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B1989.016.784.3
[Star Air Lines airplane NC168N at Merrill Field, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.13
[Two Star Air Lines planes with skis in winter at Merriill Field, Chugach Mountains in distance]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.15
[Eight men and dog next to Star Air Lines airplane at Merrill Field, hangar in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.18
[Eight men and dog next to Star Air Lines airplane at Merrill Field, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.16
[Eight men and dog next to Star Air Lines airplane at Merrill Field, hangar and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.17
[Eight men and dog next to Star Air Lines airplane at Merrill Field, hangar and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.8
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service pilot]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.4
[Star Air Lines airplane NC781W with boxes of Garrett's Virginia Dare wine at Merrill Field, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.1
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.10
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.12
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.14
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.8
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.2
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane NC7[09Y?]]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.3
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane on takeoff]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.5
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane in flight]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.1
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [pilots climbing into cockpit of Star Air Service biplane "North Star." Flight instruction?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2121
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [truck offloading beer cases next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.5
[Star Air Lines airplane NC781W with boxes of Garrett's Virginia Dare wine at Merrill Field, Milt Odom loading boxes into plane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.6
[Star Air Lines airplane NC781W with boxes of Garrett's Virginia Dare wine at Merrill Field, Milt Odom loading boxes into plane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.7
[Star Air Lines airplane NC781W with boxes of Garrett's Virginia Dare wine at Merrill Field, Milt Odom loading boxes into plane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.11
[Star Air Service CH-300 Pacemaker NC259M "Aquila" with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.013.8
Airplane. Photographer's number 13A. [Star Air Service Beech Staggerwing NC 19473]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.7
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [pilot standing next to Star Air Service biplane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.679.12
#17. Transporting reindeer by air. [Star Airways airplane with men loading reindeer into plane]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2120.1
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [beer cases piled in snow next to airplane with tail number 709Y]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2120.2
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [two men standing by beer cases piled in snow next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2120.3
A shipment of Schlitz Beer via Star Air Lines, Inc. Anchorage to Ophir, 280 air miles (maybe Bailey Covey) [two men standing by beer cases piled in snow next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation, alcohol, businesses
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.9
[Star Air Lines airplanes with skis parked at Merrill Field in Anchorage in winter, hangar with wind sock and Chugach Mountains in background, dog in foreground. neg mirroring]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.4
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service biplane in flight, Chugach Mountains behind]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1553.6
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [pilot and other men standing next to Star Air Service biplane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.013.7
Airplane. Photographer's number 13A. [Star Air Service Beech Staggerwing NC 19473. Copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1491
78. Fourth St., Anchorage, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo Shop [street scene of Fourth Avenue, looking east, with Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Service, Alaska Air Line. circa 1932-1937]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1542
[street scene of Fourth Avenue at E Street in Anchorage. with pedestrians and automobiles, bus, and Star Air Service truck parked outside businesses including Star Air Service, Cheechako Tavern, Hewitt's Drug Store, Rexall Drugs, and The Gitchell Hotel]
Keywords: roads
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2368
[Aviation, Star Airways, crew with names] A.J. Valley, x, Dunkle, Ruttan, Hugh Brewster, x, Charlie Bissel, Steve Mills, Star Air Service. Bellanca Pacemaker at Merrill.
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B2022.004.1
A Star Airlines [?] taken at Rainy Pass NC19831 (Plane crashed and burned Sept 14 1939? Pilot killed.)
Keywords: Star Air Lines, Star Air Service, Alaska Airlines, Planes, Airplanes, Commercial Aeronautics
Collection: B2022.004 Weissinger Star Air Lines Photograph
B1998.014.1.1096
N7 Anchorage, Alaska (1946 postcard; 1 neg; 1 print) [downtown winter, night, street scene, structures, businesses, storefronts, automobiles, snow; Fourth Avenue, Hewitt's, Star Air Lines, Bendora Hotel]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.1531.11
(Lucky Shot Mine, Hatcher Pass) [men standing next to Star Air Service airplane in winter near mining complex in mountains]
Keywords: aviation, mining
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1562
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [group portrait of Star Air Service pilots standing next to biplane with open cockpit, Chugach Mountains in background]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.2426
"Christmas cards" ["Season's greetings from" card with Alaska Army Class A patch from WWII featuring polar bear and star; Air Command patch; artwork]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2316.1
(Bob Hall's planes) [modern copy neg of album page holding six photographs including two labeled Star Air Service Plane and Dorbrandt's Plane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.784.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [Mary Barrows, first woman pilot licensed in Alaska, standing next to Star Air Service Flight Instruction airplane at Merrill Field, 1932]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1998.014.1.1424
(S24 Japanese equipment captured in the Aleutians - anti aircraft gun) [two U.S. service men sit at controls of gun; 11th Air Corps insignia shows star with wing]
Collection: B1998.014 Brickley
B1989.016.2056.14
Hewitt's 14 (1941 Fur Rondy parade, Army unit band) [men in uniform marching with musical instruments on Fourth Avenue at E Street, passing Rexall Drugs, Hewitt's Drugs, Cheechako Tavern, Star Air Lines, North Pole Bakery, Anchorage Grill, and Piggly Wiggly, Fur Rendezvous]
Keywords: businesses, military
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.11
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in spotted fur parka and fur mittens]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.7
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in spotted fur parka and fur mittens]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1530
[Anchorage street scene, corner of Fourth Avenue and E Street in winter, with automobiles and businesses including Rexall Drugs, Fred Carlquist Jeweler, Hewitt's Drug Store, Cheechako Taven, Star Air Service]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.2
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.4
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.2243.6
(Star Air Service, pilots/inspectors, Hugh Brewster, CAA; Burris Smith, mechanic; M.J. Valley, pilot) [names not individually associated with negs. Portrait of man in light-colored fur parka with dark hood roots]
Keywords: aviation, clothing
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection