Shell Simmons photograph collection [graphic], 1929-1996.

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Shell Simmons photograph collection [graphic], 1929-1996.

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The images cover Alaska aeronautics, the history of Alaska Airlines and Alaska Air Transport, Inc., bush pilots of Alaska, aircraft accidents. There are files on Shell Simmons, Bee Reidel Simmons, Mary Joyce, W. Bergstrand, and Gordon Graham. Places include Cordova, Hasselborg Lake, Haines, Atlin (B.C.), Juneau, Ketchikan, King Salmon Lake, Kluane Lake (Y.T.), Telegraph Creek (B.C.), and Tulsequah.

2104 photographs : b&w, col. + 3, 8 mm. films, 1 videocassette, stereo. slides, viewer.

Alaska State Library

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Alaska Airlines

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Simmons, Sheldon B., 1908-1994.

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Pioneer aviator, Shell Simmons was born Oct. 8, 1908, in Clearwater County, Idaho. Simmons was one of Alaska's pioneer aviators, a "mercy pilot" known for his daring rescues. Shell Simmons was a major contributor to Alaskan commercial aviation. In 1935, he started Alaska Air Transport, a commercial air carrier business which merged with Marine Airways in 1939 to create Alaska Coastal Airlines. In 1962, the company joined with Bob Ellis' Ellis Airlines from Ketchikan to become Alaska Coastal-Elli...