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Airgram to Bertha Boeing from William E. Boeing, November 29, 1928. Describes slight delay en route from Salt Lake City, Utah to Cheyenne, Wyoming due to weather conditions in Sherman Hill [Wyoming?]. One handwritten page.

Photograph of a Boeing Model 40A air mail aircraft taking off from Elko, Nevada en route for New York, circa July 1, 1927.Inscription on verso: "Air mail leaving Elko, Nevada for N. Y. About July 1st, 1927.1st day of Boeing's operation of…

Commemorative air mail cover addressed to Bill Boeing, Jr., Seattle, Washington, from William E. Boeing, May 19, 1938.Stamped cachet: "20th anniversary of the inauguration of regular air mail service - First National Air Mail Week - May 15-21, 1938 -…

Commemorative letter honoring the 25th anniversary of Glenn L. Martin's record-making flight from Newport Bay, California to Avalon, Catalina Island, then the longest over-water flight in aviation history, May 10, 1937. One typed page on Glenn L.…

Photograph of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1920s. The text "U.S. Mail" is painted on the fuselage.

Demonstration flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from the Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California, October 1, 1946.Stamped cachet: "Demonstration flight - Flying Post Office - En route - Los Angeles…

Photograph of a Douglas M-4 Mailplane aircraft parked in a field, circa 1920s.

Envelope fragment with five Siam [Thailand] stamps, circa 1939-1945.

First flight air mail cover addressed to A. R. Nylen, Honolulu, Hawaii, October 5, 1935. Stamped: "First Flight - Transpacific eastbound from Guam - Pan American Clipper."

First flight air mail cover addressed to Bill Boeing, Jr., Claremont, California, from William E. Boeing, June 20, 1940.Stamped cachet: "First Flight F.A.M. 20. Seattle, Washington. U.S. Air Mail."