Title taken from verso. Group of people waiting in Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, with portraits of pioneer bush pilots by Harvey Goodale on wall in background. Also from verso: "Int[ernationa]l Airport, Anc[horage]." Negative...
"And this is number 6, and we have a number of pilots here. Yea that was a group of pilots that flew the navy contract operation out the Aleutians during WWII.
Description from interview with Ralph Savory and his daughter, Diane.
Full caption reads: "Pilots of fleet of eight 'aristocrats' before leaving Washington, D.C., June 20, 1929, on the longest air tour ever undertaken. Center (left to right) C. S. Rieman, President, General...
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...
Two pilots in flight suits and carrying parachutes, stand on steps in front of a Quonset hut. They are probably from the 77th Bombardier Squadron of the Eleventh Air Force. Verso: "Left to right: Willard Castledine and Dale Luttman." Original...
Title taken from front. Group photo of pilots from U.S. Army Air Service World Flight outside Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska, standing in front of car. Also from front: "No. 1 [Lieutenant Leigh] Wade - No. 2 [Major Frederick L.] Martin - No. 3...
US Air Force Photo No. 154129. Verso: “154129 A.C.-Bush Pilots use float planes in Summer along distant early warning (dew) line net. Float planes are a means of ready access during “open” months.”
Title from indexer. Photograph shows two men standing in front of a building with metal siding. The men may be pilots. A sign behind them appears to read '[Wa]iting Room'. Location 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...
Military personnel, assembled outside a Quonset hut, study a map of Kiska Island, receiving instructions from Col. W. O. Eareckson (Alaska Life, January 1943, p. 32)
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...