Title taken from verso. Group of people waiting in Anchorage International Airport, Anchorage, Alaska, with portraits of pioneer bush pilots by Harvey Goodale on wall in background. Also from verso: "Int[ernationa]l Airport, Anc[horage]." Negative...
"And this is number 6, and we have a number of pilots here. Yea that was a group of pilots that flew the navy contract operation out the Aleutians during WWII.
Description from interview with Ralph Savory and his daughter, Diane.
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. Major Frederick L. Martin, one of the pilots from U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, near Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska. Also from verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical...
Title taken from verso. Lieutenant Lowell H. Smith, one of pilots from U.S. Army Air Service World Flight outside Van Gilder Hotel, Seward, Alaska. Also from verso: "U.S. Army Air Service World Flight, 1924. Property of Cook Inlet Historical...
Full caption reads: "Pilots of fleet of eight 'aristocrats' before leaving Washington, D.C., June 20, 1929, on the longest air tour ever undertaken. Center (left to right) C. S. Rieman, President, General...
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...
The George A. Llano Collection consists of 111 photographs relating to Llano's lichen research and the Anaktuvuk Pass and Wainwright areas, circa 1948. Subjects include plant collecting and identification, people and village activities in...
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...
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...
Included in this collection are pictures of the Rodebaughs, Noel and Ralph Wien, A.A. Bennett, Ed Hudson and Fred Mueller. There are also images of the various planes flown in Alaska during this era of newfound commercial aviation and notable...
53 second film clip, color/silent. Clip shows Howard Hughes at Weeks Field in Fairbanks during his record setting around-the-world flight, July 13, 1938. Scenes include a ground crew checking the plane and loading supplies.
04 First jobs in Alaska (5:04 min.) (04 of 09) Lockheed Vega took her to Fairbanks. Bush flying was what she wanted, but she couldn't get hired in Fairbanks. Herb Hagler at Fairbanks Air Service wouldn't give her a job as a pilot, but he told...
Title by indexer. Two men dressed in warm jackets and gloves are standing next to a small ski plane with a large letter "C" on its side. A blanket hangs over the airplane propellers. Next to them, boxes of cargo are stacked on the snowy ground....
"Watch Alaska! "Opportunity... "Pilots and mechanics Alaska Star airlines is growing! To keep pace with today's urgent wartime requirements and gear up for the increased passenger, mail, express and freight...
Photo caption "Bob Reeve, Owen Meals, Beals (stockholder in Ruff & Tuff Mine) near Cliff Mine. (man with back to camera unknown)." View is of four men working on a bushplane, one is Bob Reeve owner/founder/pilot of Reeve Airways, later Reeve...