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...
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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Title taken from verso. View of memorial to Will Rogers in building at Barrow, Alaska, with Rogers' photograph, Lockheed airline logo, and registration number of airplane in which he and Wiley Post crashed. Signs on wall read: "Lockheed" and...
Alaska Air Transport, a commercial air carrier business started by Shell Simmons in 1935, merged with Marine Airways in 1939 to create Alaska Coastal Airline Note on verso identifies the plane as a Lockheed Vega
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an airplane sitting on a field. Buildings can be seen in the background. The tail of the airplane reads "Lockheed".
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...
Description: Photograph shows Al Parmenter, standing on the side of an airplane, about to board. Albert Parmenter came to Alaska in the mid-1930s and mostly flew the Valdez to Fairbanks route. Parmenter left Alaska to work for Lockheed Aircraft....
Title supplied by cataloger. Lockheed L-188 Electra, registration N402FA, for Fairbanks Air Service. Cargo being loaded into plane. Slide printed 8/1975. Original format: 35mm color slide