Stewart Collection ➔ Goggles
Object
2008.5.168
Aviator's Goggles
Aviator's goggles have a metal (aluminum?) frame with glass lenses. There appears to be a plastic layer sandwiched between the glass layers which has deteriorated. The frames are sewn to a brown cotton? fabric which is bordered in brown sheepskin. Either end of the goggles have a leather loop in which a metal looped fastener resides. This is where the strap to attach the goggles to the wearer's head would be located; this strap is missing.
The decomposing layer between the glass of the goggles has been identified as Mica by Cathy Ritchie - 2021
The decomposing layer between the glass of the goggles has been identified as Mica by Cathy Ritchie - 2021
Belonged to Gordon Stewart.
Gordon Stewart joined Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. in the summer of 1929 when the company purchased a new Ryan B5, to be the Queen of the Yukon II. The plane was picked up in St. Louis, Missouri by pilot John Patterson and flown to Seattle, Washington. It was in Seattle that Gordon Stewart began his tenure with Yukon Airways. Floats were fitted on the plane at Renton airport and they began their barnstorming trip up the west coast of B.C. on their way to the Yukon.
Gordon Stewart joined Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. in the summer of 1929 when the company purchased a new Ryan B5, to be the Queen of the Yukon II. The plane was picked up in St. Louis, Missouri by pilot John Patterson and flown to Seattle, Washington. It was in Seattle that Gordon Stewart began his tenure with Yukon Airways. Floats were fitted on the plane at Renton airport and they began their barnstorming trip up the west coast of B.C. on their way to the Yukon.