Air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from Black and Bigelow, Incorporated, New York, August 2, 1928. Commemorates the "inauguration trip of the five cent air mail."Stamped: "Inauguration trip of the five cent air mail."
First flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Chicago, Illinois, July 1, 1927. Signed by pilot Hugh Barker.Stamped: "First Flight Under Contract Chicago - San Francisco - Transcontinental Air Mail Route. Salt Lake City, Utah."
First flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Chicago, Illinois, July 1, 1927.Stamped: "First Flight Under Contract - Chicago to San Francisco - Transcontinental Air Mail Route, Omaha, Nebraska."
Letter to William E. Boeing from Glenn L. Martin, June 30, 1924. Discusses the "inauguration of a continuous trans-continental Air Mail Service" and states that "Night and Day Service between New York and San Francisco is the next step." One typed…
Letter to William E. Boeing from the Bureau of Navigation, U.S. Navy, July 20, 1920. Expresses appreciation of services during World War I. One typed page.
Letter to Editor, Colonist newspaper, Victoria, B.C., from William E. Boeing, March 19, 1919. Requests that they return the letter as a souvenir of first international mail between Victoria and Seattle, Washington. One handwritten page and envelope.
Letter to William E. Boeing from [illegible] Manager, Canadian Official Great War Exhibit, March 6, 1919. Informs Boeing that they have enclosed the original letter that WEB brought from Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson to Vancouver, B.C. on a recent airmail…
Letter to William E. Boeing from Office of the Postmaster, March 3, 1919. Acknowledges receipt of "one sack of mail from Vancouver, B.C. as the first international airplane mail ever received in Seattle, Washington" and offers congratulations. One…
Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from J. S. Patterson, March 3, 1919. Expresses pleasure about seeing WEB during this historical trip and sends thanks for "arranging for Patsy to take such a wonderful flight." One…