Handwritten note reads "McGrath air-field." Airplane with doors open as if in preparation for loading. Above the windows of the plane is Northern Consolidated Airlines, Inc. A person crouches near an open door. ...
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...
Title from verso. Military aircraft on Amchitka Island. Verso reads "Occupation of Amchitka Island in the Aleutians provides U.S. airmen with a base only 63 miles from Jap-held [ Japanese held ] Kiska and within 1700 miles of Tokyo. ...
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...
Title supplied by cataloger. Two planes, both tail draggers, and at least five men on an ice airfield. This collection's finding aid identifies the materials as being chiefly concerned with Fairbanks-related aviation and the recovery of Carl...
Title by indexer. A large crowd is gathered at the airfield. The plane at left is marked "Detroiter" on the nose and is presumably the first tri-motor Fokker F.VIIb-3m, used by Hubert Wilkins in the Detroit Arctic Expedition. At right is a...
Title by indexer. A frontal view of a biplane on a snow-covered airfield. A small crowd is standing nearby. Some of the men are leaning or pushing against the wings of the aircraft. Written on the lower wings are "C-U at FAI [Fairbanks]" and...
Title by indexer. A view of an airfield covered in snow. A crowd is gathered near the two Fokker airplanes. The writing on one of the aircraft reads: "Detroit Arctic Expedition". The airplane on the left is the "Detroiter"; that on the right,...
Title from slide index prepared by Peter Haase 14 July 2006. Airplane on snow field, dog team and sled, trees in mountain range. Several aviation fuel barrels are near the airfield.
Title from accompanying notes. A small yellow building sits on an airfield. An airplane is overhead, and a control tower is visible. A mountain range is in the distance.
View of Bob Reeve adjusting the propeller of his plane with a hammer. Behind Bob is another plane and some of an airfield most likely in Valdez. Photo is not marked Valdez but other photos taken at the same time are. Bob Reeve owner/founder/pilot...
Title taken from caption. View of the snow covered airfield at Valdez with one plane on the field ready to go. The planes have skis on to take off and land in the snow.
Title taken from caption. View of Bob Reeve in front of his plane on the snowfield used as the airfield for Big 4 Mine. Along the side of the plane it reads "Reeve Airways". Written on the photo are the captions "Pilot Reeve Landed at Mine","Alt...
A group of Cordova Airlines passengers gets into jeeps at the May Creek Airfield, prior to exploring McCarthy, Alaska and the Kennecott Copper Mine operations in Kennicott. From caption: "This is our cavalcade of tourists at the May Creek airfield...
Title handwritten on slide. This color slide was taken by Charlotte E. Mauk on June 15, 1961 and depicts the airfield at the airport at Fort Yukon, Alaska. The image shows the airstrip to the left, as well as a log building with a metal roof and...