Ms. (blueprint copy). Shows location of crash of C.B. Eielson and E.E. Borland with locations of individual pieces of wreckage. "Diagram of the accident executed on the spot, during the excavation, from 5 to 22 February, 1930, by student of the...
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...
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...
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...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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43 second, color/black & white/silent film clip of a wrecked Dickson Bering Sea Airways Waco biplane. A Woodley Airways aircraft is also seen later in the film clip.
Title by cataloguer. "Dr. Bunnell, John J. Kowalak photographer, c/o University of Alaska, College, Alaska 1944." According to Terrance Cole, who has describes this image in his 1994 book 'The Cornerstone of College Hill,' the crash had...
Title supplied by cataloger. Wing and tail rudder protruding from airplane wreckage covered in snow. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Title supplied by cataloger. Close-up of Eielson's wrecked airplane covered in snow; wing and part of plane's markings, N.C. 10002, are visible. Plane identification taken from the book Polar Pilot by Dorothy G. Page, pg. 382.
Title supplied by cataloger. Man standing next to airplane wreckage, touching some portion of the plane, which is covered in snow. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wreckage covered in snow. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Title supplied by cataloger. Russians digging in deep snow for plane wreckage. Photo identification taken from the book Polar Pilot by Dorothy G. Page, pg. 385. Credit is given to Hatton Eielson Museum in Hatton, North Dakota.
Title supplied by cataloger. Plane crash wreckage covered in deep snow. Considering the context of this photo, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Title supplied by cataloger. Photo of the wing of a wrecked airplane protruding from deep snow. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's...
Title supplied by cataloger. Men, at least one wearing a parka and hat, walking around the wing of an airplane identified in UAF 2006-102-13 as Carl Ben Eielson's plane, covered in deep snow. Identification taken from the book Polar Pilot by...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wing covered in snow after crash. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Title supplied by cataloger. Close-up of wreckage of an airplane. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.