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...
Title supplied by cataloger. Tractor pulling a plane across a snow-covered field. Visible markings on the plane are "177". This plane is the same plane seen in UAF-2006-102-25, UAF-2006-102-38, & UAF-2006-102-40, where the markings are clearly...
Title supplied by cataloger. Tail dragger plane on skis, parked on a snow covered field in front of a hangar. Visible markings are "CCCP-177" [i.e., "SSSR-177"]. These markings appear to be Cyrillic, thus marking the plane as Soviet. This...
Title taken from caption "U.S.S. Louisville scout plane." View of a severviceman standing on top of the wings of a scout plane from the U.S.S. Louisville. The side of the plane is bearing the markings "5-CS-13 Louisville" and "U.S. Navy". There is...
Title supplied by cataloger. Plane is Douglas DC-3, registration N37465. Slide labeled, 'Redington's team meeting plane for mail. 1953.' Slide box labeled, 'Mushing early.' Original format: 35mm color slide
Title by cataloger. A group of people are going into a plane. An elderly man is shaking hands with a small boy. At right the plane reads "Northern ... [Airlines]"; the letters near the nose of the plane may read "NCA".
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "From a Ray Renshaw negative." A float plane on water near a wooded area. The logo on the back of the plane contains the Alaskan flag with the words "Alaska Coastal Airlines". The plane is seen near a dock.
Title from verso. "Russian plane - Eielson [wreck]. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." A man and a small child standing in front of the Russian plane with the (Russian) markings CCCP [i.e., USSR] 177.
8x10 photo. Title from caption. Full caption reads:
"Joe Amarok, Eskimo leader from Nome, Alaska sprinkled water from the Bering Sea on the nose of the Clipper North Wind, first of Pan American World Airways scheduled DC-4s to arrive...
Title by indexer. Caption reads: "C-124" Verso reads: "$4.50. #30. Galena, Alaska. A.F.B. 1955." Image shows a large cargo plane with the words "U.S. Air Force" visible on the side at the Galena Air Force Base. A building and...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows two airplanes. One is either taking off or landing, and the other is sitting on the water. Caption from finding aid reads "Mail plane 1954-1956. Fishing Wildlife Patrol plane" The nearer airplane's...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a float plane sitting on a small lake. A couple of barrels sit on the beach. Caption from finding aid reads "(Near Kenai) Lake where float plane was kept, past Soldotna toward Anchorage". Location is...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows a float plane sitting on a small lake. There is a small island in the center of the lake. The shore is covered in grasses. Caption from finding aid reads "Kenai National Moose Range; Lake, plane"....
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man in a suit standing next to a plane. The side of the plane reads: "Spokane Sun God". Other letters and numbers can be seen but are not clear enough to be read. Original size is 2.75 in. x 1.75 in.
Title by cataloger. In this view of a beach, a large vehicle (Dodge) is parked in the water close to an aircraft (N725E). A man appears to be unloading some items from the plane. The inscription on the plane reads: "Northern Consolidated...
Title from verso. "[Nearly everybody meets the plane. The arrival of Wien Consolidated Airlines aircraft at bush station is an event. It brings mail, freight, visiting relatives, government travelers and an occasional tourist who takes the bush...
Title supplied by cataloger. Two people stand near the Junkers plane used in the search for Carl Ben Eielson buried by snow-drift. Most of the plane's full length, wing span, and tail rudder are visible; men are dressed in parkas and hats. In...
Title supplied by cataloger. At least six people, including a woman and a man facing the camera, standing near an airplane. Part of the plane's identification number (N.C…) is visible under the wing, and the word Hamilton is visible on the...