Title from verso Man at opening of airplane hangar or warehouse Partially visible sign above reads, "Daily scheduled service; also Charter, Sightseeing, Instruction
Wien Photo. Verso: “One of three Super C-46’s carrying 40 passengers on schedule year around in Northern Alaska are especially suited for tourist operation in Summer.”
Photo: Fairchild News Bureau. Verso: “From Spare Prop to Prop Jet—Alaska’s first licensed commercial pilot, Noel Wien, now vice president of Wien Alaska Airlines, flew this Hisso Standard in 1927 to make the first commercial flight to Nome,...
Noel Wein Pilot. Harding Lake near Fairbanks. All escaped unhurt. Northwest Airlines leased the plane later from Johnson Flying service around October 1956 for a historic flight across the nation. Photo: Noel Wein.
Title taken from verso. A group of people on a dock beside a float plane marked Alaska Coastal Airlines. Pier, buildings, and fishing boats in background, including the vessel B.C. Rover.
Image caption: Via Alaska Coastal seaplane this small patient arrived in Juneau en route to Mt. Edgecumbe Orthopedic hospital. He is being helped from airplane by the pilot and Alaska Department of Health medical social worker who met him in...
Photo caption: 20 Feb 1948 Anchorage, Alaska Northwest Airlines housing units at C Street and 10th Avenue. Housing can be accomplished with the aid of capitol and a supply of building materials. Only Northwest personnel reside in this...
Title taken from collection notes Notes: Arrival of Bone Bank via air Aircraft is a Wien Alaska Airlines Douglas DC-3 from the late 1940s or early 1950s
Photographs used by Western Airlines to promote travel to Alaska. Writing on plane: Western Air Express. NC 17469. Writing on building: Western Air Express. Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Diego. Scenic... Cedar Breaks, Zion Ca....
Color photograph showing five seaplanes, including Grumman G-21A amphibian and Lockheed Vega float plane; visible in the background are the Alaska Steamship Co. building and the Alaska -Juneau mine