The Coleen M. Platner Photographs (ca. 1909-1920s) contain photographs of pioneer children and their families living in Alaska, chiefly Iditarod, Chatanika, Little Eldorado City, and Eldorado Creek. There are also photographs from Nome and the...
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.
Flat was at the center of mining activities around the Iditarod River; families moved to district mining camps the middle of May and returned to Flat about September 15
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. The Winnie...
45 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Fullerton Collection, late 1930s". Film shows plane landing, filling up with fuel, and taking off again in Flat, Alaska.
52 second film clip, color/silent. From title frame: "Fullerton Collection, 1930s". Film shows a Pilgrim AC landing at Flat, Alaska and being unloaded.
Title taken from front. View of Union Mining Co. buildings and tailings dump, Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska. Photographer's number 1083. May 3, 1908. Photographer: O. D. Goetze.
Title taken from front. View of tailings dump for mining operation on Flat Creek, near Nome, Alaska, with one man pushing a cart on top of dump and one man standing in front with a horse. Photographer's number 1093. May 3, 1908. Photographer:...
Title taken from front. Mining operation with slag dump on Flat Creek, Nome, Alaska, with man on tracks above and man on horse below. May 3, 1908. Photographer: Goetze.
From caption: "Flat City - Alaska - Aug -1- 1911". From verso: "Property of Cook Inlet Historical Society." Photographer: Lomen. Postcard. Original photograph size: "3 3/8" x 5 3/8".
Title from image caption View looking down middle of street, Arcade Restaurant banner spanning middle; other businesses include the Globe Bakery & Coffee House, the Flat City Restaurant, and M & M [Miners and Merchants] Bank; men are out in...
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: Wiley Post poses for a photograph just before taking off to resume his solo flight round the world. The Winnie Mae has just been repaired after hitting a rough patch of tailings at the airstrip in Flat, Alaska and crashing.
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.
Postcard is postmarked from Iditarod, Alaska on Sep. 18, 1911 and is addressed to Mrs. Clemons, Ridgeway, Tex. [Texas]. Written is, "Sept. 18. Dear Mother, received your letter the other day. Was glad to hear from you. ...