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Boeing Company

 Organization

Dates

  • Usage: 1916

Found in 57 Collections and/or Records:

Abraham L. Brearcliffe Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1984-08-30-B
Abstract

Abraham Lincoln Brearcliffe, Jr. (1899-1984) was born in Washington state and worked for Boeing from 1930-1945. The collection features photographs, clippings and newsletters, foreman's materials, labor union membership books, and assorted ephemera from Brearcliffe's time at Boeing, most of which are almost exclusively from the war years (1941-1945).

Dates: 1921-1945, 1967-1970 ; Majority of material found within 1941-1945

William Hough "Bill" Cook Jr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-10-26
Abstract

The William Hough “Bill” Cook, Jr. Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia pertaining to the life and work of Bill Cook, Jr. A significant portion of this collection is made up of correspondence, both personal and professional. Major topics include the Boeing high speed wind tunnel, the B-29, B-47, and B-17 bombers, the development of the YC-14 short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft, and research on supersonic transport.

Dates: 1925-2012; Majority of material found within 1938 - 1974

David L. Davidson Jr. Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-07-11
Abstract David L. Davidson was an electrical engineer at The Boeing Company and worked on the Saturn V Rocket and the Lunar Rover projects. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1942-1946 and in the U.S. Army Reserves Engineer Corps from 1957-1962. This collection, which dates from 1941 to his retirement from Boeing in 1988, consists of textual materials, photographs, and one digital audio recording. It includes administrative records, notes, Boeing managerial training materials, photographs that depict...
Dates: circa 1937-1988

Helen C. Eads Boeing Machinist Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2023-10-05
Contents of the Collection The Helen C. Eads Boeing Machinist Collection is a single-file collection that pertains to Eads' work as a machinist on B-29 aircraft at The Boeing Company in 1944. It includes Eads' union card book and "honorary retiring card" for the International Order of Machinists, Lodge Number 751-H. It also includes three black-and-white photographs. One depicts a B-29 in flight over Mount Rainier. The other two images both depict Eads; one shows her working as a machinist. The other image is a group...
Dates: 1944

Ferrari Family Boeing Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2021-12-06
Overview

A small collection of photographs, newsletter, and ID card related to Boeing employees Ottavio Ferrari and Roy J. Ferrari.

Dates: 1934-1945

John Fornasero Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2011-06-24
Abstract:

The John Fornasero Papers are comprised of documents, photographs, newspaper clippings, and ephemera pertaining to the life and work of flight instructor, aviation inspector, and test pilot John B. Fornasero. A significant portion of this collection is made up of photographs. Major topics include the Ryan School of Aeronautics, the Civil Aeronautics Administration, Fairchild Aircraft Company, and Boeing Aircraft Company.

Dates: 1904-2006

David Gallagher Boeing 747 Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2020-10-29
Content Description

The David Gallagher Boeing 747 Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of 39 8x10" black-and-white photographss that were taken in early 1968 of the Boeing 747 assembly process. There are 15 photos taken on January 4; 15 photos taken on February 29; one photo taken on March 3; four photos taken on March 6; one photo taken on March 23; and three taken on April 24, 1968. The images depict pieces of the fuselage being positioned together.

Dates: 1968

Gary M. Garofano Photograph Collection

 Collection — Box One
Identifier: 2018-08-07
Contents of the Collection

The Gary Garofano Photograph Collection is a small collection of photographs and prints, circa 1972-1973, depicting Boeing SST mock-up landing gear (including the steering linkage, main strut, side strut, and uplock mechanism), SST concept art, Boeing 747, and the Minuteman Missile. Most of the images are in black-and-white although the Minuteman images are in color. There is no identifying information on the photographs.

Dates: 1972-1973

Adilene (Pogliano) Haderli Boeing Scrapbook

 Collection — Box Scrapbook Box 23, Volume: One
Identifier: 2022-02-07
Content Description Adilene (Pogliano) Haderli Boeing Scrapbook consists of a scrapbook created by Haderli who worked as a painter for Boeing during World War II. The scrapbook includes clippings, photographs, correspondence, printed ephemera, and some small artifacts, both affixed to the pages and loose, predominantly related to the construction of Boeing B-17s. The majority of materials date from 1942-1945.The scrapbook measures about 12.5x16.5x2 inches and has a brown faux-leather cover with an...
Dates: 1942-1954, 2001

Robert E. Hage Photograph Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-25
Content Description The Robert E. Hage Photograph Collection consists primarily of visual materials related to Hage's career as an aeronautical engineer and executive at the Boeing Company and McDonnell Aircraft Company in the mid-to-late twentieth century. Hage's time at Boeing is documented with four official black-and-white 8x10-inch photographs of Hage with colleagues. Three show the men in thier offices at King County Airport at Boeing Field and one shows them in the cockpit of a 707. ...
Dates: circa 1950s-1978

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