Wien collection, 1966-1984.

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Wien collection, 1966-1984.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/764449424

The collection consists of 2730 black-and-white and color photographic prints and proof sheets (9 x 11 cm.-21 x 30 cm.), color transparencies, negatives (11 x 13 cm.-21 x 26 cm.), and ca. 1380 35 mm slides (5 x 5 cm.). Subjects of the photographs include: Wien Air Alaska, Wien Consolidated Airlines, airplane interiors and exteriors (including cargo planes, Boeing 737's, float planes, Concorde, Cessna's, F-27's, Twin Otter, Skyvan), historic flights, airplane accidents, Eskimos, fish camps, fishing, kayaks, hunting, dog sleds, gold panning and mining, glaciers, volcanoes, bears, moose, musk ox, seals, sea lions, walrus, whales, sheep, caribou, and Alyeska Pipeline construction. People photographed include: Noel Wien, Sig Wien, James Flood, Ray Petersen, Sam White, Oscar Underhill, Alaska Governor William A. Egan, Anchorage Mayor George Sharrock, and Arthur Woodley. Locations of the photographs include: Alaska Highway, Alyeska Resort, Ambler, Anaktuvuk Pass, Anchorage, Aniak, Arctic Village, Barrow, Beaver, Bethel, Bettles, Bristol Bay, Brooks River, Candle, Circle Hot Springs, Dawson (Yukon), Deadhorse, Deering, Dillingham, Eek, Fairbanks, Fort Yukon, Galena, Gambell, Goodnews Bay, Holy Cross, Homer, Juneau, Katmai, Kenai Peninsula, King Salmon, Ketchikan, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Koyukuk River, Matanuska-Susitna Valley, McGrath, Mount McKinley, Mount Redoubt, Metlakatla, Ninilchik, Nome, North Slope, Nulato, Oscarville, Platinum, Prudhoe Bay, Red Dog Mine, Selawik, Seward, Stebbins, Tanana, Tetlin, Umiat, Unalakleet, Whitehorse (Yukon), Worthington Glacier, and Wrangell Mountains.

6.4 linear ft.

Anchorage Museum Atwood Resource Center, ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HIST & ART LI

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SNAC Resource ID: 8152902

Anchorage Museum Atwood Resource Center, ANCHORAGE MUSEUM OF HIST & ART LI

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Underhill, Oscar

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Wien, Noel

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Airline executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Noel Wien : oral history, 1960. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122608456 ...

Wien, Sig, 1903-1994

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Wien Consolidated Airlines

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Woodley, Arthur E. (Arthur Edward), 1930-

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Egan, William A.

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William A. Egan was born October 8, 1914 in Valdez, Alaska, to Cora Allen Egan and William E. Egan. Egan graduated from Valdez High School and held various jobs before being elected to the Valdez City Council in 1937. He was elected to the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives from the Third Judicial Division in 1940 and wrote and introduced the first bill for a territorial referendum on statehood for Alaska the following year. Egan served for three years in the U.S. Army Infantry and Air ...

Sharrock, George

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Petersen, Ray

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Airline executive. From the description of Reminiscences of Ray Petersen : oral history, 1960. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 122419155 ...

White, Sam

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Flood, James J.

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James Flood was a private in the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment of the British Army during World War I. He was from Kilkenny, Ireland, and was wounded at Ypres, Belgium. From the description of Diary and medals, 1915 and n.d. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 47942676 ...

Wien Air Alaska

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