ANNETTE ISLAND ALASKA US NAVY AERIAL RECON VIEW (2 PHOTOS) - 1948
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:15021626 | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
Two (2) scarce early original vintage US Navy views of Annette Island Alaska in 1948.
To most historians, Annette Island is known as the site of New Metlakatla, the utopian Christian Tsimshian community founded by Anglican missionary William Duncan in 1887. But the island held a crucial, albeit small (and now almost forgotten), position in the defense of Alaska during the Second World War as well.
On July 10, 1942, a report stated that a Japanese submarine had been ...sunk the previous night off the coast of Annette Island by several aircraft and the Coast Guard cutter McLane (Cohen). Air traffic at the Annette base became quite heavy at times, with C-47s, Cansos, Bolingbrokes, Norsemen, P-40s and even the odd Hurricane appearing. For new arrivals, facilities at Annette could be pretty basic:
Following the war, life on Annette Island slowed down, but the people living there still played a crucial role in the safety of Alaska. At the northeast corner of the airport, on Tamgass Harbor, the U.S. Coast Guard established an Air Station, which by the mid-1960s had 83 enlisted personnel, including 18 pilots operating three Grumman Albatrosses and two Sikorsky HH-52A amphibious helicopters.
Photographs measure 9 x 9 and 8 x 10 inches and are in very good condition with a few light bends (see scans). There are no tears or creases and the images are very sharp and have strong tones with great contrast and clarity.
Please email with any questions and please "VIEW SELLERS OTHER ITEMS". Thanks.
NOTE: BUYERS - I can combine shipping and send out 8 ounces of items for the same price as one ounce...or about the equivalent of 6 - 8 x10 photographs.
To most historians, Annette Island is known as the site of New Metlakatla, the utopian Christian Tsimshian community founded by Anglican missionary William Duncan in 1887. But the island held a crucial, albeit small (and now almost forgotten), position in the defense of Alaska during the Second World War as well.
On July 10, 1942, a report stated that a Japanese submarine had been ...sunk the previous night off the coast of Annette Island by several aircraft and the Coast Guard cutter McLane (Cohen). Air traffic at the Annette base became quite heavy at times, with C-47s, Cansos, Bolingbrokes, Norsemen, P-40s and even the odd Hurricane appearing. For new arrivals, facilities at Annette could be pretty basic:
Following the war, life on Annette Island slowed down, but the people living there still played a crucial role in the safety of Alaska. At the northeast corner of the airport, on Tamgass Harbor, the U.S. Coast Guard established an Air Station, which by the mid-1960s had 83 enlisted personnel, including 18 pilots operating three Grumman Albatrosses and two Sikorsky HH-52A amphibious helicopters.
Photographs measure 9 x 9 and 8 x 10 inches and are in very good condition with a few light bends (see scans). There are no tears or creases and the images are very sharp and have strong tones with great contrast and clarity.
Please email with any questions and please "VIEW SELLERS OTHER ITEMS". Thanks.
NOTE: BUYERS - I can combine shipping and send out 8 ounces of items for the same price as one ounce...or about the equivalent of 6 - 8 x10 photographs.
