Wien Alaska Airlines
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1927-1984
Historical Note
Wien Alaska Airlines was the first airline in Alaska, formed from the merger of Northern Consolidated Airlines and Wien Alaska Airways in 1927 by Noel Wien in Alaska. Over the years, the airline underwent many mergers and name changes prior to ending operations as Wien Airlines in 1984.
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Commercial Airlines Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23
Abstract
The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.
Robert Dempster Airline Ephemera Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-28
Contents of the Collection
The Robert Dempster Airline ephemera is a small collection comprised of assorted airline schedules/timetables and safety cards ranging from the 1950s through the 1980s. The collection also contains a poster for a parade for Astronaut Dick Gordon through Seattle, Washington in 1966.
Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2017-00-00-1
Contents of the Collection
The Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of ten black-and-white 8x10-inch photographs of Boeing aircraft from circa the 1940s. Five images depict the wreckage of a crashed Alaska Airlines "Starliner" aircraft at Bow Lake airport, now known as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Washington, taken November 30, 1947. One image depicts an American Airlines aircraft with a Boeing mechanic working on it. Two images depict a variety of commercial airliners,...
Anne and Dottie Simpson Collection
Collection — Folder: One
Identifier: 2016-08-24
Content Description
This small collection consists of materials related to Dorothy "Dottie" Lewis Simpson's flying career and some commercial airline ephemera. It is unclear if Dottie or her daughter Anne collected the ephemera. Material documenting Dottie Simpson includes her U.S. Army Air Corps wallet with her private pilot's license, medical certificate, and CAA identity card. Her pilot's flight log is also included and primarily covers 1944-1946 but has notations dating as late as 1997. The commercial ephemera...
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