Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.08.072
Accession#:
2013.08
Credit Line:
Donated by Mildred Goss Jones.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Seaplane "Taku" at Whitehorse
Place:
Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
Date:
1930
Description:
Black and white photograph of a float plane (sea plane) pulled up next to a rocky coastline. Eight to nine boats are also docked along the coastline. Buildings in the background to the proper right. Shoreline in background to the proper left. A man is standing on the shore and another is standing on the plane's right pontoon facing the aircraft's propeller.
Verso has a stamped number "24" in the lower proper right corner in blue ink.
Photographs is of the seaplane "Taku" at Whitehorse on the upper Yukon River in 1930.
Notes:
Located in photo album (2013.08.011A). Attached to album page by corner tabs. White text on album page below the photograph reads: ""Taku" at Whitehorse on the upper Yukon River '30".

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
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