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Pacific Northern Airlines Alaska Service brochure and timetable, June 1, 1967
In 1932 Arthur G. Woodley founded Woodley Airways flying routes across Alaska. In 1945, Woodley changed the name to Pacific Northern Airways and moved the company headquarters to Seattle. In 1951, Pacific Northern Airways was able to start running regular flights between Seattle and Anchorage, and continued to operate these and its routes within Alaska until it was taken over…
ID Number:1982.26.31
Date:1967
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Ford trimotor airplane and Ford automobile, circa 1940
The Ford Trimotor airplane, nicknamed the "Tin Goose," was built by the Ford Motor Company starting in 1928. The Trimotor was the first all-metal commercial aircraft. It had a restroom, windows that could open and close, and AM radio for the passengers' enjoyment. In this photo, taken for the University of Washington alumni magazine in 1940, a Ford Trimotor plane…
ID Number:1983.10.932.1
Date:1940
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Hangar interior at naval training camp, Seattle, circa 1918
During World War I, the U.S. Navy had a training station on the University of Washington campus. The Navy buildings were on the shore of Lake Union, near where the university's health sciences center is now located. This photo shows the interior of a hangar with two planes. Handwritten on sleeve: U.S.N.T. Caralion Int Hangar.Webster & Stevens number: 66293
ID Number:1983.10.1246
Date:Circa 1918
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First Lieutenant George W. Puryear, Seattle, April 2, 1919
Aviator George Puryear was a member of the Victory Loan Flying Circus that toured the Western states in April and May 1919. The flying circus performed a daily air show with several types of airplanes. Puryear normally flew a German Fokker D.VII. This photo was taken at the railroad siding near King and Occidental Streets in Seattle. The inclined ramps…
ID Number:1983.10.1510
Date:1919
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University of Washington shellhouse, Seattle, circa 1923
This structure was built in 1918 as a hangar for the Aviation Training Corps. It was never used, but turned over after the war to the University and used as a shell house for the rowing crews. The name was changed to the Canoe House when the rowing crew moved to their new quarters in 1949. Handwritten on sleeve: U.…
ID Number:1983.10.2608.1
Date:Circa 1923
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Navy biplane at Sand Point, Seattle, circa 1925
Sand Point, a peninsula in north Seattle, served as an air base, aviation training center, and aircraft repair depot for the U.S. Navy for almost 50 years. When the naval air station on Whidbey Island was developed, Sand Point was no longer needed as an air base, and in 1970 Sand Point changed to the Naval Station Seattle. In 1975…
ID Number:1983.10.2915.2
Date:Circa 1925
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Miss Seattle poses with biplane and pilot at Sand Point, 1926
Leone Natalie Fengler was chosen to represent the City of Seattle in a national beauty pageant in Atlantic City. In this photo, Miss Fengler poses with a pilot and biplane. She is wearing the typical clothing of an aviator of the time. Description in handwritten inventory: Hall & Emory Miss Seattle & plane at Sand PointPhotographer's Reference Number: 119993
ID Number:1983.10.3299.1
Date:1926
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Two women and a Boeing mail plane, circa 1927
Transcontinental airmail service began in 1924. In 1927, Boeing Air Transport, Inc. won the contract to fly mail between Chicago and San Francisco. The lightweight Boeing mail plane was built of fabric-covered wood and metal tubing. Its single pilot sat in an open cockpit. The plane had two mail compartments, one of which could be used for up to two…
ID Number:1983.10.3763.1
Date:Circa 1927
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Truck towing crashed plane, June 24, 1929
Here, a truck tows a plane in an unknown plane crash in June 1929. Handwritten on sleeve: [C.A.] Kintz & Plane 6/24/[29].Photographer's Reference Number: 133436
ID Number:1983.10.4042.2
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