May 9, 1903 THE FAIRBANKS MINER Fairbanks, Alaska 26 26.May 1903 Vol. 1. No. 1. James Wickersham Editor ORIGINAL of THE FAIRBANKS MINER Written by James Wickersham and typed by Geo. Jeffery at Fairbanks in May, 1903 & sold by Jeffery and Stevens...
A dozen men gather around floatplane at dock Notes on verso: "Myself in cockpit, turning the plane around, getting ready for a flight, 3:30 A.M."; "This was morning of the first test flight of Jenny on float"; "Note Shell Simmons in front of...
A view of the front of the Girdwood Hotel. From verso: "Prop[r]ietors Ayers and Whitney. Beverly Staser in picture. Gene's Restaurant on left, Gene `The Frenchman' was long dead by 1956." The commercial signs on the front of the hotel read (top to...
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,...
Postcard shows townspeople at dock with ship docked alongside, Seward, Alaska. Advertisement on verso reads: "Coleman Hotel, Geo[rge] Sexton, Prop[rietor]. Seward, Alaska. Seward, "the hunters' paradise". Come to Seward, the terminal of the...
Ross Kirkpatrick sits in front cockpit of plane; man in rear pit looks at a movie camera; plane was part of U.S. Army Alaskan flying expedition from New York to Nome in 1920; planes were DeHavilland DH-4B biplanes, modified with long-range fuel...
Street scene showing a boardwalk and two wooden building with false fronts. Barrels are piled in front of the Hotel Northern. Signs on buildings: Scandinavian; Hotel Northern; Olympia Beer; Northern Café, Strictly First Class, Quick Service,...
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.
A woman is sitting near a window wearing a fur shawl and muff. Next to the window, there is a small tree, maybe a sapling or possibly a prop for the photo. There is a shelf behind the woman with a small statue and a...