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...
Most of the collection consists of photographs of person, mountains, equipment, and aircraft used in the expedition to recover bodies from the C-A1 of the ATC which crashed in the Mount McKinley region, circa 1944.
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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.
Title by cataloguer. "Dr. Bunnell, John J. Kowalak photographer, c/o University of Alaska, College, Alaska 1944." According to Terrance Cole, who has describes this image in his 1994 book 'The Cornerstone of College Hill,' the crash had...
Title supplied by cataloger. Airplane wing covered in snow after crash. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-7, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Waves crash against the shore with a mountain in the background. There is also the number "84" printed on the bottom left of the photo, possibly a photographer's imprint number. On the lower right are the initials...
Photograph of the crash of the Winnie Mae in Flat, Alaska. Caption: Wiley Post, during the first round the world solo flight, crashed during a landing at Flat, Alaska. In this photo miners from Flat set up a tripod wench to lift the plane.
Caption: After a nose first crash during Wiley Post's round the world solo flight the Winnie Mae has been set upright and is ready to be repaired. The miners of Flat, Alaska, are taking apart the tripod that helped to set the airplane upright.
Caption: Miners from Flat, Alaska, set up a tripod for setting the Winnie Mae upright so that the airplane can be repaired. The Winnie Mae hit a patch of mining tailings, during Wiley Post's solo round the world flight, and nosed over.
Ms. (blueprint copy). Shows location of crash of C.B. Eielson and E.E. Borland with locations of individual pieces of wreckage. "Diagram of the accident executed on the spot, during the excavation, from 5 to 22 February, 1930, by student of the...
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...
06 Crash took six weeks to repair aircraft (4:58 min.)(06 of 09)
In the mean time took a job teaching in McGrath that keep her busy through the winter. In the spring went to lower 48 to get an airplane. In Seattle went to Northern Commercial...
Title by indexer. This is a half-length black and white portrait photograph of Morris Thompson (1939-2000). Thompson an Athabascan was born and raised in the Yukon River village of Tanana. A well respected leader, he had served his community in...
Title by cataloger. Verso reads: "Larry Larson? Fuzz Rogers?"
Identified as Larry Larson by grandson Kent Lyman of Huntsville, Alabama. Larson died in a plane crash shortly before the birth of his daughter Ruth in June, 1940.
Title supplied by cataloger. Plane crash wreckage covered in deep snow. Considering the context of this photo, this is probably the wreckage of Carl Ben Eielson's plane.
Title supplied by cataloger. A line of men wearing parkas and hats with shovels digging in deep snow. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in UAF-2006-102-10, this is probably the Russians digging at the...
Title supplied by cataloger. Photo of men working to uncover airplane wreckage from snow. At least two men are visible; also, a flag and snow shovels stuck in the snow. Considering the context of the collection and the identification made in...