Title from indexer. Photograph shows a "Wien Alaska Airways of Nome" airplane sitting in the snow. Caption under the photograph reads "Stinson at Lake Minchumina December 1927".
Original size is: 5.5 in. x 3.25 in.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows some men standing near two Stinson Detroiter airplanes. The snow around the airplanes is littered with boxes, supplies, and fuel drums. The photograph appears to have been torn.
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Title from indexer. Photograph shows a man standing in front of a Stinson Detroiter airplane on the snow. The side of the airplane reads Wien Alaska Airways.
Original size is: 6.5 in. x 4.5 in.
(3:11 min.) (08 of 12) Pork-Barrel appointment to judgeships and reactions to Ada being a part of the Constitutional Convention Fairbanks -- before Statehood; territorial form of government -- people had no voice; Washington DC -- grant favors;...
Title taken from writing in image. "Charley Schultz, French [illegible], Vic Olson. From a Noel Ross negative." The letters WACO are visible on the tail of the biplane.
Title from verso. "Clyde Armistead serving his Sikorsky flying boat. From a Noel Ross negative." A man is seen pouring something into the aircraft. Inscription on the side of the plane reads: Agent for [Exploration] Erskine. (May be Clyde G....
Title by indexer. "Bennett-Rodebaugh Co., Inc. Airplane Service Fairbanks, Alaska Chas. L. Thompson, Mgr. Passenger and express rates--1928." This card lists the destinations (to and from Fairbanks) and prices for the Bennett-Rodenbaugh...
Title from verso. "Northern Air Transport, Valdez 193?. Get Noel to identify Chet Brown, Ford Tri motor 19. Kay J. Kennedy Mail: 12831 N. E. 83rd St. Kirkland, Wa. 98033.
A field with a group of men standing in front of a large...
Title from verso. "From a Noel Ross negative." A side view of an empty airplane with "WACO" marked on its tail, sitting on a large runway or field of gravel and rocks.
Title from image. An outdoor portrait of Jimmie Mattern. This photograph may have been taken during one of Mattern's visits to Alaska. In 1933, during his solo flight around the world he stopped in Nome, Alaska. Again in 1937 Mattern was in...
Title taken from verso. Men standing in front of Hisso Standard J-1 in Alaska. Also from verso: "The boots and caps were modish and efficient attire in 1925 for both aviators and mechanics on planes such as this. "Jenny", Noel Wien's Hisso Standard...
View of cake for Wien Air Alaska 50th anniversary celebration, possibly in Anchorage, Alaska. Writing on cake reads: "50th anniversary, Noel Wien, July 15th 1924-1974." 1974. Original photograph size: 5" x 7".
Title taken from verso. Group of men, including Bert Galbraith second from left, stand in front of airplane in Alaska. Also from verso: "Galbraith Lake named after him." 1940's? Original photograph size: 8 1/8" x 10".
View of two men using poles to assist airplane on landing field at Circle Hot Springs, Alaska, with horses and wagon at right. From verso: "Noel Wien, first pilot to fly north of the Arctic Circle, has his troubles on this August 10, 1924 flight to...
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Alaska Airlines airplanes at DEW (Distance Early Warning) Line site at unidentified arctic location, with crane in right background and man walking in center. 1954? Photographer: Noel Wien. Original photograph...
Close-up view of men on ship, rock wall behind; from an album of photographs taken during a reconnaissance trip to Alaska with Ira Gabrielson, director of the Fish and Wildlife Service