Herbert Heller was an avid collector of historical material on Alaska, with emphasis on the gold-seeking pioneers of 1898. Among these pioneers was his uncle, (Robert) Lynn Smith, a gold miner, jeweler and U.S. Marshal in Alaska. Smith’s career...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows snow piled up in front of a home. The photograph is slightly blurry. Location may be Nome, Alaska. Compare with UAF-2010-50-11. Original size is 4.5 x 2.75 in.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows ice breaking up on a body of water in front of a couple of houses and a boat. Location may be Nome, Alaska. Original size is 4.5 x 2.5 in.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Ada Wien standing in front of a WAA Stinson Detroiter. The side of the airplane reads: "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome". Houses in the background are heavily covered in snow. Original size is 4.5 in. x 2.5...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Ada and Noel Wien standing in front of a Wien Alaska Airways of Nome Stinson Detroiter airplane. Original size is 4.5 in. x 2.5 in.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Noel and Ada Wien taking delivery of a Stinson Junior airplane in Wayne, Michigan on November 9th, 1929. Original size is 6.5 in. x 4.5 in.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a couple of people loading a Northern Air Transport Ford Tri-Motor airplane. A tractor sits next to the airplane attached to a sled. The caption underneath the photograph reads "On River ice at No Grub". ...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows Noel Wien standing in front of his Ford Tri-Motor airplane. Caption underneath photograph reads "Noel 1939". Original size is: 6.5 in. x 4.5 in.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows a Ford Tri-Motor airplane on skis. The caption underneath the photograph reads "Harding Lake 1938 Would take off in spring Fairbanks field on wheels change to skis [skis] on Harding Lake - the fly to Seward...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows people standing near a Ford Tri-Motor airplane on skis in Kotzebue. Caption under photograph reads "Kotzebue 1937 - preparing for trip to Barrow".
The airplane tail number is NC 8419 and the airplane also...