60 results for: Military
Model of a Boeing-made USS High Point (PCH1) hydrofoil, ca. 1962
The USS High Point (PSCH1) was a patrol craft of the United States Navy, built in conjunction with Boeing in Seattle.
ID Number:2010.1.277
Date:Circa 1962
US Army Air Forces and Red Cross identification cards for Margaret Latimer Callahan, 1942
Margaret Latimer Callahan was a member of a prominent Seattle family whose grandfather was associated with the city's founding families and King County's first Treasurer, and whose father was the President of Dexter Horton Bank. Margaret served in the US Army Air Forces IV Fighter Command as an Air Spotter during World War II and was a certified American National…
ID Number:2010.31.14
Date:1942
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
Warning sign from the Tank Room in the Naval Reserve Center Armory building at South Lake Union, ca. 1941
This sign was salvaged from the Naval Reserve Center Armory building on the southern shore of Lake Union where MOHAI now resides. Construction for the Naval Reserve began in 1940 and completed in 1942. During WWII the site hosted an Advanced Naval Training School and a modified "Tank Room" complete with hatches, submarine equipment, and other naval materials constructed for…
ID Number:2011.14.8
Date:Circa 1941
Interior hatch door from the Tank Room in the Naval Reserve Center Armory building at South Lake Union, ca. 1941
This hatch cover was salvaged from the Naval Reserve Center Armory building on the southern shore of Lake Union where MOHAI now resides. Construction for the Naval Reserve began in 1940 and completed in 1942. During WWII the site hosted an Advanced Naval Training School and a modified "Tank Room" complete with hatches, submarine equipment, and other naval materials constructed…
ID Number:2011.14.13
Date:Circa 1941
Metal box for an Emergency Escape Breathing Device from the Tank Room in the Naval Reserve Center Armory building at South Lake Union, ca. 1941
This object was salvaged from the Naval Reserve Center Armory building on the southern shore of Lake Union where MOHAI now resides. Construction for the Naval Reserve began in 1940 and completed in 1942. During WWII the site hosted an Advanced Naval Training School and a modified "Tank Room" complete with hatches, submarine equipment, and other naval materials constructed for…
ID Number:2011.14.15
Date:Circa 1941
Button pin, protesting the Trident nuclear submarines, ca. 1970-1980
At the end of the Vietnam War era, antiwar activists protested against the Trident nuclear submarines stationed at Bangor Naval Base on the Kitsap peninsula.
ID Number:2014.56.14
Date:Circa 1970-1980
Boeing flight suit worn by Jean Chamberlin, 2008
Jean Chamberlin was the Vice President and Program Manager of Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III—a military transport aircraft. Chamberlin wore this jumpsuit during a 2008 mission to bring supplies and parts to bases in Turkey and Germany. During the long flight, she slept on the floor next to piles of CH-47 Chinook helicopter blades. Upon arrival in Germany, the aircraft was…
ID Number:2017.24.1.1
Date:2008
Boeing leather jacket worn by Jean Chamberlin, 2008
Jean Chamberlin was the Vice President and Program Manager of Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III—a military transport aircraft. Chamberlin wore this jumpsuit during a 2008 mission to bring supplies and parts to bases in Turkey and Germany. During the long flight, she slept on the floor next to piles of CH-47 Chinook helicopter blades. Upon arrival in Germany, the aircraft was…
ID Number:2017.24.1.2
Date:2008
Tan boots worn by Jean Chamberlin, 2008
Jean Chamberlin was the Vice President and Program Manager of Boeing’s C-17 Globemaster III—a military transport aircraft. Chamberlin wore these boots during a 2008 mission to bring supplies and parts to bases in Turkey and Germany. During the long flight, she slept on the floor next to piles of CH-47 Chinook helicopter blades. Upon arrival in Germany, the aircraft was…
ID Number:2017.24.1.4
Date:2008