Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2013.08.229
Accession#:
2013.08
Credit Line:
Donated by Mildred Goss Jones.
Object Name:
Print, Photographic
Title:
Wiley Post and the Winnie Mae
Place:
Flat, Alaska
Date:
1933
Description:
Black and white photograph of a man standing in front of an aircraft. The man is dressed in a suit and has an eye patch over his left eye. The plane is light in color with decorative dark stripes. The ground appears to be rocky. The man is Wiley Post and the aircraft is the Winnie Mae. Verso has a stamped number "4" in purple ink in the lower proper left corner.
Notes:
Located in photo album (2013.08.011A). Attached to album page by corner tabs.
White text on album page below the photograph reads: "Wiley Post '33".
More information on Wiley Post: http://nationalaviation.org/post—wiley/
The Winnie Mae was Wiley Post's Lockheed Vega aircraft. The Winnie Mae is in the collection of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19360030000
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.
White text on album page below the photograph reads: "Wiley Post '33".
More information on Wiley Post: http://nationalaviation.org/post—wiley/
The Winnie Mae was Wiley Post's Lockheed Vega aircraft. The Winnie Mae is in the collection of the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum: http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?object=nasm_A19360030000
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
Post, Wiley
Harland, Brian
Post, Wiley
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Aviation
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