55 results for: Boeing Airplane Co.
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Two men working on hydroplane models in Boeing’s model making shop, October 29, 1929
This photo shows two model makers at the Boeing plant. Caption on image: Model Making Embossed with Boeing logo. Stamped on verso with Boeing logo and "Off. Boeing Photo"Photographer's number: 2661-B
ID Number:1953.345.97
Date:1929
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Boeing Model 40-B4 with body uncovered at Boeing plant, Seattle, November 13, 1929
The Model 40-B4, which first flew on October 5, 1928, was the major production model of Boeing’s mail plane series. The plane had space for four passengers and 500 pounds of mail. Caption on photo: Body uncovered - right Model 40-B4Embossed with Boeing logo. Stamped on verso with Boeing logo and "Off. Boeing Photo"Photographer's number: 2685-B
ID Number:1953.345.121
Date:1929
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Boeing Model 40-B4 plane body, November 13, 1929
The Model 40B-4, which first flew October 5, 1928, was the major production model of Boeing's mail plane series. The plane had space for four passengers and 500 pounds of mail. Caption on image: Body uncovered - left. Model 40-B4Embossed with Boeing logoBoeing Off. Photo (with Boeing logo)Photographer's Reference Number: 2686-BCaption information source: www.boeing.com
ID Number:1953.345.122
Date:1929
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Boeing Model 80-A nose engine at Boeing plant, Seattle, November 21, 1929
The Boeing Model 80-A was a larger version of the Model 80 commercial transport airplane. The 80A made its first flight on September 12, 1929, and could carry 18 people. Caption on photo: Nose Engine left side 80-AEmbossed with Boeing logo. Stamped on verso with Boeing logo and "Off. Boeing Photo"Photographer's number: 2697
ID Number:1953.345.133
Date:1929
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Ski installation on Boeing Model 40-B4 plane at Boeing plant, November 23, 1929
This close up photo highlights the installation of a ski on a plane, so it can land on water. Embossed with Boeing logo. Stamped on verso with Boeing logo and "Off. Boeing Photo"Photographer's number: 2722-B
ID Number:1953.345.140
Date:1929
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Entrance door and lavatory on the Boeing Model 80-A plane at Boeing plant, Seattle, November 29, 1929
The Boeing Model 80-A was a larger version of the Model 80 commercial transport airplane. The 80A made its first flight on September 12, 1929, and could carry 18 people. The photo gives a view of the plane's lavatory through the open entrance door. Embossed with Boeing logo. Stamped on verso with Boeing logo and "Off. Boeing Photo"Photographer's number: 2755
ID Number:1953.345.147
Date:1929
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Airplane near hangar, 1935
In the mid-1930s, the Washington Aircraft & Transport Company operated an aircraft sales and service facility and a flight school at Boeing Field, south of Seattle. In this photo, an unidentified man stands by a Stinson plane outside the Washington Aircraft hangar. Signs in image: Stanavo - Standard Oil Products. Stinson Kinner Sales & Service - Washington Aircraft & Transport…
ID Number:1983.10.4963.91
Date:1935
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Charles K. Hamilton and his Curtiss biplane, March 1910
In March 1910, Charles Hamilton became the first person to fly an airplane in Seattle. He circled above enthusiastic onlookers at Meadows Race Track, located near present-day Boeing Field.In this photo, pilot Charles Hamilton stands by his plane. It is a very early model, made of wood, metal, and cloth. It could carry only one person at a time--the pilot.…
ID Number:1983.10.8600.1
Date:1910
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Herb Munter in airplane, Seattle, circa 1915
Herb Munter was a self-taught engineer who built Seattle's first airplanes out of a Harbor Island workshop. In 1916, William Boeing and Conrad Westervelt hired him to help them build the B&W, their first airplane. Handwritten on sleeve: Munter Airplane & Pilot.Webster & Stevens number: 45303
ID Number:1983.10.10128
Date:Circa 1915
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Eddie Hubbard delivering air mail from Canada, circa 1920
In March 1919, airplane manufacturer William Boeing and pilot Eddie Hubbard carried a sack of mail from Vancouver to Seattle by seaplane. This demonstration flight was the first known international air mail trip, and it inspired regular mail flights between Seattle and Victoria, British Columbia.In this photo, taken around 1920, pilot Eddie Hubbard delivers a sack of mail after landing…
ID Number:1983.10.10901.2
Date:Circa 1920