Title taken from verso. View of man putting pontoons on Wien Alaska Airlines airplane in preparation for spring in Alaska. Printed on airplane: "Wien" and "N5293D." From verso: "Pic taken in early 60s." 1960-1964? Photographer: Frank Whaley....
Title from verso. "First plane on pontoons spring of 1941. Tied to ice cake on frozen beach at Bootleggers cove near Anchorage. Reason: Flying engineers to Whittier camp of new tunnel job for railroad. Photo by Russ Dow." Compare to...
Title taken from verso. View of Wien Consolidated Airlines Grumman Mallard airplane on water in Alaska. Printed on airplane: "N1208." Also from verso: "Mallard aircraft." Original photograph size: 5" x 5".
Pontoons were flooded to settle the platform to permanent position some 60 miles south of Anchorage, Alaska, and three miles from the west shore of Cook Inlet. Submarine pipe lines connected to the pontoons carry to shore where the 20%...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows an airplane and a stack of pontoons on the near shore. In the background more airplanes and some buildings can be seen. An airplane can also be seen taking off from the lake. Caption from finding aid...
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows an airplane with pontoons crashed on the tundra. Caption from finding aid reads "Crashed airplane". See also: UAF-2010-25-2. Location is unknown.
Title from finding aid. Photograph shows an airplane with pontoons crashed on the tundra. Caption from finding aid reads "Float plane crashed on Tundra in 1970s". Registration number on airplane is N-715. See also: UAF-2010-25-1. Location...
Title from indexer. Photograph shows two men in front of an airplane, and one man standing on top of it. The airplane has pontoons and appears to be on a lake.
Title from indexer. Photograph shows an airplane with pontoons on a river. It is sitting in front of a bridge, people are walking on a bridge. The bridge appears to be the Cushman Street Bridge.
Title from verso. "Transporting plane from field to Bay - after change to pontoons early 1930's. Kay J. Kennedy. Mail: 12831 N. E. 83rd St. Kirkland, Wa. 98033."
Anscel Eckmann arrived at Juneau in a Lockheed Vega plane, the first non-stop flight from Seattle to Alaska. Inscription on photo: To Governor Parks. Sincerely, A. P. Eckmann. 5-15-29. Lettering on airplane: 432E, Alaska-Washington Airways,...
The first leg of the monopod's journey to Cook Inlet, Alaska, required precise maneuvering under numerous bridges across the Columbia River. Pontoons, 24' in diameter by 174', which provided floatation, now rest on the inlet floor and have storage...