Newspaper clipping, "City sends first mail to Seattle by aeroplane," from the Vancouver Daily Star, March 4, 1919. Reports on the first international mail flight from Seattle, Washington to Vancouver, B.C. Includes photographs of E. S. Knowlton,…
Engraving, "Experience Celebre Faite a Paris," depicting the January 2, 1783 balloon flight over France, undated. Text in French is engraved below the image.Label included with engraving: "Paris Ascent. Monday, December 1 [crossed out with…
Engraving, "La descente du globe aerostatique dans la Prairie de Nesle," depicting a balloon descending in Nesle, France, original piece dated circa 1850s. Text in French is engraved below the image.Label included with engraving: "Satirical print on…
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…
Newspaper clipping, "Local firm gets war contract," from the Orion Bulletin, October 24, 1917. Reports on the Boeing Airplane Company's contract to construct fifty seaplanes for the U.S. Navy.
Etching of a bust portrait in profile of Professor Bourguet surrounded by ballooning items, original artwork dated 1804. Depicted items include barrels of gas, books, a compass, a balloon, and a parachute.Inscription in German below image: "Luftfahrt…
Newspaper clipping, "Nourishment by Thurlby," from the Seattle Daily Times, July 3, 1927. Cartoon depicts a Boeing aircraft as a bird carrying a transcontinental air mail contract to feed its chicks, labeled as "Seattle's growing industry."
Newspaper clipping, "Seattle's airport," from the San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 1928. Announces that Boeing Field will be available for use by aerial schools and flying companies. Includes a handwritten note addressed to Mr. Boeing.