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...
50 second, black & white/silent film clip. Film shows floatplane landing and men helping burn victim disembark. Credits: Photographers, J.H. & R.H. Romig.
Title taken from verso. View of men taking picture of group of children in front of Wien Alaska Airlines CB (Seabee) floatplane in Northern Alaska. Printed on airplane: "N6612K." 1950's? Photographer: Noel Wien. Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x...
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a calf moose swimming in water. This photograph appears to have been taken from a floatplane. Caption from finding aid reads "Swimming calf". Location is unknown.
The George King Collection describes in photographs and manuscript material early aviation in Alaska. There are two series in this collection. The first series consists of five photograph albums and two folders of loose photographs. The second...
View of two men and a child standing in front of a floatplane at Susitna Lodge in Southcentral Alaska. One man is wearing hip waders and holding several fish. 1970. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
Title taken from caption. Cordova Airlines floatplane in Southcentral Alaska. Lettering on airplane reads: "Cordova Airlines" and "Fly Cordova." 1953-1959. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Donald Arthur Post.
Title taken from caption. View of man standing on Northern Consolidated Airlines Cessna floatplane at Bethel, Alaska. Also from caption: "Bethel, AK." Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Robert Fortuine.
Title taken from verso. A Coast Guard Grumman JF2 floatplane taking off from the water at Dutch Harbor, Alaska. A dock area is visible to the right in the background. From caption: "Dutch Harbor, 1938." Photo taken in 1938.
This photograph depicts Harold and Roxolana (Roxy) Pomeroy with their dog, Ruslan, at the beach in front of their homestead at Bear Cove on Kachemak Bay on the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska. There is a small floatplane on the water behind them. The...