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posters

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Notices, usually decorative or pictorial, intended to be posted to advertise, promote, or publicize an activity, cause, product, or service; also, decorative, mass-produced prints intended for hanging. For small printed notices or advertisements intended for distribution by hand, use "handbills."

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Elaine P. Austin Northwest Orient Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2013-05-07
Contents of the Collection The Elaine P. Austin Northwest Orient Airlines (NWA) Flight Attendant Collection is relatively small and comprised of primarily textual materials with some photographs. The bulk of the material was collected by Austin during her flight attendant career with Northwest Orient Airlines from 1960-1965.Textual materials include a large amount of stewardess training materials, including instructions for various safety procedures, aircraft layouts, and assorted work sheets from stewardess...
Dates: 1922-1961; Majority of material found within 1959-1961
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Aviation Posters and Lithographs Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-4
Overview

The Aviation Posters and Lithographs collection is an artificial collection that contains oversize visual and textual materials that cover a variety of topics related to aviation including aircraft, early flight, air travel, World War II, and the United States Military. The posters cover a large span of years, from 1939 to 2010.

Dates: circa 1939-2010
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-102
Contents of the Collection The Margaret E. (Wolfe) Berry Collection largely documents Margaret Berry's volunteer work with three aircraft restoration projects during the 1980s-1990s with visual and textual components. A small amount of material is personal in nature. The collection is arranged into two series: Aircraft Restoration materials and Personal materials.Series I: Aircraft Restoration materials makes up the bulk of the collection and has been further divided into three...
Dates: 1942, 1985-2006; Majority of material found within 1985-2006
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters

 Collection
Identifier: 2020-00-00-19
Content Description The Boeing Company Employee Strike Posters Collection is a small collection consisting of six posters used by workers striking at the Boeing Company in Seattle, Washington, in September 2005 and September 2024. Two posters from 2005 read: "Aerospace Machinists on Strike, Lodge 751 AFL-CIO, At Boeing." The other two posters from 2005 read: "Machinists Union On Strike Against Boeing, ULP!, Unfair Labor Practices!, IAM&AW District Lodge 751, AFL-CIO." The 2024 posters read: "Machinists...
Dates: 2005 September, 2024 September
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

The Boeing Company Posters Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-00-00-131
Abstract

The Boeing Company Posters Collection is an artificial collection comprised of visual materials produced by The Boeing Company that showcase its aircraft, corporate history, facilities, and other subjects related to the company, ranging from approximately 1930s-2010s.

Dates: circa 1930s to 2010s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Joseph K. Boy World War II Ephemera Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2021-05-21-A
Content Description The Joseph K. Boy World War II Ephemera Collection is a small collection of printed materials collected by Boy during his service in World War II. Boy served with Co. B, 1st Medical Squadron, 1st Cavalry, as a grade T/4 Medical Technician. He served in the Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea and Luzon, Philippines. He most likely collected the materials during his time in those locations.The collection includes ten examples of Japanese invasion money, paper bills printed by the...
Dates: circa 1939-1945
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2015-06-17
Abstract

The Emile Chourré and Chourré Family Papers is comprised of documents and scrapbooks, photographic prints and photograph albums, and assorted ephemera primarily pertaining to the life and military career of Lieutenant Commander Emile Chourré (1894-1938). Major topics include Chourré's military service, especially while stationed in Coco Solo, Panama; his service as a U.S. Naval announcer for the 1929-1931 and 1933-1934 National Air Races; and family (immediate and extended) photographs.

Dates: 1889-1988; Majority of material found within 1920s-1950s
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 from 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

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