The
Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry
teamed up with local Alaskan Artist James Havens to
celebrate Alaska's historical aviation past by issuing
their first annual limited edition print titled "THE
MUD HEN."
This print features Anchorage's first plane, the
Boeing Model C which belonged to Mr. Charles
Hammondtree of Anchorage in the early 1920's. This
plane was nick named "The Mud Hen" by a few of the
old timers for its gray standard navy coloring, its
markings, and its landing and taking off on
Turnagain Arm's silt filled waters and mud caked beaches.
The C Models were initially created to be used as US
Navy training planes.
Mr. Hammondtree purchased the
plane in a surplus military auction in Washington State.
The plane was disassembled and shipped to Anchorage
where it was reassembled at the old dock in the Port
of Anchorage in 1922.
This print shows "The Mud
Hen" flying over Cook Inlet and Anchorage's Ship
Creek. In the distance is the Delaney Park Strip which
had just recently been cleared to serve as Anchorage's
only airstrip at that time. In the distance are the
Chugach Mountains.
About
the Artist
Mr.
Havens is an award winning local artist who has done
similar projects including the Alaska Railroad Poster
in 2001 and 2004.
Specifications
Print
$145 (19 1/4" x 29")
Poster $20 (19 1/4" x 29")
