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| Title | Robert B. Wark with his biplane, ca. 1930 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | ca. 1930 |
| Caption | Pilot Robert B. Wark and his co-pilot, Edward L. Brown, both of Seattle, took off August 10, 1930 from Tacoma, bound for Tokyo. They planned to refuel their Fokker biplane in Whitehorse and Nome before reaching their final destination 5, 400 miles away, but ended up making it only as far as Vancouver, B.C. |
| Notes | Lettering on plane: Pacific Era.
Handwritten on image: Bob Wark.
Handwritten on sleeve: Wark, Robert - flyer. |
| Subjects | Biplanes--Washington (State); Air pilots--Washington (State) |
| Personal Names | Wark, Robert B. |
| Places | United States--Washington (State) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI20212 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 glass negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in.; stained, dichroic fog |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
