(5:24 min.) (16 of 20) AK steam and NC co easy targets for dislike/canneries--accused of too high rates--NC co accused of too high prices--Alaska steam charged a tariff rate/charters charged per day--many ports would not make a profit each...
17 second, black & white/silent film clip. Film shows men with a Waco biplane / ski plane on the ice at Lake Iliamna. Credits: Photographer, Roy Dickson Sr. Markings on the airplane's tail read "NC 15235".
70 second, black & white/silent film clip of the 1935-1936 Fairbanks Ice Carnival parade. Floats and their sponsors include: a basketball team in their bus, Waechter Brothers Meat Co., Creamers Dairy, what looks like a horse drawn coach, a dog...
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....
Title by indexer. A float plane reading "Alaska-Washington Airways" on the side is docked on the water. The wharf, and buildings on the harbor are seen directly behind. In the far distance, at the bottom of the cliff are rows of houses and...
Title by indexer. A side view of a small aircraft on the snow-covered ground. It appears to be tied with rope to a barrel. Several buildings are visible in the distance (left). On the airplane's tail: "NC 1566".
Title by indexer. One man is facing the camera while the other is holding a tied bundle of furs. A small float plane, tied to the pole at left, is directly behind them on the river; its tail reads "NC 21587".
Title by indexer. This is NCA's famed all-metal Lockheed Vega NC 12288. It was the first of only three all-metal ones manufactured by Lockheed. Wiley Post's Vega and the others were of wood frame construction. This metal Vega was one of...
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "Pan Am Pilgrim. ASA (Hutch) still flying in B. B. by Al Bahls. Reproduced by Jerome Lardy." A grounded aircraft with the numbers NC 709Y on the tail.
The entire collection contains reports, correspondence, pamphlets, and administrative records received from the agricultural stations at Matanuska, Fairbanks, and Petersburg. The papers address such topics as environmental data, Alaskan flora,...
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". ...