Included in this collection are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable...
Title by cataloger. Two airline crew members are loading freight, including some kind of heavy machinery, into a transport plane. The backs of their uniforms appear to read "Northern Consolidated Airlines".
Title by indexer. A man wearing traditional Alaskan Native parka with the patch reading "Wien Arctic Tours". He is holding up a large Wien Consolidated poster reading: "Join the midnight sun set in Alaska. Wien Consolidated. Alaska's first...
"Watch Alaska! "Opportunity... "Pilots and mechanics Alaska Star airlines is growing! To keep pace with today's urgent wartime requirements and gear up for the increased passenger, mail, express and freight...
View of a group of people boarding an airplane somewhere in Southcentral Alaska, tentatively in Cordova, Alaska, after the March 27, 1964 earthquake. Airline name reads Cordova Airlin(es). Two cars on left have signs on roof which read Taxi. A...
Title taken from verso. Airline pilots and others outside Wien Alaska Airlines lodge in Bettles, Alaska, with laundry on line at left and fuel storage tank at right. Sign on building reads: "Wien Alaska Airlines." Sign on bench reads: "Courtesy of...
Alaska Air Transport, a commercial air carrier business started by Shell Simmons in 1935, merged with Marine Airways in 1939 to create Alaska Coastal Airline
Alaska Air Transport, a commercial air carrier business started by Shell Simmons in 1935, merged with Marine Airways in 1939 to create Alaska Coastal Airline Note on verso identifies the plane as a Lockheed Vega
Color photograph of Grumman Goose against backdrop of blue sky, with snow-capped mountains below Note on verso: "First Alaska Coastal turbine Goose; before approval certification, in January 1967, for airline use"; "Experimental"; Ray Renshaw...
Title taken from caption. View of a temporary airline office set up after the 1964 Good Friday earthquake damaged the Anchorage International Airport. Signs read "PNA Ticket Office," "Pacific Northern Airlines," and "National Car Rentals." A fuel...
Title supplied by cataloger. Iditarod Race. People sitting at an Alaska Airline booth with sign, 'Alaska Airlines Official Airline of the Iditarod.' Possibly in Nome, Alaska. Original format: 35mm color slide
"And the last one here, number 15. Yea that was that borrowed DC-3, it was destined for Pan American's China facility, China National Airline, but we had use of it to operate a few trips over through British Columbia to prove it was...
Ransom Tony Schultz (Tony) came to Alaska in 1938. That same year he bought his first plane and obtained his pilot's license. He began flying for Star Airlines (later Alaska Airlines) in 1940, and in 1950, was chosen as their first chief bush...
32 second, color/silent, film clip of a blanket toss in Nome. The Glue Pot Soda Fountain, the Nome Nugget Office and the Wien Alaska Airline Office can be seen in the background.
(4:18 min.) (14 of 28) 14. Pacific Alaska Airways
Joe Barrows set up this airline; he wanted Pan Am to take it over for him. He wanted to fly clipper flying boats. His wife stayed in Alaska and was the first woman (Mary Barrows) to get...
Title by indexer. Two men, one in an airline captain's uniform, the other in casual wear, are standing in front of an airplane. The letters "avian" can be seen on the plane at left. Compare with UAF-1991-98-788 and UAF-1991-98-790.
Title from verso. A full-length portrait of a young woman wearing what looks like a airline stewardess uniform. The style of dress is reminiscent of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The mark on the scarf appears to start with a large 'W' and may...
Title from poster on image. An airline stewardess in uniform, possibly Myrt Peterson, is standing next to the billoard that reads: "Fort Yukon Passenger Entrance." Compare photos at UAF-1991-98-873 & 874. The number 1847, the year of Fort...