Donna Hansen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection

Title

Donna Hansen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection

Description

The Donna Hansen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection holds two vintage black-and-white photographs taken in Kanatak, Alaska in April 1924. Both images depict the Seattle (No.1) Douglas World Cruiser afloat in shallow waters. People are near the aircraft, likely the pilot, Major Frederick Martin, and co-pilot, Staff Sergeant Alva Harvey. One of the images includes a caption: "First round the world flight plane, forced down at Kanatak, Alaska on peninsula west of Kodiak. Later crashed on flight to Dutch Harbor. No one killed. April 1924." Both images are 3.5 x 5.5 inches.

Digitized Materials: This collection has been digitized in its entirety.

Date

1924 April

Creator

Hansen, Donna S.

Language

English

Rights Holder

The Museum of Flight Archives

Rights

Permission to publish material from the Donna Hansen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives.

Bibliographic Citation

The Donna Hansen Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2002-07-18

Collection Organization

Collection Items

[Men with Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft]
Photograph of two men with the Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft, Kanatak, Alaska, April 1924. One of the men is carrying the other on his back through the shallow water.

[Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft in harbor]
Photograph of the Douglas World Cruiser "Seattle" aircraft in a harbor, Kanatak, Alaska, April 1924. Inscription on verso: "First round the world flight plane, forced down at Kanatak, Alaska on peninsula west of Kodiak. Later crashed on flight to…
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