Box 4
Container
Contains 73 Results:
Air mail cover addressed to WEB, Seattle, Washington. Cachet on front: "Aviation History, 1911-1938 - Glenn L. Martin Flies First Plane into Clay Center, Nebraska, 1911 - First Air Mail Flight, May 19, 1938." Backstamp: "First Air Mail Flight - Clay Center, Nebraska", 1938 May 19
File — Box: 4, Folder: 14
Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
The William E. Boeing, Sr. Papers are comprised of visual and textual materials related to the personal life and career of William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB). The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence and philately, business-related materials, and clippings and ephemera as well as photographs and illustrations, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence, especially during the founding of The...
Dates:
1938 May 19
Four air mail covers, 1938 May 19
File — Box: 4, Folder: 15
Additional details
Two covers addressed to Bill Boeing, Jr. (one to Seattle, Washington; the other to Pasadena, California); one to WEB, Seattle, Washington; one to D.R. Drew, Seattle, Washington. All with front cachet: "20th anniversary of the inauguration of regular air mail service - First National Air Mail Week - May 15-21, 1938 - Commemorative Flight from Kitty Hawk, North Carolina to Dayton, Ohio in honor of the Wright Brothers"
Dates:
1938 May 19
Air mail cover addressed to WEB, Seattle, Washington. Stamped on front with image of Glenn L. Martin with text: "Macksburg, IA. Birthplace of Glenn L. Martin (1886-), Designer of Martin Airplanes - Air Mail Week - May 15 to 21", 1938 May 20
File — Box: 4, Folder: 16
Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
The William E. Boeing, Sr. Papers are comprised of visual and textual materials related to the personal life and career of William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB). The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence and philately, business-related materials, and clippings and ephemera as well as photographs and illustrations, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence, especially during the founding of The...
Dates:
1938 May 20
Letter to WEB from Merl LaVoy, U.S. Consulate, Johannesburg, South Africa. Sends commemorative air mail cover for WEB's collection, 1938 August 2
File — Box: 4, Folder: 17
Additional details
Includes centenary commemorative envelope with illustration depicting the “Great Trek” of 1838 by the Voortrekker [Dutch-speaking settlers] from Cape Colony into the interior of South Africa. LaVoy notes that first one thousand miles of the letter's trip was via ox cart, while the rest would be air mail.
Dates:
1938 August 2
Envelope scrap with five Siam [Thailand] stamps, 1939-1945 circa
File — Box: 4, Folder: 18
Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
The William E. Boeing, Sr. Papers are comprised of visual and textual materials related to the personal life and career of William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB). The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence and philately, business-related materials, and clippings and ephemera as well as photographs and illustrations, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence, especially during the founding of The...
Dates:
1939-1945 circa
Air mail cover addressed to Mrs. WEB, Seattle, Washington. Stamped on front: "The Boeing Clipper Inaugural Flight 1939 - San Francisco, Honolulu, Midway, [Wake?], Guam, Manila, Hong Kong and return." Includes transpacific air mail stamp, 1939 March 13
File — Box: 4, Folder: 19
Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
The William E. Boeing, Sr. Papers are comprised of visual and textual materials related to the personal life and career of William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB). The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence and philately, business-related materials, and clippings and ephemera as well as photographs and illustrations, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence, especially during the founding of The...
Dates:
1939 March 13
Letter to WEB from Thomas F. Hamilton. Sends greetings via first Transatlantic air mail. Includes air mail cover, 1939 May 23
File — Box: 4, Folder: 20
Additional details
Air mail cover addressed to WEB, Santa Anita Race Track, California from France. This has been crossed out and handwritten in pen is Harve de Grace Race Track, Baltimore, Maryland. This was also crossed out and in pencil is written "Delaware Park, Staunton, Delaware."
Dates:
1939 May 23
First flight air mail cover to Bill Boeing, Jr., Claremont, California from WEB. Cachet on front: "First Flight F.A.M. 20." With six-cent air mail stamp, 1940 June 20
File — Box: 4, Folder: 21
Contents of the Collection
From the Collection:
The William E. Boeing, Sr. Papers are comprised of visual and textual materials related to the personal life and career of William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB). The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence and philately, business-related materials, and clippings and ephemera as well as photographs and illustrations, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence, especially during the founding of The...
Dates:
1940 June 20
First flight air mail cover to Mrs. WEB, Seattle, Washington from Ketchikan, Alaska. Cachet on front: "First Flight Seattle - Juneau, U.S. Air Mail F.A.M. 20", 1940 June 22
File — Box: 4, Folder: 22
Additional details
Includes brief note informing Bertha Boeing to keep the cover if interested and return it if not. Signed by [Anna?] Harrington.
Dates:
1940 June 22
First flight air mail cover to WEB and Bertha Boeing, Seattle, Washington from Santa Monica, California. Cachet on front: "B-19 Initial Flight of World's Largest Airplane the Douglas B-19 Super-Bomber for United States Army Air Corps." With six-cent air mail stamp, 1941 June 27
File — Box: 4, Folder: 23
Additional details
Includes letter to WEB from Gordon D. Brown, Sales Manager, Douglas Aircraft Company. Sends cover to celebrate aviation progress.
Dates:
1941 June 27