Wien Alaska Airlines
Organization
Historical Note
Wien Alaska Airlines began operations in 1927 by Noel Wien in Alaska. The airline underwent many mergers and name changes prior to ending operations in 1984.
Citation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wien_Air_Alaska#TimelineFound in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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,...