Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.08.131
Accession#:
2013.08
Credit Line:
Donated by Mildred Goss Jones.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Pilot Gene Meyering Dumping Fry into Lake Dorothy
Studio:
Ordway's
Place:
Juneau, Alaska
Date:
1931
Description:
Black and white photograph of a man and a float plane (sea plane). Text on the side of the aircraft identifies it as a part of the Alaska—Washington Airways fleet. There are three two—handled bucket like containers on the plane's left pontoon. The man is standing in the water next to the plane. He is holding one of the buckets, tipping its contents into the water. The shoreline in the foreground is rocky. Mountains and water with icebergs in background. In the lower proper left corner is white text reading: "ORDWAY C 31 JUNEAU". The "C" is enclosed in a circle as the copyright symbol.
Verso has a stamped number "89" in the lower proper right corner in blue ink.
The photograph is of Pilot Gene Meyering dumping fry (baby fish) into Lake Dorothy in 1931.
Verso has a stamped number "89" in the lower proper right corner in blue ink.
The photograph is of Pilot Gene Meyering dumping fry (baby fish) into Lake Dorothy in 1931.
Notes:
Located in photo album (2013.08.011A). Attached to album page by corner tabs. White text on album page below the photograph reads: "Pilot Gene Meyering Dumping Fry '31 Lake Dorothy".
The album belonged to William G. Brian Harland. He was a mechanic for Alaska—Washington Airways and Alaska Southern Airways. He was based out of Juneau.
The album belonged to William G. Brian Harland. He was a mechanic for Alaska—Washington Airways and Alaska Southern Airways. He was based out of Juneau.
People:
Harland, William G. Brian
Harland, Brian
Ordway, Fred
Meyering, Gene
Harland, Brian
Ordway, Fred
Meyering, Gene
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