Stewart Collection ➔ Negative, Film
Archival Item
2008.5.145
Black and white negative of an airplane, "West Wind", a Ford Trimotor 4-AT-E c/n 65; registration NC 8403; the number two is visible on the tails beneath the registration. Written in the exterior of the plane's cockpit is "Mamer-Air Transport". The airplane is on wheels and sits tied to the ground. Visible in the ground are a spool of rope or wire and a can of Zeroleni? Aircraft Oil, turned on its side. Power or telephone lines and buildings are visible in the background.
During the 1920s, the Mamer Air Transport Company pioneered a commercial and mail route between Seattle and Spokane, Washington and Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. (http://www.oldbeacon.com/beacon/airlines/usa/mamer.htm)