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Joseph Baillargeon Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 2011-00-00-13
Contents of the Collection The Joseph Baillargeon Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection contains 33 black-and-white photographs of Douglas World Cruisers in Alaska during the 1924 around-the-world flight. The aircraft are depicted in flight, on the ground, and afloat in an Alaskan harbor, likely in April 1924. In most of the aircraft images it is difficult to know which specific plane is depicted as the views are often obscured or seen from a distance. Some images include unidentified individuals, including the...
Dates: 1924

John and Alan Blum Northwest Aviation Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2009-09-04
Abstract

The John and Alan Blum Northwest Aviation Collection consists of visual and textual materials related to the lives and careers of John and Alan Blum. John founded the Northwest Air Service Company and Alan served as President after his brother died in a plane crash in 1931.

Dates: 1921-1945

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

Steven E. Brackin Prints of Leigh Wade Negatives of Douglas World Cruisers

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-183
Contents of the Collection The Steven E. Brackin Prints of Leigh Wade Negatives of Douglas World Cruisers consists of 45 8x10-inch black-and-white reproduction prints, primarily from negatives in the Leigh Wade Collection housed at McDermott Library, United State Air Force Academy. The prints were collected and possibly printed by Brackin and provide a glimpse into various aspects of the 1924 around-the-world flight of the Douglas World Cruisers. All four aircraft are represented, as are the pilots. The...
Dates: 1924

Terry Buckridge Alaskan Aviation Film Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1993-11-22
Contents of the Collection The Terry Buckridge Alaskan Aviation Film Collection is a small collection containing two privately-shot films from the 1940s relating to Alaskan aviation. The first film depicts a Star Air Service aircraft and a fishing trip to Lake Iliamna, Alaska, circa 1940s. It begins with footage of an unidentified group of men with fishing equipment, followed by shots of a Star Air Service Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket seaplane (tail number NC-10795) and aerial views of towns, bodies of water,...
Dates: circa 1940s

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

Merle M. Coons Fighter Ace Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2002-02-13-1284
Abstract

Colonel Merle Coons (1921-1997) was a United States Air Force fighter pilot, earning ace status during World War II. The collection is a subset of the American Fighter Aces Collection and includes primarily textual materials, such as military orders and records, flight records and a log book, and a scrapbook, as well as a photograph album and a small amount of loose photographs.

Dates: 1942-1997

Marilyn (Chittick) Deel Pan Am Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Box: One
Identifier: 2012-08-02
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of materials, including scrapbook pages and loose photographs as well as two clippings, related to Marilyn (Chittick) Deel and her time as a flight attendant and purser for Pan American World Airways (Pan Am), 1959-1961. The bulk of the collection are the scrapbook pages. The pages are black paper and primarily hold photographs using photo corners, tape, and/or glue. It also holds a few pieces of ephemera in the form of correspondence and clippings....
Dates: 1959-1961

The James H. Dilonardo Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2006-01-21
Abstract

James H. Dilonardo was a local aviation enthusiast strongly tied to Boeing Field and The Museum of Flight. His collection consits of photographs, textual materials, sound recordings, and film largely related to aviation in Seattle, Washington and the Pacific Northwest.

Dates: 1930-1981

Virginia Drugg Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1995-01-06
Contents of the Collection The Virginia Drugg Douglas World Cruisers Photograph Collection contains seven black-and-white photographs of the Douglas World Cruisers while stopped in Unalaska, Alaska during the around the world flight, circa April 1924. The photographs depict a single plane in flight over Unalaska Harbor, Alaska; three of the planes at anchor in Unalaska Harbor; a group of unidentified dignitaries with the pilots in front of Prince Rupert Hotel in Unalaska; two aircraft at anchor with a third visible in...
Dates: 1924

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Post, Wiley, 1898-1935 3
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935 3
United States. Army 3
Boeing 2
Boeing School of Aeronautics (Oakland, Calif.) 2
Crosson, Joe, 1903-1949 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Boston" (#3) 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "Chicago" (#2) 2
Douglas World Cruiser (DWC) "New Orleans" (#4) 2
Hubbard, Edward, 1889-1928 2
King County International Airport 2
Lockheed 2
Munter, Herbert, 1894-1970 2
Stenzel, Dorothy (Hester), 1910-1991 2
United Airlines 2
Wade, Leigh, 1896-1991 2
Wien, Noel, 1899-1977 2
Aero Club of America 1
Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce of America 1
Air Line Pilots Association 1
Alaska Airlines 1
Alaska Central Air 1
Alaska-Washington Airways 1
American Fighter Aces Association 1
Associated Women Pilots of Boeing Field 1
Blum, Alan L., 1907-1994 1
Blum, Elizabeth 1
Blum, John R., 1905-1931 1
Boeing, Bertha Marie (Potter Paschall), 1891-1977 1
Boeing, Bill, Jr., 1922-2015 1
Bohrer, Walt 1
Borden, John 1
Bowman, Marti 1
Brackin, Steven E. 1
British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines 1
Browne, Nathan C., 1895-1979 1
Bryn Mawr Air Service 1
Buckridge, Terry 1
Buroker, Herb, 1895-1973 1
Böing, Wilhelm, 1846–1890 1
Christensen Air Service 1
Christensen, Hakon, 1902-1956 1
Christianson, Dean E., 1920-1966 1
Clayton Scott Field (Renton, Wash.) 1
Cook, C. C. 1
Coons, Lois Clark 1
Coons, Merle M., 1921-1997 1
Curtiss 1
Daniels, Josephus, 1862-1948 1
Davies, Morgan 1
Deel, Marilyn (Chittick), 1938- 1
Dilonardo, James H., 1922-2000 1
Douglas Aircraft Company 1
Douglas, Donald Wills, Sr., 1892-1981 1
Drew, Donald R. 1
Earhart, Amelia, 1897-1937 1
Egan, William A. 1
Egtvedt, Clairmont L., 1892-1975 1
Fairchild 1
Flying Tiger Line 1
Foltz, Edith, 1902-1956 1
Germany. Luftwaffe 1
Glass Flying Service (Alaska) 1
Glass, Donald A., 1904-1943 1
Gott, Edgar, 1887-1947 1
Graf Zeppelin (Airship) 1
Graff, Jules 1
Grumman (Bethpage, NY) 1
Hanson, Doris 1
Happ, Douglas E. 1
Hiscock, Thorp, 1892-1934 1
Hoover, Herbert Charles, 1903-1969 1
Hotchkiss, Perry F. "Pop", 1893 circa-1938 1
Hughes Airwest 1
Hunsaker, Jerome C. (Jerome Clarke), 1886-1984 1
International Society of Women Airline Pilots 1
Irving, Wilbur 1
Johnson, C. W. J. 1
Kelly Field (Tex.) 1
Knechtel, Larry 1
Kronquist, Lawrence (photographer) 1
Leak, E.L. 1
Lexington (Aircraft carrier : 1927-1942) 1
Linnemann, Ernst H., 1937- 1
Martin, Glenn L. (Glenn Luther), 1886-1955 1
Martin, William Knox, -1927 1
Merrill, A. Elliott (Albert), 1901-1992 1
Meyring, Gene, 1904-1975 1
Mirow Air Service 1
Moore, Ralph James 1
Moorehead, Albert Fulton 1
Munter Aircraft Charter Service 1
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