"Dediee et presente au roy par son tres humble, tres obeysant, et tres fidele serviteur et sujet Louis Claude de Vezou." "Gravee par J. Lattre." Includes 11 circular charts showing solar and lunar eclipses, positions of the horizon, and models of...
14 second film clip, color/silent. Film shows a Bellanca on floats sitting on Lake Spenard at sunrise/sunset. Title frame: "Dickson Collection, 1935-1940".
Left to right: Earl ?, Roy King (with the flat hat - note the human mandible on top of his hat), Joe Stickman (rear), Mrs. Mabel Massan? Mersan?, Ron Green. In the right...
54 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "May 4, 1939. Dickson Collection". Film shows a Star Airlines Bellanca take of from the ice on Lake Spenard, after mechanics are done looking at it. Aircraft N-Number is too faint to read.
26 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows the Star Airlines fleet lined up at Merrill Field, a person in walking in the background. The film clip is too dark to see the N-Numbers.
15 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows men loading furs into a Waco biplane, with sled-dogs in the foreground. Aircraft N-Number appears to be NC-15235.
37 second film clip, black & white/silent. From title frame: "Dickson Collection". Film shows a Pacific Alaska Airways Lockheed 10 Electra being fueled and taking off. Aircraft N-Number appears to be NC-14259.
Title from caption: "Joe [Roy?] and Co. [illegible words] Dump Trail Creek-Ruby gold mining district, 1913. Written on the verso, "Dear Mama, your letter of May [?] at hand. I am all O.K. and glad to hear from you. I am as you imagoned...
Relief shown pictorially. Five maps on 1 sheet, four showing different depictions of the coast of North America from Monterey north to the Mt. Saint Elias region from the voyages of Cook, La Perouse, Dixon and Meares and one composite depiction....
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...
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".
62 second, color and black and white, silent film clip. Sequence shows people at the crash site of a Star Airlines Bellanca aircraft. The passengers and crew build a fire and at the end of the clip dog teams arrive.