Title from verso. Verso: Jumping For Joy-When the news of statehood reached the arctic village of Kotzebue, the town started jumping. Here pretty Laura Mae Beltz goes aloft, via walrus hide blanket toss, carrying a flag that will soon have a...
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...
04 First jobs in Alaska (5:04 min.) (04 of 09) Lockheed Vega took her to Fairbanks. Bush flying was what she wanted, but she couldn't get hired in Fairbanks. Herb Hagler at Fairbanks Air Service wouldn't give her a job as a pilot, but he told...
Title from verso. "Wien flew everything including a baby walrus. This one gets fed during a stop-over at Fairbanks. Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska." The seals are in crates, apparently on a forklift.
Title by cataloger. "Wien Air Alaska, photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska." An outdoor photo of a man kneeling on the ground, peeking though a hole in a post (possibly a utility pole).
Title from verso. "[Nearly everybody meets the plane. The arrival of Wien Consolidated Airlines aircraft at bush station is an event. It brings mail, freight, visiting relatives, government travelers and an occasional tourist who takes the bush...
Title from verso. "[This Wien bush plane takes off from a sand bar on the Kobuk river with a load of Eskimo students headed for high schools and colleges. The village of Shungnak is too small to support a high school. Shungnak, Alaska]. Wien Air...
Title from verso. "[All aboard for school. From the Alaska arctic, nearly 600 students are gathered from 40 remote villages and fish camps, each fall to fly to Fairbanks and Juneau, heading for high schools and colleges.] "Students boarding...
Title from verso. "[The little Eskimo girl in the left foreground watches the big girls board a Polatis porter bush plane at Kobuk.] Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska."
Title from verso. "Jade from jade [mountain] Alaska. 150 mi East of Kotzebue. [Awaiting pickup by the owners in the Wien hangar in Fairbanks.] 2 1/2 tons Jade, [moose] antlers. 44 x 21 1/2, 81%. Wien Alaska Airlines & Photo by Frank Whaley...
Title by indexer. Verso reads: "L to R: _________? Larky [Wyman "Lanky"] Rice, Fritz Wien, ___________? Ray, Petersen, _______ Fitzhugh, Toni Petersen, C. W. Snedden, __________?, ___________?, Ed Olson, Bud Hagberg, Noel Wien. Wien Consolidated...
Title by indexer. A group of men appear to be inspecting the engine of an aircraft. Verso reads: "Wien Air Alaska photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska."
Title from verso. A group of unidentified men at ALTA meeting. The writing on the poster behind them reads: [AL]TA 1970 Fall meeting. Verso also reads: "Wien Consolidated Airlines. Photo by Frank Whaley, Box 3009 - Fairbanks, Alaska."
Title by indexer. A view of a large iceberg and the surrounding landscape which is covered with thick snow. In the foreground, a man in profile wearing a dark outfit is standing with a camera dangling from his neck. Verso reads: "Wien...
Title from verso. "Fish at Selby Lake 1960s. Wien Air Alaska Airlines. Photo by Frank Whaley Fairbanks, Alaska." In his left hand, Hagberg holds a thin rod, probably a fishing pole. At bottom on the left is a metal or plastic box, perhaps...
Title from verso. "? Bob Brown, Frank Whaley, Chris O'Leary (sitting) - deputy U.S. Marshall prisoner near Fortuna ledge. Kay J. Kennedy P. O. Box 80805 Fairbanks, Alaska 99708 from Yvonne Ben Mazee archives." Five men and s ski plane marked...
View of Wien Alaska Airlines Super C-46 in Northern Alaska, with people and dog sled standing in front of airplane. Printed on airplane: "Arctic Liner." 1950's? Photographer: Frank Whaley. Original photograph size: 3 1/2" x 3 1/2".