Original 1970s WIEN AIR ALASKA Travel Poster Katmai National Park airline art

Description

This is a
Vintage
Original 1970s
Wien AIR ALASKA
Travel Poster
- Katmai National Monument -
It is not a reprint or reproduction. Poster measures 17 1/2" x 24". It is in great, used condition. Colors are bright. Poster has minor edge wear and a couple small border tears, largest about 3/4 inch, bottom center (as shown)
. No tape or pinholes. (please see photos).  Displays beautifully!
Printed in U.S.A.
Fabulous
poster featuring art scenes of
Katmai National Park!
Katmai National Park and Preserve i
s an American national park and preserve in southern Alaska, notable for the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes and for its brown bears. The park and preserve encompass 4,093,077 acres (6,395.43 sq mi; 16,564.09 km2), which is between the sizes of Connecticut and New Jersey. Most of the national park is a designated wilderness area where all hunting is banned. The park is named after Mount Katmai, its centerpiece stratovolcano. The park is located on the Alaska Peninsula, across from Kodiak Island, with headquarters in nearby King Salmon, about 290 miles (470 km) southwest of Anchorage. The area was first designated a national monument in 1918 to protect the area around the major 1912 volcanic eruption of Novarupta, which formed the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. The present national park and preserve were established in 1980 under the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act.
The park includes as many as 18 individual volcanoes, seven of which have been active since 1900.
Wien Air Alaska
(IATA: WC) was a United States airline formed from Northern Consolidated Airlines (NCA) and Wien Alaska Airways. The company was famous for being the first airline in Alaska, and one of the first in the United States; it ceased operations 36 years ago on 23 November 1984 when it was operating as Wien. On 20 Oct. 1928, Wien Alaska Airways, Inc. was incorporated. In 1968, Wien merged with Northern Consolidated Airlines and the new company was called Wien Consolidated Airlines until 1973, when the company name became Wien Air Alaska. The company pioneered jet service to gravel runways and helped develop the Boeing 737-200 Combi aircraft configuration which allowed mixed freight and passenger loads on the main deck of the aircraft. Their main bases were located in Anchorage and Seattle.
Before Wien Air folded in 1985, they were known as the second-oldest airline in the United States.