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Image of Air mail plane at Boeing Field, Seattle, circa 1933
1983.10.17984.8
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Air mail plane at Boeing Field, Seattle, circa 1933

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In the 1920s, King County voters passed a bond issue to buy land for a commercial airport south of Seattle. Low lying land was graded with fill dredged from the Duwamish Waterway. The new airport, Boeing Field, was dedicated in July 1928. By 1938, the field served three major airlines, passenger planes and airborne freight carriers. Boeing Field is also called King County International Airport.

This photo shows an air mail plane at the airport.

Handwritten on sleeve: US Airmail - Boeing Field, Boeing Plane.
Webster & Stevens number: 150
ID Number: 1983.10.17984.8
Date: Circa 1933
Creator(s): Laidlaw, Charles R., Photographer
Physical Description: 1 nitrate negative : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.
Credit: MOHAI, PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, 1983.10.17984.8
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects: Transportation, Aerospace

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