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1986.5.1344.1
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The first showing of Boeing's new 707 jet, Renton, Washington, 1954
Order an ImageOn May 14, 1954, Boeing officially rolled out the Dash 80, the prototype of the company's 707 jet transport. Thousands of Boeing employees and guests gathered at the Renton plant to watch Bertha Boeing, wife of the company's founder, christen the brown, yellow and silver plane with champagne. The Boeing Company gambled that airlines would want to switch to jet planes from the slower propeller-driven aircraft in use at the time. The 707 would prove to be the first of the company's successful line of commercial je.
Written on sleeve: Airplanes - Boeing 707, first showing
Number visible on plane: N70700
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 3, 1954
Written on sleeve: Airplanes - Boeing 707, first showing
Number visible on plane: N70700
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): June 3, 1954
ID Number: 1986.5.1344.1
Date: 1954
Creator(s):
Miller, John M. (Hack), Photographer
Physical Description: 1 acetate negative : b&w ; 4 x 5 in.
Credit: MOHAI, Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, 1986.5.1344.1, photo by John M. (Hack) Miller
Copyright: All Rights Reserved
Subjects:
Aerospace
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