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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
Boeing serving tray, ca. 1970s
This serving tray was made from a window cutout of a Boeing airplane. It was handed out at a Boeing employee event in the 1970s.
ID Number:2013.100.2
Date:Circa 1970
Colored drawing of a B-17 Flying Fortress by Abe Blashko, 1942
Boeing developed the B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft in the 1930s for the US Army Air Corps (USAAC). The artist, Abe Blashko (1920-2011), was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and was self-taught in the creation of drawings and prints. His works often featured the struggles of the Great Depression and the atrocities happening in Europe leading up to, and…
ID Number:2013.113.1
Date:1942
Contemporary oil painting, "The City," by Wendell Brazeau, 1948-1950
Wendell Brazeau (1910-1974) was born in Spokane, Washington, and moved to Seattle in 1928 to attend the University of Washington. Brazeau worked several jobs post graduation including a position at Boeing where he drew 3-D perspectives from engineers' plans. After WWII, he became a faculty member in the UW art department which he held until his death in 1974. Brazeau's…
ID Number:2015.80.2
Date:1948-1950