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Mary Christensen Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2000-09-13
Contents of the Collection

The collection includes route maps, schedules, and brochures by Northwest Airlines and Western Air Lines, circa 1940s. Materials from both airlines feature the Douglas DC-4 and DC-3 aircraft in their promotional art. Also included is a Souvenir Air Log by Northwest Airlines, which unfolds to a reversible map that features domestic and international routes along with trivia about the science of air travel.

Dates: Circa 1945-1950
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Bernhard Christenson Christmas Card

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2009-02-09
Content Description The Bernhard Christenson Christmas Card is a small collection consisting of a single item: an embroidered postcard celebrating New Year's of 1919. The front of the card has colorful embroidery of flowers and text that reads: "1919 / Best Wishes." The reverse side of the card is inscribed "Merry Christmas / and a / Happy New Year / from / Bernhard." Printed on the card is: "Fabrication Française." The card is accompanied by an envelope mailed by Bernhard Christenson, likely an American...
Dates: 1918
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Dean E. Christianson World War II and Korean War Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-09-01-A
Contents of the Collection The Dean E. Christianson World War II and Korean War Collection consists primarily of textal materials and a few visual materials from Dean's service as a navigator in the U.S. Army Transportion Corps. Included in the collection are correspondence files, personnel documents, military orders, charts, maps, navigator’s logs and flight plans, as well as a small amount of travel ephemera. The materials which range from 1941 to 1958, are organized in three series: Series...
Dates: 1941-1958
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Bea Chun Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2024-01-01
Contents of the Collection The Bea Chun Flight Attendant Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Chun during her tenure as a flight attendant for American Airlines and Braniff Airlines, spanning 1980-2006. The bulk of the material is from American Airlines, 1996-2006, including a 25th anniversary pin and brochure, assorted policy booklets, such as "Uniforms and Appearance Standards," "Polar Flight Operations," and "You are Alert and Alive;" printed ephemera, including crew rest seat...
Dates: circa 1980-2006
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Roy T. Church Vietnam War Photograph Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2017-09-29
Abstract

Roy T. Church (b. 1944) was born in Great Falls, Montana and served in Vietnam with the U.S. Marines as a bombadier and navigator from 1968-1969. The collection contains slides, photographs and a map related to his military service.

Dates: 1965-1969
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert Coats Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008-08-02
Contents of the Collection The Robert Coats Fighter Ace Collection consists primarily of military documents relating to the World War II service of Captain Robert Charles Coats. Although Coats served in the United States Navy from 1940 to 1971, the items in this collection are from the years 1940-1951.Included in the collection is Coats' military personnel documents, including two black-and-white photographs of Coats as an aviation cadet. Additional materials consist of his ensign commission, fitness...
Dates: 1940-1951
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Clarke C. Cole Alaska Airlines Pilot Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2023-10-24
Content Description The Clarke C. Cole Alaska Airlines Pilot Collection is a small collection of materials related to Cole’s personal family life, service in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II, and his career as a pilot with Alaska Airlines from 1947-1971. The materials date from 1903-1966 and are predominantly comprised of photographs, with a small amount of textual materials. The textual component of the collection includes clippings, correspondence from Cole to his wife, Blanche K. Cole,...
Dates: 1903-1966
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Charles B. D. Collyer Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2014-00-00-84
Abstract

Charles B. D. Collyer (1896-1928) enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps during World War I. After the war Collyer broke the record for circumnavigation of the globe. On the return trip, Collyer died attempting to break his own record. The collection contains correspondence about naming an airfield in his honor as well as a photograph and drawing of Collyer.

Dates: 1924-1941
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Felice Colombo Logbook and Photographs

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2000-10-16-145
Contents of the Collection The Felice Colombo Logbook and Photographs is a small collection consisting of one pilot's logbook and three photographs related to aviation in Italy during World War I. The pilot's logbook belonged to Felice Colombo of Como, Italy and documents his aviation training in April-July 1918 with the 14th artillery regiment of Italy's air force. The plane listed in the log for most of his flights is an "Aviatik 100HP 6541," likely referring to an SAML/Aviatik S.1. A handwritten note...
Dates: 1918, undated
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 1, A)

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-1
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: 1910s-2020s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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photographic prints 433
clippings (information artifacts) 187
World War, 1939-1945 183
printed ephemera 169
correspondence 156
Air pilots, Military 105
logs (records) 103
certificates 98
World War, 1914-1918 77
Airlines 76
Airplanes, Military 74
Air pilots 71
military records 71
photocopies 70
booklets 69
negatives (photographs) 63
scrapbooks 61
Flight attendants 58
postcards 57
Soldiers 55
brochures 55
photograph albums 55
Aircraft accidents 53
aerial photographs 52
identity cards 51
slides (photographs) 50
Boeing Company -- Employees 49
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 44
Washington (State) 44
Women in aeronautics 42
maps (documents) 42
memorandums 40
Seattle (Wash.) 39
decals 38
menus 38
notes (documents) 38
France 37
orders (military records) 37
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 35
lithographs 33
articles 31
newsletters 31
Fighter pilots 30
business cards 30
notebooks 30
technical reports 30
Airplanes -- Design and construction 29
Boeing Model 747 Family 29
programs (documents) 29
Airships 28
Alaska 28
Seaplanes 28
photographic postcards 28
posters 28
technical drawings 28
Northwest, Pacific 27
digital prints 27
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
Flight training 25
Japan 25
Women air pilots 25
personnel records 25
signatures (names) 24
Germany 23
drawings (visual works) 23
instructional materials 23
Air mail service 21
California 21
airline maps 21
stationery 21
transportation timetables 21
Biplanes 20
Bombing, Aerial 20
16mm (photographic film size) 19
China 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
manuals (instructional materials) 19
Airplanes -- Flight testing 18
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 18
Boeing Model 707 Family 18
England 18
TMOF Aircraft 18
audiocassettes 18
blueprints (reprographic copies) 18
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 17
Douglas DC-3 Family 17
admission tickets 17
advertisements 17
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 17
diplomas 17
manuscripts (documents) 17
Aces (Fighter pilots) 16
Air shows 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Hawaii 16
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 16
Training 16
Airplanes 15
Armed Forces -- Officers 15
Astronauts 15
Names
United States. Navy 75
United States. Air Force 62
Boeing 56
United States. Army Air Forces 56
Boeing Company 45
United Airlines 44
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 39
United States. Army. Air Corps 27
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 25
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 25
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
Trans World Airlines 20
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Western Airlines 18
Project Apollo (U.S.) 16
United States. Army 16
King County International Airport 14
United States. Marine Corps 14
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 13
Douglas 12
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 12
North American 12
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
American Airlines 10
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Lockheed 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 9
Curtiss 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
Air Line Pilots Association 8
Alaska Airlines 8
Douglas Aircraft Company 8
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 8
United States. Naval Reserve 8
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Braniff Airways 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Eastern Air Lines 7
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 7
Slayton, Donald K., 1924-1993 7
Wright, Orville, 1871-1948 7
Boeing Air Transport 6
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 6
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 6
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 6
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Continental Airlines 6
Delta Air Lines 6
Flying Tiger Line 6
Hughes Airwest 6
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 6
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Northrop 6
Quiet Birdmen 6
United States. Army. European Theater of Operations 6
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 6
United States. Army. Signal Corps 6
Varney Air Lines 6
Wright, Wilbur, 1867-1912 6
American Fighter Aces Association 5
Apollo 13 (Spacecraft) 5
Apollo Soyuz Test Project 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 5
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Seattle" (#1) 5
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 5
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 5
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 5
Stearman (1927) 5
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 5
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 5
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Services of Supply 5
Aerocar, Inc 4
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 4
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 4
British Airways 4
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 4
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 4
Dallas Love Field 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fairchild 4
Fokker 4
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 4
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 4
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 4
Haise, Fred, 1933- 4

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