| Summary: | Caption in album: Nome Alaska. The Speedway Air Service moves north. Charter trips to Pt. Barrow, North Pole and points North. Cigar and Harry Nelson. Enjoy the crisp - cool flights. Ice-water--Extra. 50 Below- The "Big Bad Wolf" hauls em out and Presto!--frozen fish. Ice - 8ft thick. PH Coll 1214.2-6 Victor Shinzo Ogawa (October 1912 - May 25, 1936) worked as a mechanic and then at age 22 he earned his commercial pilot's license. He became the first Japanese American to obtain a pilot's license in the Pacific Northwest. He participated in airshows with well known pilots such as Nat Browne and Frank Whaley. This album documents airplanes and aviators, trips in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Ogawa called this album his "Collection book" because several of the photographs were sent to him from friends. The albums are extensively illustrated with drawings. Many people in the Japanese community in Seattle are identified. It also includes a photograph of Herman de Cano, the first Filipino licensed commercial pilot.
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