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Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-119
Abstract

The Blueprints and Technical Drawings Collection is an artificial collection comprised of drawings related to assorted aircraft (commercial, personal, and military), helicopters, rockets, as well as related engines, accessories, parts and buildings, ranging from 1878-2000s.

Dates: 1878 - circa 2000s

Joe Aiken Films

 Collection — Box: Film Box 4, Reel: 1-6
Identifier: 1998-12-28
Contents of the Collection The Joe Aiken Films are comprised of six films shot, produced, or compiled by Joe Aiken of 20th Century Fox Studio, from approximately 1918-1947. The films contain a mix of newsreel footage, documentary footage of aircraft manufacturing, and flight footage. Three of the films contain footage of World War I flying aces, flying squadrons, World War I-era aircraft, and transatlantic flight attempts. One of the films contains newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II and the...
Dates: circa 1918-1950s

Aircraft Identification Posters Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-00-00-37
Abstract

The Aircraft Identification Posters Collection is an artificial collection comprised of visual materials ranging from 1916-1946 designed to help individuals on the ground identify aircraft during wartime.

Dates: 1916-circa 1946

John W. Allen World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-04-29-2
Overview

John W. Allen was a B-17 navigator during World War II. The collection consists of visual, audiovisual, and textual materials documenting Allen's missions in Europe with the 91st Bomb Group (H), 401st Bomb Squadron.

Dates: 1942-1945, 1976-1978, 1996-2002

Elsie Anderson Boeing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1997-04-17-A
Abstract

Elsie Anderson worked at Boeing Company as a Public Relations representative, circa 1940s-1950s. The collection includes negatives, films, photographic prints, and a small amount of textual materials related to Boeing aircraft and test flights occurring during the 1940s-1950s.

Dates: circa 1940s-1950s

Norman "Jim" S. Archibald Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1986-10-10-A
Abstract

Norman "Jim" Silas Archibald (1894-1975) of Seattle, Washington served in the U.S. Army Air Service, 95th Aero Squadron during World War I, and later published a bestselling book on his experience. He served again in the Air Force during World War II at home in Seattle. The collection contains correspondence, military documents, photographs, and other materials relating to Archibald's life and military service.

Dates: 1917-1946

Army Air Corps Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: 1993-12-02
Abstract

The Army Air Corps Photographs is comprised of fifty-nine black-and-white photographs primarily depicting the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race and Mitchell Trophy Race with ten snapshots featuring the Sacramento Air Depot in 1940.

Dates: 1923, 1940

Abraham J. Artig World War II Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-09-11
Overview

The A.J. Artig World War II Collection relates to A.J. Artig's service in the Army Air Corps as a B-26 Marauder pilot.

Dates: 1943-2010

Aviation Artwork Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2022-00-00-86
Abstract

The Aviation Artwork Collection contains original works on paper and lithographic reprints of artwork related to aviation. The collection contains a wide variety of aviation-related artwork with themes of travel, war, innovation, and history.

Dates: circa 1920s-1990s

Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-06-30
Content Description The Elmer A. Ball World War II Negatives is a collection of 184 photographic negatives taken by Ball during his service with the U.S. Navy, much of which took place in Guam during the later years of World War II. The negatives are all medium format black-and-white negatives, except for one color transparency. They were not organized in any particular manner.The images depict a variety of people, activities, and buildings in and around Naval Air Station Agana on Guam from roughly...
Dates: circa 1944-1950

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photographic prints 99
Airplanes, Military 69
World War, 1939-1945 43
correspondence 41
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Air pilots, Military 33
World War, 1914-1918 31
printed ephemera 28
Airplanes -- Design and construction 27
Soldiers 26
aerial photographs 25
Aircraft accidents 22
Boeing Company -- Employees 19
logs (records) 19
negatives (photographs) 19
photograph albums 19
scrapbooks 19
Air pilots 18
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Family 18
military records 18
photocopies 17
certificates 16
Airplanes -- Flight testing 15
Airships 15
France 15
Boeing B-29 Superfortress 14
identity cards 14
Airplanes 13
notes (documents) 13
slides (photographs) 13
Seaplanes 12
Washington (State) 12
lithographs 12
Consolidated B-24 Liberator Family 11
Curtiss JN-4D Jenny 11
Douglas C-47 Skytrain Family 11
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4 11
maps (documents) 11
technical drawings 11
Biplanes 10
Boeing B-47 Stratojet Family (Model 450) 10
Boeing Model 747 Family 10
memorandums 10
orders (military records) 10
Airplanes -- Cockpits 9
Boeing B-17 Model 299 Flying Fortress ("XB-17") 9
North American B-25 Mitchell Family 9
16mm (photographic film size) 8
Armed Forces -- Officers 8
Boeing B-52 Stratofortress Family (Model 464) 8
China 8
Curtiss C-46 Commando Family 8
Douglas DC-3 Family 8
Fighter pilots 8
Lockheed P-38 Lightning Family 8
North American P-51 Mustang Family 8
Seattle (Wash.) 8
Ships 8
Test pilots 8
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area 8
articles 8
blueprints (reprographic copies) 8
technical reports 8
8mm (photographic film size) 7
Airlines 7
Airplanes -- Maintenance and repair 7
Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress 7
Boeing B-29 Superfortress Family (Model 345) 7
Bombing, Aerial 7
Fighter planes 7
Martin (Glenn L.) B-26 Marauder Family 7
Military education 7
North American AT-6 Texan Family 7
SPAD XIII (S.13) 7
brochures 7
newsletters 7
photographic postcards 7
postcards 7
Aircraft carriers 6
Airplanes -- Conservation and restoration 6
Airplanes -- Recognition 6
Bell P-39 Airacobra Family 6
Buildings -- War damage 6
California 6
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Family 6
Douglas B-18 Family 6
Douglas C-54 Skymaster 6
Germany 6
Helicopters 6
Japan 6
Republic P-47 (F-47) Thunderbolt Family 6
TMOF Aircraft 6
booklets 6
drawings (visual works) 6
notebooks 6
programs (documents) 6
yearbooks 6
Aircraft cabins 5
Airplane racing 5
Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser Family 5
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Boeing Company 13
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United States. Army. Air Service 9
North American 8
Curtiss 7
United States. Army 7
United States. Army. Air Corps 7
United States. Marine Corps 7
Consolidated Aircraft Corp 6
Douglas 6
Lockheed 6
Germany. Luftwaffe 5
King County International Airport 5
Northrop 5
Allen, Edmund Turney, 1896-1943 4
Canada. Royal Canadian Air Force 4
Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975 4
Fairchild 4
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 4
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 4
Ryan NYP "Spirit of St Louis" 4
Sikorsky 4
United Airlines 4
Beall, Wellwood Edmeston, 1906-1978 3
Boeing Company. Wichita Division 3
Boeing, William Edward, 1881-1956 3
Bristol 3
Chennault, Claire Lee, 1893-1958 3
Curtiss, Glenn Hammond, 1878-1930 3
Dallas Love Field 3
Douglas Aircraft Company 3
Fokker 3
Fornasero, John B., 1904-1967 3
Great Britain. Royal Air Force 3
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 3
National Championship Air Races 3
Pan American World Airways, Inc 3
Reed, A.C. 3
Robbins, Robert M. 3
Showalter, N.D. (Noah David), 1925-2012 3
Stearman (1927) 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 94th 3
United States. Army. Air Service. Aero Squadron, 95th 3
United States. Army. Forces in China-Burma-India Theater 3
Wells, Edward C., 1910-1986 3
Western Airlines 3
Alaska Airlines 2
Amendola, John 2
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 2
Avro 2
Barr, Julius A., 1905-1939 2
Beachey, Lincoln J., 1887-1915 2
Bell 2
Bong, Richard Ira, 1920-1945 2
Caproni 2
Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003 2
Claude Dornier (Firm) 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 2
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 2
Experimental Aircraft Association 2
Farré, Henry 2
Flying Tiger Line 2
Focke-Wulf 2
Fraser, James A. 2
Glenn L. Martin (Firm) 2
Great Britain. Royal Flying Corps 2
Guynemer, Georges, 1894-1917 2
Hamilton Metalplane Co 2
Hartney, Harold Evans, 1888-1945 2
Hawks, Frank, 1897-1938 2
Heinkel 2
Hennings, Tandy Cook 2
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976 2
Junkers 2
Kitty Hawk (Aircraft carrier) 2
Lamson, Robert T., 1914-2011 2
Langley Field (Va.) 2
Los Angeles International Airport 2
Luke, Frank, 1897-1918 2
Luplow, Kenneth B., 1919- 2
McCook Field (Ohio) 2
McDonnell Douglas Corp 2
Messerschmitt 2
Museum of Flight (Seattle, Wash.) 2
Nicholas-Beazley 2
OX-5 Aviation Pioneers (Organization) 2
Osler, Edward Scott, 1918-1949 2
Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948 2
Republic of China Air Force 2
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 2
Savoia-Marchetti 2
Scott, Clayton, 1905-2006 2
Sopwith 2
Supermarine 2
Tibbets, Paul W. (Paul Warfield), 1915-2007 2
Townsend, Guy M., 1920-2011 2
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