86 results for: Aerospace
Sport Air Cushion Vehicle model, ca. 1966
Walter A. Crowley (1917-2008) was an engineer at Boeing and a self-styled "garage" inventor. While at Boeing, he developed an air-bearing system for moving heavy objects like a 747 Jumbo Jet. Boeing established a subsidiary, Aero-Go, to develop this invention. This is a model of his actual working air cushion vehicle which was similar to the hydrofoil, but ultimately not…
ID Number:2000.49.1
Date:Circa 1966
Picket sign for newspaper strike, 2000
In November 2000, the members of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild Local 82 went on strike against the Seattle Times and the Seattle Post-Intelligencer over issues concerning salaries and the use of a merit-based pay system. Other groups joined the strike including the Teamsters Local 174 and the members of Local 2001 SPEEA IFPTE (Society of Professional Engineerig Employees in…
ID Number:2001.15.7
Date:2000
Set of two Boeing commercial airplane models: A720 and A707 Intercontinental N714PA, ca. 1960
Now one of the world's largest aircraft manufacturers, Boeing was incorporated in Seattle in 1916 by William Boeing. These models are examples of Boeing's early jet airliners. The 707 was launched in 1957 and the 720 was launched in 1959.
ID Number:2010.1.269
Date:Circa 1960
Remnant from an airplane that crashed in the Snohomish River in Everett, 1934
A Kinner K Sportster monoplane with registered number NC 13751 crashed in the Snohomish River on October 10, 1934. The wreck was raised by the sternwheeler W.T. Preston which served as a snagboat on rivers in the Puget Sound.
ID Number:2010.1.380
Date:1934
Limited edition print of a mural of "The History of Boeing Flight Test," 1989
Prolific Oregon muralist Larry Kangas (1949-2014) was a navigator for 21 years in the US Air Force, and painted more than 1,000 montage-style murals during his lifetime. This particular piece is a color montage of Boeing planes in flight, engineers, and scenes of Boeing workers and flight-related activities.
ID Number:2010.42.1
Date:1989
Boeing-made vanity dresser with mirror, ca. 1918
After WWI, airplane orders from the military dried up, and there was a glut of airplanes on the market. Bill Boeing put his factory to work building furniture and wooden boats during the is period to stay in business. This piece was produced in their original factory during this time.
ID Number:2010.64.1
Date:Circa 1918
Boeing ID badge for employee K.E. Denby, 1971
This is an official Boeing ID badge decorated with a special "FirSST" pin. Boeing’s supersonic transport, the SST, was funded, then defunded. Concerns about noise and air pollution killed it in Congress. K.E. Denby left the company after the program was scrapped.
ID Number:2011.32.1
Date:1971
Beer bottle for "Sky Hag IPA", Airways Brewing Company, Kent, WA, 2012
Airways Brewing Company was founded in Kent, Washington, in 2010. The "Sky Hag IPA" facetiously honors "the bitter women of the air who refuse to retire" according to the company's website.
ID Number:2011.92.45
Date:2010
Painting by Lockwood Dennis, "Boeing Plant, the Duwamish," 1997
Lockwood "Woody" Dennis (1937-2012) was born in Portland, Oregon, but lived in Port Townsend, Washington, for 37 years. He was inclined to paint both natural and industrial scenes from the Northwest, California, Colorado, Africa, and Japan. In this work, featuring the abandoned Boeing Plant 2 facility located on the Duwamish River, one can see Lockwood's influences which were primarily Matisse…
ID Number:2013.56.12
Date:1997
Boeing serving tray, 1974
This serving tray was made from a window cutout of a Boeing airplane. It was handed out at a Renton Employees Open House event celebrating the Boeing Company 707/727/737 Division.
ID Number:2013.100.1
Date:1974