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Pan American Airways Postcards and Pacific Alaska Airways Photograph

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1989-05-23

Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of three postcards for Pan American Airways and a photograph related to Pacific Alaska Airways. Of the postcards, two feature a Pan American Airways DC-6 with a text description on the reverse promoting the addition of "Super-6 Clippers" to the fleet, and the third depicts the "Sleeperette" lounge chair available on "President" flights. They are dated circa 1950s. The photograph depicts Pacific Alaska Airways personnel in front of a Lockheed 10 Electra, circa...

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Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 2008-08-07

Contents of the Collection The Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection is comprised of materials relating to Poindexter's model-building of World War II Japanese and American ships during and after his World War II United States Army service. It includes three original drawings of World War II ships, an identification manual, and a post-war hand-made display sign about the models.Poindexter drew all three drawings in pencil on oddly-shaped pieces of paper; one is of a submarine and the other two are ships. The...

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Robert L. Simons Collection

Collection

Identifier: 1998-05-05-B

Overview Robert Lewis Simons was a military and commercial pilot in the mid-twentieth century. The Collection is comprised of materials relating to Simons’ career , including log books, military records, photographs, and films.

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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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Francis States Pan Am Collection

Collection — Box: One

Identifier: 2012-10-12

Content Description The Francis States Pan Am Collection is a collection of visual and textual materials collected by States during his career as Supervisor of Commisary/Food Service for Planes at Pan Am in the mid-to-late twentieth century. The collection includes some employee documents; brochures and maps for Hawaii and Alaska; route maps; brochures for Clipper service; menus, including a series from 1958 with images of Hong Kong, Japan, Scotland, Hawaii, and England, an undated Clipper service...

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Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

Collection — Box: Small Collections Very Large Items 1980-2005, oversize: folder

Identifier: 1987-09-01-A

Contents of the Collection The Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection is comprised of fifteen (15) black-and-white aerial photographs taken during Alaska Survey Expeditions, circa 1930s-1940s. The photographs are 18x22" and only a few have very brief contextual information on the reverse. Identifications include a Douglas R5D (Douglas C-54 Skymaster), Mount Rainier (Washington State), and the Columbia Glacier (Alaska). One (1) photograph depicts an at-sea aircraft carrier with a full deck of...

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Claude Shea Early Aviation Photograph Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1990-03-20-A

Contents of the Collection The Claude Shea Early Aviation Photograph Collection holds two vintage black-and-white photographs depicting early aviators from 1924 and 1930 respectively. One photograph shows the Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle (No. 1)" piloted by Major Martin during the flight around the world. It was likely taken in Seward, Alaska, circa April 1924. The caption on verso reads "This could be near Seward, Alaska. Major Martin. Around the world flight of 1924?" It is 3 x 4.5 inches and in poor condition, with...

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Pan American Airways Postcards and Pacific Alaska Airways Photograph

Ray Poindexter Model Drawings Collection

Robert L. Simons Collection

Anne and Dottie Simpson Collection

Francis States Pan Am Collection

Francis M. Young Aerial Survey Photograph Collection

Claude Shea Early Aviation Photograph Collection

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