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...
8x10 photo. Title from caption. Full caption reads:
"Ralph and Ida Savory in the cockpit of a Boeing 707-320 just prior to Take-Off non stop London to Seattle, October 13, 1969. This was the final flight for Pan Am, mandatory...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "$12. #30. F-86. Galena Air Force Base. Alaska. 1955." Image shows a man dressed in military uniform standing on the side of an F-86 fighter jet, near the open cockpit. A pilot wearing a helmet...
These photographs were taken between 1899 and 1911 and depict life in the region around Forts Gibbon and Egbert. Included are hunting parties, military personnel, camp buildings, scenery, dog sledding and skiing. Steamships are shown loading wood...
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 taken from verso.
Photograph of the open cockpit biplane, mounted on skis.
Verso: first experimental mail flights Fairbanks to McGrath made by Col. Carl Ben Eielson. Ship is 400 h.p. 12 cylinder water cooled Liberty engine DeHaviland...
Interior view of a DC-3 loaded with approximately 200 pigs being transported to Anchorage, Alaska as part of the first commercial shipment of livestock to Anchorage directly from another country. From caption in newspaper article: "These little...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: $4.50. #30. Galena, Alaska. 1955." Image shows a DC-3 airplane parked at the Galena Air Force Base. The words "Arctic Liner. Fort Yukon" are visible on the outside of the plane below the...
Title from caption and verso. Verso reads: "Galena, Alaska. $12. #30." Image shows an airman identified as Rose, sitting half-inside of the cockpit of what appears to be a Northrop F-89 Scorpion. The words "Air Force" are painted in large...
Title from caption. Caption reads: "F-86. Scrambleing." Verso reads: "$7. #30. Galena, AFB. Alaska. 1955." Image shows a man in the open cockpit of an F-86 fighter jet.
Title from caption. Verso reads: "$11. #30. 1955, Galena, Alaska." Image shows an F-86 fighter jet with a man inside the open cockpit. The plane is parked outside a hangar at Galena Air Force Base.
20 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Alaska Review Collection (Alaska Review #17, 1978)". Film shows footage of Cessna 152 Trainer taking off as seen from inside the cockpit.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows three men with an airplane. One of the men is sitting in the cockpit. Caption from finding aid reads "War Surplus Army plane at Kenai." Location is Kenai, Alaska.