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Image of Remnant from an airplane that crashed in the Snohomish River in Everett, 1934

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
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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
Image of Boeing-made vanity dresser with mirror, ca. 1918

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
Image of Boeing ID badge for employee K.E. Denby, 1971

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
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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
Image of Painting by Lockwood Dennis,

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
Image of Boeing serving tray, 1974

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
Image of Boeing serving tray, ca. 1970s

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
Image of Colored drawing of a B-17 Flying Fortress by Abe Blashko, 1942

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
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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
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