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Seattle (Wash.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Naf
Scope Note: Geographic location

Found in 40 Collections and/or Records:

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. Pages...

Robert Dempster Airline Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-28
Contents of the Collection The Robert Dempster Airline ephemera is a small collection comprised of assorted airline schedules/timetables and safety cards ranging from the 1950s through the 1980s. The collection also contains a poster for a parade for Astronaut Dick Gordon through Seattle, Washington in 1966.

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.

Brian E. and Larry E. Doughty War Ration books

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-181
Contents of the Collection The Brian E. and Larry E. Doughty War Ration books include two World War II ration booklets with ration coupons. The booklets are dated 1943 and were issued by the United States Office of Price Administration. Both booklets are named as "War Ration Book No. 3." One booklet is numbered 463117 and issued to Brian E. Doughty, age 2 years, and the second booklet is numbered 4463116 and issued to Larry E. Doughty, age 5 years, of Seattle, Washington. Both books appear to have been partially used,...

Early Seattle Aviation Photograph Album

 Collection
Identifier: 1991-04-08
Abstract The collection consists of an album containing ten black-and-white photographs featuring early aviators and aircraft in Seattle, Washington.

Don Gray Northwest Airlines Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 1995-04-27
Contents of the Collections The collection is comprised of a Northwest Airlines Souvenir Flight Packet containing tickets, timetables, brochures, route maps, decal, postcards, and assorted travel receipts. Packet was received during a Northwest Airlines flight between New York and Seattle in July, 1954. Most of the brochures and postcards feature a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.

Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2017-00-00-1
Contents of the Collection The Jerry L. Hart Photograph Collection is a small collection consisting of ten black-and-white 8x10-inch photographs of Boeing aircraft from circa the 1940s. Five images depict the wreckage of a crashed Alaska Airlines "Starliner" aircraft at Bow Lake airport, now known as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, in SeaTac, Washington, taken November 30, 1947. One image depicts an American Airlines aircraft with a Boeing mechanic working on it. Two images depict a variety of commercial airliners,...

Gordon Highfill Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 2004-04-17
Abstract Gordon Highfill served as a pilot for the United States Navy during World War II and in the Naval Reserves during the 1950s-1960s. The collection contains military records, a Naval Reservist newsletter, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain check list, and three (3) pilot log books from his service.

Jim and Helen Jacobs Concorde Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2008-04-04
Contents of the Collection This small collection is comprised of color photographs, a postcard, and wine labels collected during the Concorde's first visit to Seattle and Boeing Field on November 15, 1984. The British Airways Concorde came to Seattle as part of a "Flight to Nowhere" promotional fundraiser for the Museum of Flight. Photographs feature event attendees on airport shuttle and the Concorde landing and taxiing at Boeing Field. Wine labels were collected from Beaujolais nouveau wine delivered by the flight.

Jet airplane cartoon and floatplane photograph

 Collection — Box Small Collections Oversize Materials 2010-2018, oversize: folder
Identifier: 2018-00-00-73
Contents of the Collection The collection is comprised of two items; a cartoon drawing of a jet airplane and a black-and-white photograph of floatplane.The drawing is done in colored pencil and depicts a cartoon jet, with eyes and a tongue hanging from one its engines. It is signed by the artist, Brian Beausoleil, 1991. The photograph was removed from its original frame for preservation reasons, but remains affixed to the matboard. It depicts a floatplane stationary at a water dock, undated. No...

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