entirely gone. Seven miles south of Iowa County line. EO Hathaway - 1917. State: Wisconsin. Place: Lafayette County.Description: Twelve photographs presented by Mr. E.C.T. Cloustow, 1916. "Hippo. Date: 1916 Description: Twelve photographs presented by Mr. E.C.T. Cloustow, 1916. Lokoja native town. The farther stream is the Benue and the nearer the Niger. Location: Lokoja Date: 1916 Description: Twelve photographs presented by Mr. E.C.T. Cloustow, 1916. Native barber. Date: 1916 africaBill Smith Strip Cropping. Central Plains Region (Kansas City, MO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Aberdeen Area Office. Fort Berthold Agency. 1949-. PhotographsCross-Section of a Mud Ant-Hill; Cruro-Sucre road. Original caption: 42-4531: Cross-section of a mud ant-hill - near Santa Cruz, Bolivia. May 7, 1942 - Hart. Original caption: 42-4532: Cruro-Sucre road - looking east near Huanuni - kilometer 50 May 21, 1942 - Hart. State: Bolivia.Spalling of Joints On Rubble Masonry; Detail of Existing Pavement. Original caption: 48-458: Spalling of joints on rubble masonry in the foreground, in the bacground the shovel is ripping the pavement from Sta. 6/25 to 7/00 average cut is 2.0'. Original caption: 48-459: Detail of existing pavement from Sta. 6/00 toward 0/00. State: Virgin Islands. Place: St. Thomas.Damaged Properties - Oregon. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryPost Road, Old National Highway 5 Miles West of City Limits of Zanesville, Old Macadam Road Poorly Maintained. Original caption: Post Road. Old National Highway 5 miles west of city limits of Zanesville. Old macadam road poorly maintained. W. E. Rosengarten. Nov. 25, 1913. See 14335. State: Ohio Place: Muskingum County.Description: Agriculture. C. D. & W. Scheme D.2117 & A. Tobacco Trials. Location: Belize Date: 1950-1959 belize, caribbean, britishhonduras, caribbeanthroughalensFacing west toward the Takhini cut off. Original caption: 44-1246 - Facing west overlooking a long tangent constructed by the Gates Company on the Takhini cut off. Section B-1 Mile Post 1225.5 November 16, 1943 Photograph by Pinkstaff. Original caption: 44-1247 - Facing west toward the Takhini cut off. Sec. B-1 Mile Post 1227.6 November 16, 1943 Photograph by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.The Devil's Slide, Rock Road. Original caption: The Devil's Slide, rock road. Sept. 1911. T. W. Wilby. State: Utah.16' Concrete Road, Old National Highway. Original caption: 16' concrete road, Old National Highway, companion to 10425-14359. W. E. Rosengarten, 5/15/16. State: Ohio Place: Muskingum Co.Post Road, Old National Highway, 10.9 Miles West of City Limits of Zanesville, Showing Mud Holes and Old Stone Bridge. Original caption: Post Road. Old National Highway, 10.9 miles west of city limits of Zanesville, showing mud holes and old stone bridge. W. E. Rosengarten. Nov. 27, 1913. See 14338. State: Ohio Place: Muskingum County.Pagina 8 en 9 van Fotoboek van de Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.).Two book pages with links a photo of barracks for workers ('Hongs') in Medan and right information about the Java Immigrant Bureau (J.I.B.). Part of photo album of the general union of rubber planters on the east coast of Sumatra (A.R.O.S.).Description: Wesleyan Mission Property in Toorak. Teachers dwellings suffered considerable damage. Location: Suva, Toorak, Fiji Date: 20 February 1941 Description: Wesleyan Mission Property in Toorak. A study in "Resionation". Location: Suva, Toorak, Fiji Date: 20 February 1941 fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalensOn American Rover East of Placerville. Original caption: On American Rover east of Placerville. A. L. Westgard August 1912. State: California Place: Placerville.Description: French cod room No. 4. (occupied). Rouge. Location: Rouge, Canada Date: 1892 americasView of deceleration lanes on Project SN-FAP 32C(2). State: Connecticut. Place: Berlin.Old Oregon Trail Memorial. Original caption: About half way between La Grande and Pendleton - on U.S. Route 30 is the Old Oregon Trail Memorial - dedicated by the late President Harding. State: Oregon.Diary entries : September 19, 1918 cont.; photographs depicting hole trenches, barbed wire, and shell holes filled with water (France). 1918. Photographs. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. World War, 1914-1918, Medical aspects of warSampson Medicine. 1924 - 1924. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Northern Cheyenne Agency. -1947. Home Industrial SurveysRansätters Brokology.ur Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.Photo collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Society: "Deli in word and image" (1905). Collection Photo Collection Deli Society, photo number 845_37. 1905. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, SumatraRobert Yellowfox. 1924 - 1924. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Northern Cheyenne Agency. -1947. Home Industrial SurveysTook The Shield. 1925 - 1925. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Belknap Agency. 1878-9/17/1947. Industrial SurveyU.S. Route 40 in Delaware. Original caption: U. S. Route in Delaware 2 miles from Maryland line. J. K. Hillers - August 17, 1930. State: Delaware.Tea factory, Anonymous, 1949 photograph Album magazine with six photos of the tea factory in Tjikandi (). Part of the photo album 'My years in India' with photos about the military actions in the Dutch East Indies. Dutch East Indies, The cardboard. photographic support gelatin silver print tea (leaves). plantation Dutch East Indies, TheBurned -Over Areas - Maine. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryPagina 44 en 45 van Fotoboek van de Algemeene Vereeniging van Rubberplanters ter Oostkust van Sumatra (A.V.R.O.S.).Two book pages with links A photo of Heveaplants in the selection garden of the General Association of Rubber Plants in East Coast of Sumatra (A.R.O.S.) in Soengei Pantjoer and on the right information about the rubber culture. Part of photo album of the general union of rubber planters on the east coast of Sumatra (A.R.O.S.).Illustrating "Oregon History Markers" Placed By the Oregon State Highway Department on U.S. #30. Original caption: Illustrating "Oregon history markers" placed by the Oregon State Highway Department on U.S. #30. Sent in by H. E. Mitchell with letter of March 28, 1938. State: Oregon.Description: 11.3.92 - 3 Date: 11 March 1892 sierraleone, falaba, africaIntersection view and Erosion Control. Original caption: 47-1873 - Looking south from north side of intersection, toward Quebradillas. Original caption: 47-1874 - Erosion control on Federal Aid Route No. 1 Insular Highway No. 2, west of Arecibo at Kilometers 78.3 to 78.5 Trailing Indigo vine used for cover. State: Puerto Rico.Abandoned Steel at Bridge Site; Collapsed Section of Abandoned Vandiola Road. Original caption: 42-4422: Just beyond the last photo, the road was to cross these two rivers and swing around to the left. Steel for the bridges was actually hauled to the site, but is now abandoned there. February 10, 1942 - Hart. Original caption: 42-4423: End of the Vandiola road; it was excavated here but the inclination and looseness of the sedimentary rock strata proved too much. Note a section of remaining rock wall in the center of the picture. February 10, 1942 - Hart. State: Bolivia.Livestock Sheep - All States. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryMattern Hermann (1902-1971), Reichsgartenschau on the Killesberg in Stuttgart 1939 (10.1937): seal of the lake floor (partial view). Photo on cardboard, 21.2 x 29.6 cm (including scan edges) Mattern Hermann (1902-1971): Reichsgartenschau auf dem Killesberg in Stuttgart 1939 (10.1937)Loostrens from paradise. Dground wipes (trens) on the paradise plantation. Part of the photo album souvenir de Voyage (part 4), about the life of the Dooyer family in and around the Plantage Ma retreat in Suriname in the years 1906-1913.Exhibit at International Road Congress. Original caption: Copied by E. Block. July 1913. State: Belgium. Place: Brussels.Cattle Pass. Original caption: Cattle Pass. Station 551+90. State: Wyoming. Place: Sheridan.The Oregon Trail, the First Through Road in Wyoming. Original caption: The Oregon Trail - the first through road in Wyoming.- A stone marker may be seen at the left of the picture. Photograph from the State Highway Department. State: Wyoming.Road Views in Squaretown, Maine. Original caption: 45-533: DA-RM 25 about 4.5 miles in turnout on left, Squaretown, Maine. Original caption: 45-534: DA-RM 25 - View in notch, Squaretown, Maine. Nov. 9, 1944. State: Maine. Place: Squaretown.Grading on Lee Boulevard near Ft. Myer, Virginia. Original caption: Grading on Lee Boulevard near Ft. Myer, Virginia. Taken August, 1937 by J. K. Hillers. State: Virginia. Place: Ft. Myer.Big Flat Road. Original caption: Big Flat Road. Section constructed by Forestry Bureau. E.P. Shuman 1919. State: Arkansas. Place: Sylamore.Showing effect of the storm. Original caption: Showing effect of the storm of September 1915. E. O. Hathaway. Feb 3, 1916. State: Mississippi. Place: Gulfport.Telford's Birthplace. Original caption: Telford's Birthplace, "Lives of the Engineers" by Samuel Smiles - Vol II London 1861.Description: Forestry. C. D. & W. Scheme D2436. 1956 Savanna plantation showing road grid and main drains (diagonals). Each square block is about 75 acres. Location: Belize Date: 1950-1959 Description: Forestry. C. D. & W. Scheme D1861. New labour camp in part of Melinda Forest Station (foreground). Corner of 1957 Pine plantation on right, Melinda airstrip middle right. Location: Belize Date: 1950-1959 belize, caribbean, britishhonduras, caribbeanthroughalensIn the "Bad Lands". Original caption: In the "Bad Lands". A. L. Westgard. State: North Dakota Place: Near Medora.Historic Marker in Perrot State Park, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Original caption: Historic marker in Perrot State Park, Trempealeau, Wisconsin. Photo by T. W. Kines, August 1951. State: Wisconsin.Bronx: 138th Street (East) - Grand Concourse. 1937. Photographs. Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy. New York (N.Y.), Bronx (New York, N.Y.), Factories , New York (State) , New York, Signs (Notices) , New York (State) , New York, Petroleum industry , New York (State), Railroad bridges, Construction, Chemical industry, Cleaning compounds, Coal trade, Cobblestone streets, New York Central Railroad CompanyNatchez Trace Parkway Under Construction, Ovilla, Tennessee. Original caption: Natchez Trace Parkway under construction, Ovilla, Tennessee. Photo by T. W. Kines , September 1951. State: Tennessee.Temporary bridge built across the overflow channel of the White River. Original caption: 43-4002. Facing west across the temporary bridge built by E.W. Elliott Co. across the overflow channel of the White River. Section B2. Mile Post 1434. August 18, 1943. Photograph by Pinkstaff. Original caption: 43-4003. Facing upstream toward the temporary bridge built across the overflow channel of the White River by the E.W. Elliott Co. This is the channel which turns to the right in picture #18W997. This picture was not taken at the time of summer floods but at the time when a slight rise in water level due to melting of the glaciers at the headwaters could cause a flood. Section B2. Mile Post near 1434. August 18, 1943. Photograph by Pinkstaff. State: Alaska.Badly Worn Brick Road, Connecticut. Original caption: Badly worn brick road. Many of the streets in the best towns are worse than the state roads leading into them. July 1912. M. O. Eldridge. State: Connecticut. Place: Waterbury.District Line Marker at Westmoreland Circle. State: District of Columbia Place: Washington.Unimproved town road. Original caption: Unimproved town road. July 11, 1939. State: Connecticut. Place: Ashford.John S. Eagle. 1879 - 1952. Rocky Mountain Region (Denver, CO). Photographic Print. Department of the Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Consolidated Ute Agency. 1947-ca. 1970. Decimal FilesTowns and Cities: Occupied - Colorado. Photographs Relating to National Forests, Resource Management Practices, Personnel, and Cultural and Economic HistoryClose-up of Rollers and Plowman on the Model of the Appian Way. Original caption: Close-up of rollers and plowman on the model of the Apian Way built by Bureau of Public Roads, Department of Commerce, formerly Public Roads administration, Federal Works Agency.Description: More Mission Property. The School Bell House Strewn About the Playing Field. "Curfew shall not ring tonight". Location: Suva, Fiji Date: 20 February 1941 Description: More Mission Property. Swaying Palms and Weeping Fig Trees. Something to Weep About Too. Location: Suva, Fiji Date: 20 February 1941 fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalensPhoto collection Deli Society. Photo album Deli Society: "Deli in word and image" (1905). Collection Photo collection Deli Society, photo number 845_28. 1905. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, SumatraLaying Street Pavement in Turin. Original caption: Laying street pavement. F. Lamson Scribner. 1911. State: Italy. Place: Turin.U.S. Route #40, 7 Miles East of Cumberland, Maryland. Original caption: U.S. Route #40 - 7 miles east of Cumberland, Maryland. J.K. Hillers. 1928. State: Maryland Place: Cumberland.Traffic at High Water in Grobogan, Anonymous, 1910 - 1928 photograph Album magazine with three photos of different ways of traffic over high water (Banjir) in Grobogan. The leaf is decorated with a winged wheel and peripheral around the photos. Part of the photo album offered to J. Habbema by the interior administration Corps of the Regentschap Grobogan, in the termination of his administration about the regency, probably in 1928. Grobogan paper. photographic support drawing GroboganHawaii Project No. WDR 4(1). Original caption: Completed pavement from easterly end of Section (1), Waialua-Kaena Point Road improvement. Hawaii Project No. WDR 4(1), January 31, 1950. State: Hawaii.Indian Figure Writing on a Basalt Rock Near the Cave Dwellings in Southern Utah. Original caption: Indian figure writing on a basalt rock near the cave dwellings in southern Utah. November 5, 1914. H. S. Fairbank. State: Utah Place: Near Washington - Washington Co.Post Road, Old National Highway 2 1/2 Miles West of City Limits of Zanesville, at Mr. Livingston's Place. Original caption: Post Road. Old National Highway 2 1/2 miles west of city limits of Zanesville, at Mr. Livingston's place. Old culvert has been replaced by a new concrete culvert, old wing walls being used. W. E. Rosengarten. Nov. 25, 1913. State: Ohio Place: Muskingum County.Signs on New Jersey Turnpike. Original caption: Signs on New Jersey Turnpike. Photos by T. W. Kines, March 1952. State: New Jersey. Place: New Jersey Turnpike.Meriwether Lewis National Monument, Miniature of Grinder's Inn. Original caption: Copied from prints obtained from the National Park Service of the Department of Interior, October 20, 1936. State: Tennessee.Boones Lick Road Marker. Original caption: Boones Lick Road marker. 6th International Road Congress - Tour #3 - Crandall. State: Missouri.Gay Street, Baltimore. Original caption: Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1948. State: Maryland. Place: Baltimore.Reno-Purdy Highway U.S. Route #395 showing surface erosion caused by melting snow banks. Original caption: 37-832 - Reno-Purdy Highway US Route #395 showing surface erosion caused by melting snow banks. Taken during spring of 1936. Original caption: 37-840 - Reno-Purdy Highway US Route #395 showing shoulder erosion caused by snow banks preventing proper surface drainage. Taken during spring of 1936. State: Nevada.Road to Weldborough on the Blue Tier Mountain Mining Country. Original caption: Road to Weldbrough on the Blue Tier Mt. mining country constructed by the Colonial Government by contract. Copied by Mr. Block. June 10, 1912. State: Australia. Place: Tasmania.Camiri-Villa Montes Road. Original caption: Camiri-Villa Montes Road. 4580: km 51. 4579: km 53. Photo by Hart. State: Bolivia.Ballison Springs. Original caption: "Ballison Springs" from p. 129 - American Scenery by N. R. Willis - Illustrated in a series of view by W. H. Bartlett. London - Published for the Proprietors by Geo, Virtue 26 Ivy Lane - 1839. Copied by R. H. Ritter March 1938. In French published in Paris, France in 1840. State: New York Place: Ballison Springs.Washed hillside where road was cut through and unprotected. Original caption: Washed hillside in a gumbo clay soil where road was cut through and unprotected. Oct. 3, 1912. Percy Rideout. State: Arkansas. Place: Black Rock.New London, Connecticut in 1813. Original caption: New London, Connecticut in 1813 - "Scenes in the War of 1812" - Harpers New Monthly Magazine. Dec. - May 1863-64. Vol. 28 p. 3 AP2 H3 2nd Set. State: Connecticut.E. F. Allen During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: E. F. Allen Taken during filming of "Wheels of Progress" - "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.Big Kopparberg's mountain team. From Carl Sahlin's mountain historical collection.Description: A little bit off the top. Location: Suva, Fiji Date: 20 February 1941 Description: All "Side" completely gone. Location: Suva, Fiji Date: 20 February 1941 fiji, australasia, oceania, australasiathroughalensE. F. Allen During Filming of "Travelers Toll". Original caption: E. F. Allen Taken During filming of - "Travelers Toll." J. K. Hillers - 1927. State: Maryland Place: Meadows.Chicago's First Post Office. Original caption: Chicago's first post office from Pictorial History of Chicago published by Chicago Historical Society - 1930. State: Illinois.Mired in Black Soil in Rio Grande Bottom Between San Pedro and San Antonio. Original caption: Mired in black soil in Rio Grande bottom between San Pedro and San Antonio. March 29, 1911. A. L. Westgard. State: New Mexico Place: Rio Brande bottom.undefined. 1885 - 1906. NARA's Pacific Alaska Region (Seattle, WA). Photographic Print. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Fisheries. 1903-1913. Government Agents' Records Pertaining to the Pribilof Islands