Stewart Collection ➔ Photographic Print
Archival Item
2008.5.99
Black and white sepia-toned photograph of Gordon Stewart and Wilda McCormick? standing beside Yukon Airways & Exploration Company Ltd. plane, Queen of the Yukon II (CF-AHD). Only the tail of the plane is visible; it reads "Ryan B5". Stewart and McCormick appear to be standing on a dock. A mountain is visible in the background.
The back of the photo has "3 00" stamped on it in blue ink. Photograph has a 1cm white border around it.
The back of the photo has "3 00" stamped on it in blue ink. Photograph has a 1cm white border around it.
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. Pontoons 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 later married Wilda McCormick on July 25, 1931.
Gordon Stewart later married Wilda McCormick on July 25, 1931.