Verso: Ann Chambers, Nome's Midnight Sun Festival Queen, snips the ribbon at the dedication ceremonies held at the Federal Aviation Agency's new Flight Service Station building at the Nome airport. Assisting with the ribbon cutting are (L) James...
Verso: Bob Harwood, city council member of Nome (second from left) delivers address at dedication ceremonies of the Federal Aviation Agency's Flight Service Station, held last Saturday in Nome, as a feature of this year's Midnight Sun Festival. He...
Verso: Mr. Eugene Farland operates the Air Ground Console in the new Federal Aviation Agency Flight Service Station, at Nome, which was dedicated last Saturday. This was a feature of the Midnight Sun Festival. Among those who visited the new...
View of a bomber flying in formation. The photograph was taken from another bomber in the formation; the engine and wing of that plane are partially visible in the shot. The bombers were from the 77th Bombardier Squadron of the Eleventh Air Force. ...
View of a man on a vehicle pulling an Alaska Airlines float at the Golden Days parade in Fairbanks, Alaska as spectators look on. One woman on the float is dressed as a flight attendant and another is wearing a hula skirt and leis. Wing display on...
View of airplanes and man and woman dressed as pilot and flight attendant on Wien Air Alaska float in Golden Days parade in Fairbanks, Alaska. Float was judged winner in commercial float category. Sign on float reads: "1st in Alaska's future."...
View of Alaska Native girl standing near cars at Circle Hot Springs, Alaska. From slide mount: "Indian girl on flight Fairbanks to F[or]t Yukon. Taken at Circle Hot Springs." 1956? Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. Photographer: Leland A. Olson.
View of Blue Angels jet sitting on runway with open cockpit during air show in Fairbanks, Alaska. Lettering on jet reads: "Blue Angels" and "US Navy." 1967. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide.
View of meal tray on Wien Air Alaska inaugural flight to Seattle, Washington, before leaving Anchorage, Alaska, with photo of Canada goose preparing to eat with knife and fork. June 1979. Photographer: Kenneth G. Kard. Original photograph size: 4...
View of memorial stone to Will Rogers and Wiley Post who died during an airplane crash at Barrow, Alaska. Inscriptions on memorial reads: "Will Rogers and Wiley Post, 'America's ambassadors of good will,' ended life's flight here August 15, 1935....
View of people carrying baby in incubator aboard Wien Air Alaska Boeing 737 in Alaska. Printed on airplane: "Wien Air Alaska" and "Boeing 737." Original photograph size: 7" x 5".
View of pilot Noel Wien and his Hisso Standard J-1 airplane at Wiseman, Alaska, with spectators at left and another man at right. From verso: "Noel Wien with the World War II Hisso Standard J-1, affectionately known as 'Jenny' at Wiseman in the...
View of pilot Noel Wien in Fairbanks, Alaska, preparing for first commercial flight between Fairbanks and Nome, with Fairbanks Mayor Dr. de la Vergne in derby. From verso: "The personal service which is a watchword with Wien was evident even in...
View of pilot wearing headphones flying aircraft (either small airplane or helicopter) in Alaska, with helicopter flying in background. Photograph type: 35 mm color slide. 1971-1972? Photographer: William L. McNutt.
View of reindeer inside airplane in Anchorage, Alaska, with flight crew and reindeer herders in background. Negative number 4455-3. 1959. Photographer: Ward W. Wells. Original photograph size: 5" x 7". Information on original Wells negative sleeve:...
View of two men using poles to assist airplane on landing field at Circle Hot Springs, Alaska, with horses and wagon at right. From verso: "Noel Wien, first pilot to fly north of the Arctic Circle, has his troubles on this August 10, 1924 flight to...
View of Wien Air Alaska Boeing 737 jet in flight. Printed on airplane: "N2711R." 1966-1967. Photographer: Wien Air Alaska. Original photograph size: 4" x 5".