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Image of Boeing Model 40-B4 with body uncovered at Boeing plant, Seattle, November 13, 1929
1953.345.121
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Boeing Model 40-B4 with body uncovered at Boeing plant, Seattle, November 13, 1929

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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-B4
Embossed 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
Creator(s): Boeing Airplane Co., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 7.5 x 9.5 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
View the finding aid for this collection at https://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:80444/xv58132
Credit: MOHAI, Boeing Airplane Company Airplane Production Photographs, 1953.345.121
Copyright: No Known Copyright
Subjects: Aerospace, Businesses and Corporations, Manufacturing, Transportation

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