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Collection of Rainier Beer cans from Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s
Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help with temperature control in the giant spheres as air was pumped in and rushed out. This process was…
ID Number:2017.6.1
Date:Circa 1950
Pair of Rainier Old Stock Ale beer cans from Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s
Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help with temperature control in the giant spheres as air was pumped in and rushed out. This process was…
ID Number:2017.6.2
Date:Circa 1950
Pair of Lucky Lager beer cans from Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s
Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help with temperature control in the giant spheres as air was pumped in and rushed out. This process was…
ID Number:2017.6.3
Date:Circa 1950
Olympia Beer cans from Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1934
Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help with temperature control in the giant spheres as air was pumped in and rushed out. This process was…
ID Number:2017.6.4
Date:1934
Collection of five Shasta soda cans from the Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s
These five Shasta soda cans were part of a large collection of cans discovered in the Boeing Wind Tunnel. Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to…
ID Number:2017.6.5
Date:Circa 1950
Pair of Bardahl cans from Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s
Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help with temperature control in the giant spheres as air was pumped in and rushed out. This process was…
ID Number:2017.6.6
Date:Circa 1950
Collection of various cans from the Boeing Wind Tunnel, ca. 1950s
This assortment of cans were part of a large collection of cans discovered in the Boeing Wind Tunnel. Boeing constructed a supersonic twin sphere wind tunnel in the mid-1950s for the Dyna-Soar X-20, the SST (Supersonic Transport), and other projects. When the spheres were being demolished, they discovered over 3 million of these tin cans. They were used to help…
ID Number:2017.6.7
Date:Circa 1950
Black gown from evening ensemble, 1996
This black gown (worn with a matching tuxedo jacket 2017.24.2.2) was worn by Jean Chamberlin soon after she became Program Manager of the B-2 program at Boeing. She wore it for a formal dinner that preceded the Naming Ceremony for the B-2 Spirit of Kitty Hawk. It was the first formal outfit she had purchased for a work function and…
ID Number:2017.24.2.1
Date:1996
Tuxedo jacket from from evening ensemble, 1996
This tuxedo jacket (worn with a matching dress 2017.24.2.1) was worn by Jean Chamberlin soon after she became Program Manager of the B-2 program at Boeing. She wore it for a formal dinner that preceded the Naming Ceremony for the B-2 Spirit of Kitty Hawk. It was the first formal outfit she had purchased for a work function and wanted…
ID Number:2017.24.2.2
Date:1996
Cheese curd rake from Beecher's Handmade Cheese in Seattle, ca. 2016
Beecher's Handmade Cheese was founded by Kurt Beecher Dammeier in 2003 and soon after opened a shop in Pike Place Market in Seattle. The company was named for his great-grandfather Beecher McKenzie. The rake is used to separate the curds from the milk to make cheese.
ID Number:2017.54.1
Date:Circa 2010-2016