Jim McGill Tupolev ANT-25 at Pearson Field Photographs

The Jim McGill Tupolev ANT-25 at Pearson Field Photographs consist of eight (8) black-and-white prints and eight (8) corresponding negatives documenting the landing of the Soviet Tupolev ANT-25 at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington after the first Transpolar Flight in June 1937. The images depict the plane as seen from a distance, in a 3/4-view, in a side view, and in a full frontal view. Some images include spectators at the scene. One image depicts Army Air Corps hangars and another pictures other buildings at Pearson Field.

It is unclear if Jim McGill or someone else was the photographer of these photographs. The prints are vintage prints stamped by Sawyer Photo Service of Portland, Oregon and are contact prints made from the medium-format negatives. The prints were originally bound in a booklet but have been removed for preservation purposes, though the booklet cover remains in the folder with the collection.