Stewart Collection ➔ Briefcase
Object
2008.5.169
Brown leather briefcase with "Yukon Airways Ltd." embossed in gold coloured ink on the front centre. Top of briefcase has a leather handle attached to body with metal D-ring fasteners. Front has metal locking devise and two metals fasteners on either side where a strap would fasten to, like a belt buckle. These straps are missing.
The interior of the briefcase has two compartments that fold accordion style. Interior of top flap has a metal bar attached lengthwise; the handle is attached to this bar.
The interior of the briefcase has two compartments that fold accordion style. Interior of top flap has a metal bar attached lengthwise; the handle is attached to this bar.
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.