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B2016.027.74
Russian pilots [three pilots standing next to airplane]
Keywords: Lend Lease, World War, 1939-1945
Collection: B2016.027
B1989.016.McLeanPilot.1
(Mclean Pilot Passport Photos 134-35)
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Passport Photos
B1989.016.2380
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways, pilot Harry Blunt in parka]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.2381
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways, pilot Harry Blunt in suit]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.2382
[Aviation, Pacific Alaska Airways, pilot Harry Blunt in suit]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection / Large negs in freezer
B1989.016.1553.8
(Early Alaska Airplane Scenes) [Star Air Service pilot]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2009.017.2005.pilotondoghouse
[pilot flying doghouse, takeoff on Snoopy character. Undated, unsigned]
Collection: B2009.017
B2022.005.140
[Pilot standing at front of prop plane with skis; Plane N5165E]
Keywords: Alaska, Alaskan, Pilot, Plane, Prop plane, Skis, Winter, Snow, Transportation, N5165E
Collection: B2022.005 Amidon
B1989.016.1613
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage [two pilots standing next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2005.013.421
[Alaska Native man piloting small boat, Health at anchor in background]
Collection: B2005.013
B2017.017.275
Tamara in Nikolai [girl sitting on rocking horse eating pilot bread]
Collection: B2017.017
B1989.016.1611
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (Ed Coffey) [pilot standing next to airplane]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2000.014.786
(786)(Big John Louis Pilot Big Albert Kokrines June 17 1917)
Collection: B2000.014 Malina
B2009.037.012
.12 – Fliers [three men in pilot uniforms stand posed together]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2009.037.016
.16 – Flier [close-up of pilot, appears to be the same as .14 and .15]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B2009.037.024
.24a – Men at Base, Flyers [pilot in fur coat pets a dog] .24b – Men at Base, Flyers [presumably the same pilot as .24a, now posed smoking a pipe]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay 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
B1995.014.119.5
Adak, on Sunday the Army would take men fishing [soldiers on decks around pilot house]
Keywords: military, fishing, boats
Collection: B1995.014
B2009.037.010
.10 – Flier [appears to be the same pilot as above, now wearing fur gloves]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay 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
B2009.037.009
.9 – Flier [similar scene as .8, presumably the same pilot now posed standing]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection
B1989.016.1502.3
(McGee Airways, Kenneth Neese) [pilot in fur parka and mukluks standing next to airplane with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1589
[boat on mud flats, dead geese arranged on deck and pilot house, Cook Inlet? cf. 1453]
Keywords: hunting
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.715.1
[American Pilgrim airplane crash landed on beach near Anchorage, Cook Inlet, pilot Harold Gillam]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.715.2
[American Pilgrim airplane crash landed on beach near Anchorage, Cook Inlet, pilot Harold Gillam]
Keywords: aircraft accidents, aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.715.3
[American Pilgrim airplane crash landed on beach near Anchorage, Cook Inlet, pilot Harold Gillam]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.715.4
[American Pilgrim airplane crash landed on beach near Anchorage, Cook Inlet, pilot Harold Gillam]
Keywords: aviation, aircraft accidents
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B2013.058.356
[man, probably pilot, sitting on lift struts of Golden Eagle Chief airplane, same airplane as in .354]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B2013.058
B2016.019.1.11e.10654.16
A N.A.C. Pilot in DC-6 cockpit, Anchorage, Alaska 7/94 [Planes and Airports - Northern Air Cargo], 1994
Keywords: Randy Brandon, Third Eye Photography, Planes and Airports, Northern Air Cargo, NAC, People, Pilots
Collection: B2016.019
B1985.027.2394
Aviation. Eielson/Crosson Air Group, Noel Wien Pilot. Searching for Ben Eielson, 1929. 8 x 10 negative
Collection: B1985.027 Wien Collection
B1989.016.013.10
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [Travelair 4000, Anchorage Air Transport, Matt Nieminen, pilot, circa 1930-33]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.013.10.2
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [Travelair 4000, Anchorage Air Transport, Matt Nieminen, pilot, circa 1930-33]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.013.11
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage. [Travelair 4000, Anchorage Air Transport, Matt Nieminen, pilot, circa 1930-33]
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
B1995.014.43.10
Mail plane, Russian Mission [airplane on floats near river bank, pilot wading out to it, mountains across river in distance]
Keywords: aviation, postal services
Collection: B1995.014
B1995.014.43.11
Mail plane, Russian Mission [airplane on floats near river bank, pilot wading out to it, mountains across river in distance]
Keywords: aviation, postal services
Collection: B1995.014
B1997.003.213
Airplane on ground, several men stand near plane; possibly pilot above wing. building in distance]; image is deteriorated]
Collection: B1997.003
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
B1989.016.1519.1
(Nat Brown's airplane in lake, Sasern pilot, Waco plane) [airplane in ice, buildings visible behind. Nat Browne aircraft accident, probably Lake Spenard, early 1930s. cf. Mills & Phillips, Sourdough Sky, p. 65. With pilot Murrell Sasseen?]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1563.1
Aviator Ben Eielson, Fairbanks, Alaska. Bragaw's (First Airmail Flight, 1924) [pilot in cockpit of De Havilland DH-4]
Keywords: aviation, postal service
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1793
Yukon River, Circle, Alaska. Hewitt's Photo [pile of driftwood at right, pilot house of boat visible at shoreline. copy neg]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1995.014.53.4
Mail plane in at Marshall [pilot exiting airplane, wearing fur hat and parka with geometric design on upper arm, smoking cigarette]
Keywords: aviation, postal services
Collection: B1995.014
B1989.016.1453.1
43. Labrador dog and his days work. Hewitt's Photo Shop [retriever with dead geese, possibly sitting on top of boat pilot house]
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1989.016.1502.4
Hewitt's Photo Shop, Anchorage (McGee Airways, Kenneth Neese) [pilot in fur parka and mukluks standing next to airplane with skis in winter]
Keywords: aviation
Collection: B1989.016 Lu Liston Collection
B1990.014.2018.1.312.006
91-4 Wales & Teller [April 1943; Pan X; aeiral view of village on coast; pilot wearing headphones in foreground]
Collection: B1990.014 McCutcheon Collection / B1990_014_2018
B2009.037.013
.13 – Fliers [five men in wintertime pilot gear are posed on a grassy field, possibly tundra which could place this image in the Aleutian Islands]
Collection: B2009.037 Becky Gay Collection