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| Title | Reeve Airways Fairchild 51 airplane on skis picking up mountain climbing gear for Bradford Washburn in Valdez, Alaska, ca. 1933 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1933 |
| Notes | Written on front: Ski landing on tide flats. Loading Brad Washburn's outfit for Mt. Agness.
Handwritten on verso: Valdez, Alaska, 1935. Reeve Airways plane. Robert C. Reed came to Valdez in 1932 and had his pilots license then.
PH Coll 693.8 |
| Contextual Notes | A local legend for his innovative bush flying techniques, Bob Reeve's first aircraft was this Fairchild Model 51 (Registered NC5364, construction number 201). He used it for passenger and freight charters, primarily originating in Valdez. Reeve fashioned his own steel-lined ski landing gear for landing on mudflats, a rather unorthodox procedure. He went on to form Reeve Aleutian Airways after World War II.
Dr. Bradford Washburn was a noted explorer and mountaineer who went on to establish the Boston Museum of Science. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Airplanes--Alaska--Valdez |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Loading and unloading--Alaska--Valdez |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska--Valdez |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3516
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Richardson Highway, Alaska, Photograph Collection. PH Coll 693 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/RichardsonHighwayPHColl693.xml |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | silver gelatin; b&w; 5.5 x 3 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 6 and resized to 768x450 ppi. 2009. |
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http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
