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Seaplanes

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Aircraft that feature a body shaped as a hull, for water access. Non-preferred terms: Airboats (Seaplanes); Flying boats; Hydro-airplanes; Hydroairplanes; Sea planes

Found in 33 Collections and/or Records:

Terah Maroney Plane at Port of Everett Photograph

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004780]
Identifier: 2021-02-25
Content Description The Terah Maroney Plane at Port of Everett Photograph is a small collection consisting of a single 3.25x4.5" black-and-white photograph. The image depicts Terah Maroney's plane at the Port of Everett surrounded by a crowd on July 4, 1914. Maroney had been invited to perform at the Kla-How-Yah Festival (later called the Kla-Ha-Ya Days). Bill Boeing, Sr. and his partner George Conrad Westervelt were at the event and saw Maroney fly. Some sources say Boeing took his first flight with Maroney at...
Dates: 1914 July 4

Series V. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, 1910-1933

 Series
Scope and Contents Series V. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company is comprised of material dating from 1910 to 1933 and is divided into three subseries: Administrative records, Legal records, and Financial records. The Administrative records subseries includes a bound volume of board meeting minutes which includes related documents such as correspondence and legal files. A few loose pieces of correspondence and assorted documents are also in the subseries. The...
Dates: 1910-1933

Subseries C. Glass Plates, circa 1900s-1930s

 Sub-Series
Scope and Contents From the Series: With more than 250 cubic feet of material, including prints, negatives, transparencies and scrapbooks, the photographic component of the collection makes up the vast majority of the collection and is an incredible resource of documentary images of aircraft. The series is subdivided into five subseries: aircraft files, subject files, glass plates, scrapbooks and albums, and the Sommerich collection. The aircraft files are then subdivided by format: prints,...
Dates: circa 1900s-1930s

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