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Collection
Identifier: 2007-08-08
Abstract
Lee R. Embree (1915-2008) was born in Iowa, enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1936, and was assigned to the 38th Reconnaisance Squadron as an aerial photographer during World War II. Embree was at Hickam Field, Hawaii during the 1941 Pearl Harbor bombing and took several photographs. The collection contains photographs, textual materials, audiovisual materials, and a scrapbook that relate to Embree's military service and photography as well as his post-war photography activities.
Dates:
1918-2005 (bulk dates 1939-1945)
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2020-12-07
Content Description
The Duane Kaiser World War II Collection is a small collection documenting Kaiser's service in the 487th Bomb Group and political career in the Washington State House of Representatives. Materials include photographs (primarily digital prints rather than vintage prints); a scrapbook related to his military service with photographs, military orders, and 487th Bomb group association materials; correspondence and clippings related to his military service; 487th bomb group information; and a...
Dates:
circa 1942-1945, 1983-2002
Collection
Identifier: 2000-10-16-430
Abstract
Lloyd R. Lyckman (1914-1993) was a Staff Sergeant with Army Air Forces 158th and 72nd Liaison Squadrons during World War II and post-war in Japan. The collection contains photographs, assorted manuscripts, maps and printed ephemera related to his training and military service in Japan.
Dates:
1933-1949
Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 1987-08-25
Contents of the Collection
The Jerry MacDonald Boeing Correspondence Collection consists holiday greeting cards and letters sent by the Boeing family to the MacDonald family in the early 20th century. The collection includes 14 custom-designed greeting cards for Christmas and New Year's ranging from 1929-1931 as well as some undated cards; three handwritten letters and one typed letter from 1925-1930; 1 empty envelope, undated; one undated map of Washington State and southern Britsh Columbia; one 1906 photograph of...
Dates:
1906, 1925-1939, undated
Collection — Box: Film Box 6, Reel: 1
Identifier: 1999-03-02-A
Contents of the Collection
The Harry R. Mankins Film Collection is a small collection containing one film reel from circa 1930s-1940s of various military aircraft and airliners flying around the Seattle, Washington area. Aircraft pictured include the Boeing XB-15, XB-17, 247, and 314 Clipper prototype; Consolidated PBY Catalina flying boats; and a United Airlines Douglas DC-3 "Mainliner" aircraft. Passengers, flight attendants, and flight and ground crew are featured in a few shots. Other scenes include a brief aerial...
Dates:
circa 1930s-1940s
Collection — Box: Film Box 1, Reel: 1
Identifier: 1993-05-29
Contents of the Collection
The Karl Martinez Dash-80 Film consists of one home movie-style film of Boeing Company test pilot Alvin “Tex” Johnston performing a barrel roll of the Boeing 367-80, a prototype of the Boeing 707, over the 1955 Seafair Gold Cup Hydroplane races.The footage begins with scenes of hydroplanes and boats on Lake Washington, spectators on boats, and a U.S. Navy airship with the text "Join the U.S. Naval Air Reserve / Be a Naval Aviation Cadet" on its gasbag. The barrel roll footage...
Dates:
1955 August 6
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1983-11-14
Content Description
The Maude McClaine Pilot Collection is a small collection documenting McClaine's aviation career based out of Spokane, Washington in the 1930s. Present in the collection are: her circa 1929 pilot's license application drafts; various pilot licenses and identity cards; membership cards for Mamer Flying Service and Aviation Country Clubs, Inc.; a "fledgling certificate" from Standard Oil Company of California; her pilot's logbook spanning 1929-1937; six photographs, primarily portraits of...
Dates:
1915-1983; Majority of material found within 1929-1942
Collection
Identifier: 2011-05-11
Abstract
The Jim McGill ANT-25 at Pearson Field Photographs consist of eight (8) black-and-white prints and eight (8) corresponding negatives documenting the landing of the Soviet Tupolev ANT-25 at Pearson Field in Vancouver, Washington after the first Transpolar Flight in June 1937.
Dates:
June 20, 1937
Collection
Identifier: 2008-11-23
Overview
Franklin Minert was a test pilot and boom operator at the Boeing Company from 1943-1970. The collection contains photographic, textual and audiovisual materials relating to his career.
Dates:
circa 1930s-1993; Majority of material found within circa 1940s-1950s
Collection
Identifier: 1996-02-28
Abstract
Two photograph albums containing images of the Monks family and William Monks's World War I service in the U.S. Navy.
Dates:
circa 1915-1920s
