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Scenes from Weeks Field in Fairbanks, Alaska, during 1935 include a Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker on wheel-skis taking off from a muddy runway, the same aircraft landing on wheels, a Stinson Reliant, a patient being transferred to an ambulance belonging to Dr. Frank De La Vergne, and passengers arriving in Fairbanks. De La Vergne was a physician, and served as Fairbanks mayor from 1925-1931 (B&W/Silent/16mm film).
This is an excerpt from AAF-243 from the Bob & Marion Hall Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department of the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
Scenes from Weeks Field in Fairbanks, Alaska, during 1935 include a Bellanca CH300 Pacemaker on wheel-skis taking off from a muddy runway, the same aircraft landing on wheels, a Stinson Reliant, a patient being transferred to an ambulance belonging to Dr. Frank De La Vergne, and passengers arriving in Fairbanks. De La Vergne was a physician, and served as Fairbanks mayor from 1925-1931 (B&W/Silent/16mm film).
This is an excerpt from AAF-243 from the Bob & Marion Hall Collection held by the Alaska Film Archives, a unit of the Alaska and Polar Regions Collections & Archives Department of the Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, University of Alaska Fairbanks.
The Alaska Film Archives appreciates your support. Your donation in any amount will help us continue important preservation work. Please visit the “About” section of our YouTube channel to learn how you can help today. Thank you! For more information please contact the Alaska Film Archives.
