| Imprint:
|
[March 27,
1930] |
| Medium:
|
1 photographic
print : gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Part
of: |
David
Anderson Photograph Collection (Institute for Regional Studies,
NDSU, Fargo) |
| Description:
|
Soldiers
standing at attention by open grave with top of casket at ground
level as being lowered into grave. To right solder playing taps
on bugle in front of radio microphone. Automobiles and large crowd
behind soldiers. |
| Biographical
note: |
Pioneer aviator
Carl Ben Eielson was born and raised at Hatton, N.D. During World
War I he enlisted in the Army Air Service and completed pilot training.
After studying at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. he went
to Fairbanks, Alaska to teach. There he realized the value of aviation
and purchased an airplane and began flying passengers and cargo
throughout Alaska. In 1924 he piloted the first airmail route in
Alaska and became known as the 'Father of Aviation' in the future
state. He met George Hubert Wilkins and together they earned international
acclaim for their non-stop 2,200 mile flight over the North Pole
in 1928. That same year they completed a 1,200 mile flight in the
Antarctic. In 1929 he was killed while attempting to rescue passengers
and cargo from a ice-bound ship in the Bering Strait. His body and
co-pilot were found later that winter in the Soviet Union's Siberia.
His body was brought back to Hatton for burial. |
| Note:
|
Title supplied
by cataloger. |
| Time
Period: |
1930-1939. |
| Location:
|
Hatton (N.D.)
|
| Subjects:
|
Funeral
rites & ceremonies--North Dakota--Hatton |
|
|
Coffins |
| |
Graves--North
Dakota--Hatton |
| |
Cemeteries--North
Dakota--Hatton |
| |
Crowds--North
Dakota--Hatton |
|
|
Soldiers--
North Dakota--Hatton |
|
|
Military
uniforms |
| |
Radio broadcasting--North
Dakota--Hatton |
| |
Eielson, Carl
Benjamin, 1897-1929--Death & burial |
| Record
No.: |
VM94-007346
|
| Call
No.: |
2023.48.9 |
| Negative
No.: |
Anderson P-25
(8 x 10 in.) |
| Videodisc
No.: |
RS-1-14757 |
| |
|
| Credit
Line: |
Institute
for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2023.48.9) |
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