55 results for: Boeing Airplane Co.
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U.S. Post Office convention officials, Seattle, 1950
In 1950, the U.S. Post Office held a convention in Seattle. Here, in front of a Northwest Airlines Boeing Stratocruiser airplane, an unidentified official shakes hands with George Starr, Postmaster for Seattle (2nd from right).
ID Number:2014.49.018.045.0097
Date:1950
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Arrival of U.S. Post Office convention officials and guests, Seattle, 1950
In 1950, the U.S. Post Office held a convention in Seattle. Here, in front of a Northwest Airlines Boeing Stratocruiser airplane, officials and guests walk past the local marching band of the National Association of Letter Carriers. George Starr, Seattle Postmaster, is to the right of the woman with the bouquet. Others are unidentified.
ID Number:2014.49.018.045.0099
Date:1950
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KIRO engineers Jim Hatfield and Jim Upthegrove working near Lake Washington, 1938
KIRO was founded by Moritz Thomsen of the Pacific Biscuit Company and began broadcasting on April 27, 1927 as the 100-watt station KPCB 650. Over the years, the Seattle KIRO broadcast station moved several times. The first location was at Fourth and University. As of 2025, the KIRO station studios are located in the Belltown neighborhood, with a transmitting tower…
ID Number:2014.67.17
Date:1938
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Boeing Children's Christmas Party program, 1953
The workforce and economy of Seattle from WWII through the 1970s was largely dependent on the Boeing Company and the commercial-airplane market. In 1957 business was booming due to the rise of the jet airplane. At the time Boeing employed about 100,000 people, including half of King County's manufacturing workers, while the Seattle's total population was only 550,000. This program…
ID Number:2018.3.3.31
Date:1953
Videorecording
Oral history interview with Lyle Eveland, August 18, 2003
Interview with Lyle Eveland, the former director of operations for Boeing Commercial Airplane Programs, conducted by Helen Divjak in Seattle for the Washington Workplace Oral History Project on August 18. 2003. He had retired in 2001, two years prior to this interview.
ID Number:2019.35.7.5
Date:2003
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First 707 passenger flight from Sea-Tac Airport, Bow Lake, 1958
The Boeing 707 Stratoliner was the first American jetliner and would prove to be the first of the company's successful line of commercial jets. This image of the first passenger 707 flight out of SeaTac taken by Josef Scaylea was intended to convey the feeling of speed.Photographer Josef Scaylea (1913-2004) worked for 35 years as chief photographer for the Seattle…
ID Number:Lib1993.20.192
Date:1958
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Crowd watching Charles K. Hamilton at The Meadows, Georgetown, March 11, 1910
Pioneer aviator Charles Keeney Hamilton (1881 or 1885-1914) became the first to fly in the state of Washington when he piloted his Curtiss biplane, the Reims Racer, over Seattle on March 11, 1910. Nicknamed "the bird man" and "crazy man of the air," Hamilton survived over 60 crashes. In this image Hamilton and his plane can be seen above the…
ID Number:SHS349
Date:1911
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Men assembling wooden wings, Boeing Airplane Company, 1922
In 1921, the Boeing Airplane Company won a large government contract to build 200 single-seater MB-3A fighter planes for the U. S. Army. By the end of 1922, workers had completed the work and had also designed, built, and refurbished several other kinds of planes. This helped keep the company open during the business slump that followed World War I.This…
ID Number:SHS9274
Date:1922
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Early Boeing seaplane on Lake Union, Seattle, circa 1918
Typed on verso: Boeing seaplane, early. Probably Boeing C-11. Single float, on Lake Union.SHS category: Aeronautics
ID Number:SHS9306
Date:Circa 1918
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First paying passengers of Boeing Commercial Air Service posing at Lake Union, Seattle, May 2, 1919
The first paying passengers of the Boeing Airplane Company were charged $15 for a 15-20 minute sightseeing tour over the city of Seattle, taking off in one of the Boeing factory's seaplanes from their Lake Union hangar.This image of the first customers was taken on the dock at Lake Union, with the seaplane behind. Third from the left is pilot…
ID Number:SHS11352A
Date:1919