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Boeing MB-3A Final Assembly Blueprints

 Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 1984-00-16-A
Contents of the Collection

The Boeing MB-3A Final Assembly Blueprints is a small collection consisting of a final assembly (three-view) drawing of the Boeing (Thomas-Morse) MB-3A dated July 14, 1922.

Dates: 1922 July 14

Boeing PW-9 (Model 15) Blueprints

 Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2016-10-26
Content Description The Boeing PW-9 (Model 15) Blueprints is a small collection consisting of 22 sheets of blueprint diagrams of various portions of the Boeing Model 15, also known as the PW-9, used by the U.S. Army Air Service in the 1920s and early 1930s. The sheets are stamped January 26, 1926. The sheets are labeled: assembly and installation, flight control board assembly, instruments cowl assembly, lower sta. #3 to #5 cowling assembly, PW-9...
Dates: 1926 January 26

William E. Boeing Sr. Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2005-10-06-B
Abstract

William E. Boeing, Sr. (1881-1956) was an aviation pioneer and founded The Boeing Company in 1916. The collection holds textual materials, such as correspondence, philately, business-related materials, clippings, and ephemera, as well as photographs and illustrations related to his personal and business life, circa 1783-2008. Major areas of interest include family photographs and extensive personal and business-related correspondence.

Dates: circa 1783-2008; Majority of material found within 1900s-1930s

Boeing SST artwork collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-00-00-88
Content Description

The collection consists of assorted concept art of the Boeing Model 2707 SST. Included are sketches, paintings in various media and presentation boards. The images are primarily exterior views of the plane in flight, although there is one image of an interior cabin. Some images have technical information on them.

Dates: circa 1960s

Boeing SST cutaway drawings

 Collection — oversize: folder 1
Identifier: 2021-07-07-A
Content Description

The Boeing SST cutaway drawings collection is a small collection consisting of cutaway drawings of the unrealized Boeing SST. There are three copies each of two drawings, one showing an overhead view of the aircraft and one showing an underside view. The largest are blueline drawings measuring about 36.5x13 incches, and there are two smaller photocopied versions of each.

Dates: circa 1960s

Boeing SST Research and Development Team photograph

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2020-08-23
Content Description

This small collection consists of a single item: an 8x10" black-and-white photographic group portrait of the Boeing SST research and development team. The print is dated both 1962 and 1963 in various handwritten notations. There are 122 people featured in the photograph and in the image they are seated in an auditorium. The names of the individuals are printed on the back of the photograph.

Dates: circa 1962-1963

The Boeing Story Exhibit Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-00-00-17
Content Description The Boeing Story Exhibit Collection consists of archival items acquired by the Museum of Flight for use in the "The Boeing Story: 1916-1958" exhibit, on permanent display in the Museum's Red Barn. This collection only represents archival items purchased for use in the exhibit; the exhibit also includes artifacts and library materials as well as archival items from other accessions which are not included in this collection.The collection is organized by theme following the layout...
Dates: 1901-1937

William E. Boeing Model 40B photographic poster

 Collection
Identifier: 2007-11-10
Contents of the Collection

The collection consists of one (1) 20x30" black-and-white photographic poster featuring the Boeing Model 40B (Tail number C 286), circa 1920s-1930s. The poster is cardboard-backed and has "W. E. Boeing [as before?] [illegible] 11.00 [Hoge?] 1128" handwritten in pencil on the reverse. The aircraft is in flight with unidentified mountains behind it and has "U.S. Mail C.A.M. 18" printed on the fuselage next to the Boeing Air Transport logo.

Dates: circa 1920s-1930s

Wilhelm Böing letters

 Collection — Box: Assorted rare collections, Box 1, Folder: 1-6
Identifier: 2018-00-00-154
Contents of the Collection

The collection contains six handwritten letters ranging from February 26, 1869 to April 18, 1883 between William E. Boeing, Sr. (WEB) and his father, Wilhelm Böing. It is not always clear who is writing to whom in the letters, since father and son shared the same name. Additionally, not all of the letters have accompanying envelopes which could provide clarification based on the address. The letters are in German and have not been translated.

Dates: 1869-1883

Dorothy Elizabeth (Baker) Bond World War I Poster Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-29-1
Overview

Dorothy Elizabeth (Baker) Bond was a Seattleite who supported the World War I homefront effort by selling war bonds and campaigning for the Red Cross. The collection consists of nearly 250 illustrated posters and broadsides that Bond collected during her work selling war bonds. The posters, which date from 1914-1919, were produced by various government agencies and non-profit organizations to promote military enlistment, fundraising campaigns, and homefront efforts supporting of the war.

Dates: circa 1914-1920

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Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 45
Washington (State) 44
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Seattle (Wash.) 40
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France 38
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Boeing Model 747 Family 31
newsletters 31
technical drawings 31
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Alaska 28
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Flight training 27
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personnel records 27
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airline maps 26
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 25
Women air pilots 25
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stationery 25
transportation timetables 25
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Germany 23
drawings (visual works) 23
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Boeing Model 707 Family 21
advertisements 21
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China 20
audiocassettes 20
Airplanes -- Flight testing 19
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 19
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 19
luggage tags 19
manuals (instructional materials) 19
Douglas DC-3 Family 18
England 18
TMOF Aircraft 18
admission tickets 18
blueprints (reprographic copies) 18
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 17
Hawaii 17
Training 17
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 17
diplomas 17
manuscripts (documents) 17
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Air shows 16
Astronauts 16
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 16
Boeing Model 727 Family 16
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Boeing 57
United States. Army Air Forces 57
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United Airlines 45
Pan American World Airways, Inc. 41
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration 28
United States. Army. Air Corps 27
Northwest Airlines, Inc. 25
Trans World Airlines 22
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces 21
United States. Army. Air Service 19
Western Airlines 19
Project Apollo (U.S.) 17
United States. Army 17
United States. Marine Corps 15
King County International Airport 14
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 13
North American 13
Douglas 12
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 12
American Airlines 11
Women Airforce Service Pilots (U.S.) 11
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 10
Lockheed 10
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 8th 10
Alaska Airlines 9
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 9
Curtiss 9
United States. Civil Aeronautics Administration 9
United States. Naval Reserve 9
Air Line Pilots Association 8
Braniff Airways 8
Douglas Aircraft Company 8
Lunar Orbiter (Artificial satellite) 8
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 8
Apollo 11 (Spacecraft) 7
Continental Airlines 7
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 7
Delta Air Lines 7
Eastern Air Lines 7
Flying Tiger Line 7
Hughes Airwest 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
John F. Kennedy Space Center 6
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 6
National Championship Air Races 6
Northrop 6
Quiet Birdmen 6
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 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
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 5
China. Kong jun. American Volunteer Group 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
KLM (Airline) 5
Kelly Field (Tex.) 5
Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 5
McDonnell Douglas Corp 5
National Airlines 5
Pearson Field (Vancouver, Wash.) 5
Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 5
Scandinavian Airlines System 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
China National Aviation Corporation 4
Dallas Love Field 4
Doolittle, James Harold, 1896-1993 4
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 4
Fairchild 4
Fokker 4

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