These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
Title from markings on plane. A close-up view of a Pan American airplane named Jet Clipper Liberty Bell, a Boeing 707-321 marked "N715PA". A man is standing on a ladder near by.
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...
(4:18 min.) (14 of 28) 14. Pacific Alaska Airways
Joe Barrows set up this airline; he wanted Pan Am to take it over for him. He wanted to fly clipper flying boats. His wife stayed in Alaska and was the first woman (Mary Barrows) to get...
(6:47 min) (24 of 28) 24. DC-3 training
George met a Pan Am Clipper pilot who set him up for training at LaGuardia Airport. He was leasing a Pan Am DC-3 but the corporate heads cancelled the deal. Bill Conrad was the instructor George went...
Title by indexer. A view of a Pan American Airplane as passengers board or disembark from the plane. A small group of onlookers stands in the foreground. The tail of the plane is marked "Super 6 Clipper" and "N6112C".
Title by indexer. A group of people posing for the camera. Some are standing on the stairways, others on the ground. All appear to be looking up at the two men on the forklift high above ground. The airplane's tail is marked "Super 6 Clipper"...
Taken during Voyages of North Star. Roll#1. Aug & Sept 1949. Probably taken en route to meet the North Star. Text on airplane: Clipper North Wind. Tow people stand near plane. Photographer's number 10.