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B2006.023.7243.jpg
[Alaska Airlines jet in flight]
Collection: B2006.023 Redington / for Joe Jr to review / 7000-7999
B2016.024.122
Alaskan Airlines, Jan. ’53 [Alaska Airlines airplane in hangar, man walking near moveable stairs at left]
Keywords: Alaska Airlines, airplanes
Collection: B2016.024
B2014.002.1501
JH1261. Arctic Alaska. Skin drum, Alaska Airlines. Pana-Vue Slide
Collection: B2014.002
B2014.002.1504
JH1264. Arctic Alaska. Eskimo dancers, Alaska Airlines. Pana-Vue Slide
Collection: B2014.002
B2014.002.1502
JH1262. Arctic Alaska. Orchestra & dancers, Alaska Airlines. Pana-Vue Slide
Collection: B2014.002
B2022.005.249
[a group of people in western and Indigenous dress boarding a Wien Alaska Airlines airplane]
Keywords: Indigenous, BIPOC, Alaska, Wien Alaska Airlines, airplane
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B2009.038.201
[Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines hangar at left, airplane on airstrip in center]
Collection: B2009.038
B1989.016.1439
(Alaska Air in flight over mountains) [Alaska Airlines DC-3 airplane tail number NC 91007]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.002.1505
JH1265. Arctic Alaska. Eskimo harmony, Alaska Airlines. Pana-Vue Slide [male drummers seated on beach. Cf. .1502]
Collection: B2014.002
B2009.038.212
[closer view of New England Fish Company cannery, Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines float in foreground]
Collection: B2009.038
B1989.016.1662
(Merrill Field) [distant view of airfield with control tower, airplanes parked outside hangars including Pacific Northern Airlines, Jack Carr Service, and Alaska Airlines, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1447
(Alaska Air in flight over mountains) [Alaska Airlines DC-3 airplane tail number NC 91007. Copy neg. same as .1439]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1647.3
(Merrill Field in winter) [airplanes parked outside hangars, including Alaska Airlines hangar, with control tower in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2017.020.021
[passengers walking across tarmac to board Alaska Airlines Douglas C-47 Skytrain airplane tail number N91005]
Collection: B2017.020
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.36
April 20, 1950; 27608. The statehood fight – the Alaska Airlines DC-4 “Ship of State” at Anchorage Int’l airport just prior to departing for Wash DC for Senate hearings on an Alaska statehood bill. Holding camera Senator Steve McCutcheon. Stanley McCutcheon was president of Alaska Airlines at that time.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
b2012.006.954
[two Alaska Native children wearing fur-trimmed parkas standing next to Wien Airlines terminal building; no date]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2012.006
B2016.006.2612
[Alaska Coastal Airlines Grumman Goose amphibious airplane tail number N28369 at dock; print date Aug 61]
Collection: B2016.006
B2017.011.151
Alaska ’47 – Unalakleet, Eskimos helping with mail and freight [passengers next to Alaska Airlines DC-3 tail number NC91007. Cf. B2013.006.4.8, B2014.016.2006]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1503
(Native Mother and Child, Alaska Airlines Copy) [Alaska Native woman wearing head scarf and carrying young child in baby belt. copy neg of print photo]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1624.3
3. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [Army band marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Keywords: musicians
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2014.016.295
[on verso:] 5087-9 [two Alaska Native men standing in doorway of Northern Consolidated Airlines office, Bethel, Jeep parked at left]
Collection: B2014.016
B2015.014.129
[man standing next to Wien Alaska Airlines airplane tail number 10002 with skis, supplies piled on tundra, Hamilton H-45?]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2015.014
B2009.038.224
[pilot standing on top of Alaska Coastal-Ellis Airlines Grumman Goose airplane tail number N477[?] at dock, town waterfront in background, Hoonah?]
Collection: B2009.038
B2017.011.162
Alaska ’48 – Anchorage, stowing rods aboard Electra [three men stowing baggage on Northern Consolidated Airlines Lockheed Electra airplane]
Collection: B2017.011
B1989.016.1624.1
1. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [group of soldiers wearing MP helmets marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1813
T118 Juneau, Alaska; Frank Morgan photo (Harbor) [view across water of Juneau harbor and city; boats, ships, Alaska Coastal Airlines; docks, structures, streets, roads, mountain; copy neg]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1983.091.S4193.006
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [Airline counter and customer in backgornd; PNA aircraft model at left background]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4193.008
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [Benson with children, woman in parka, woman, man in background; airline counter]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1985.027.2435
[from verso] Eskimos - hunting; photograph by James Leveque, Wien Alaska Airlines [man carrying pole walking on sea ice; large opening in ice; likely 1950s]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1985.027.2446
[from verso:] Eskimos - hunting; James Leveque, Wien Alaska Airlines [man, woman, and child removing blubber from beluga whale; woman using ulu, beach]
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1995.014.2.13
Willow and people, man who flew for Alaska Airlines [pilot standing on ice next to airplane on skis, "Anchorage-Kuskokwim-Goodnews Bay" written on side of airplane]
Keywords: aviation, transportation
Collection: B1995.014
B2014.016.2007
Unalakleet. Stop on Bering Sea, native Eskimos meet every plane, help with mail, etc. [Alaska Airlines airplane NC91007 on tarmac, passengers and residents talking]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2014.016
B2017.024.2281
Kotzebue, June 1967 [woman wearing parka carries baby in hood on her back, standing in front of Alaska Airlines Arctic Tours bus; structure in background]
Collection: B2017.024
B1989.016.1624.2
2. (Dedicating the Aurora Train, Alaska Railroad) [color guard and group of soldiers wearing MP helmets marching on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, and Alaska Airlines]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.9.15
Helicopters landing in Marshall after World War II taking geologists to look for oil. There were no helicopters in Marshall until after the war. [Alaska Airlines helicopter on beach near lumber]
Keywords: aviation, petroleum industry
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.9.18
Helicopters landing in Marshall after World War II taking geologists to look for oil. There were no helicopters in Marshall until after the war. [Alaska Airlines helicopter landing on beach near lumber]
Keywords: aviation, petroleum industry
Collection: B1995.014
B2017.011.137
Alaska ’48 – Holy Cross, from slough to Yukon [Northern Consolidated Airlines Stinson Reliant floatplane at left, with possibly fish trap at right near two riverboats tied to shore]
Collection: B2017.011
B1998.014.1.1621
T27 Anchorage - Alaska [street scene at 4th and E Street; men, women walking on sidewalks, automobiles, army jeeps, Military Police jeep, businesses: airline office, Beyers & Pfeil Building, Rexall Drugs, fountain lunches, Eastman dealers, curios, Cheechako Tavern, Gray Cab, Eggemann Bldg., Alaska Airlines, jeweler, Anchorage Grill, Anchorage Photo Supply, liquor store, 1940s]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1990.014.2018.1.238.001
73-2 [Sitka September 1941; people gathered on dock next to Alaska Coastal Airlines NC45M high wing aircraft on floats; smaller floatplane at left; pilings; piers; structure in background]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B1990.014.5.StateBattle.2.37
April 20, 1950; 27609; Best. Battle for statehood Alaska - Alaska Airlines DC-4 “Ship of State” with group of Alaskans just prior to departure for Wash DC to attend Alaska statehood bill hearings in the Senate. The plane refueled in Cheyenne, Wyo, on the way to DC, also RON’d there. With camera bag, Territorial Senator Steve McCutcheon.
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_5 / B1990.014.5.StateBattle
B1983.091.S4193.001
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women talking with Benson; parka, Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background, PNA aircraft model tail at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1983.091.S4193.003
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women talking with Benson; parka, Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background, PNA aircraft model tail at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1989.016.1403.2
[Anchorage street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street looking north, with Hewitt's Drug Store in Bevers & Pfeil Building, Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Logemann Building, parked automobiles, and pedestrians]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.716.1
[Ptarmigan Airlines Ford Tri-Motor NC 8403 airplane, first Ford Tri-Motor in Alaska, crashed at Flat airport near Willow Creek on Oct. 26, 1934, being hoisted by crane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.716.2
[Ptarmigan Airlines Ford Tri-Motor NC 8403 airplane, first Ford Tri-Motor in Alaska, crashed at Flat airport near Willow Creek on Oct. 26, 1934, being hoisted by crane]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2135
(Fourth Avenue, March 22, 1957) [street scene looking east, with "Anchorage All-America City" sign over road, parked automobiles, pedestrians, and signs for businesses including Pacific Northern Airlines, Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Zenith Radio, Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Carlquist Jewelers, Anchorage Grill, Florsheim Shoes, D & D Cafe, Kennedy Hardware, The Hub, Stolt Electric, Ellen's, National Bank of Alaska]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1983.091.S4193.004
Benny Benson, designer of Alaska flag (2/22/64). Interior, man at table, autographing. [two women, one in parka talk with Benson; Pacific Northern Airlines counter in background; tail of PNA aircraft model at left]
Collection: B1983.091 Ward Wells / Stock
B1998.014.1.1099
N9 2nd and Cushman St; Fairbanks, Alaska (1946 postcard) [copy neg; nighttime view of intersection, lights strung across streets, automobiles, storefronts, some sgns legible: Curios and tourist information shop at left, dentist; Beauty Shoppe, Wien Alaska Airlines; stop sign above sreet]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1403.1
[Anchorage street scene at Fourth Avenue and E Street looking north, with Hewitt's Drug Store in Bevers & Pfeil Building, Cheechako Tavern, Alaska Airlines, Logemann Building, parked automobiles, stop sign. photographer's shadow visible]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection