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Letterpress print of James Sadler during a balloon ascent, undated.

Letterpress print of crowds with the hydrogen balloon used in the 1783 flight by Nicolas-Louis Robert and Jacques Charles, Paris, France, undated.

Letterpress print of a hot-air balloon and crowds at the 1804 coronation of Napoleon Bonaparte, undated.

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…

Photocopied map of the Böing (Boeing) family homestead in Germany, April 2008.

Receipt issued by The Shorey Book Store (Seattle, Washington) to William E. Boeing, Jr. for a box of prints, October 19, 1975. Includes handwritten note ("Mount double - retype inc[lude] price $34.50") and small bookplate label ("This volume is from…

List of nominees for the 1966 Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremonies, December 15, 1966. Nominees are Lincoln Beachey, Glenn Martin, John H. Towers, William E. Boeing, Robert Goddard, and William (Billy) Mitchell. One typed page with…

Letter to William E. Boeing, Jr. from James W. Jacobs, President of the Aviation Hall of Fame, November 18, 1966. Acknowledges that Boeing will be attending the Aviation Hall of Fame induction ceremony for his father. One typed page on Aviation Hall…

Letter to James W. Jacobs, President of the Aviation Hall of Fame, from Mrs. William E. Boeing, November 9, 1966. Thanks Jacobs for his kind words about Boeing's induction into the Hall of Fame and declines traveling to present at the ceremony. One…

Agenda for the 1966 Aviation Hall of Fame Enshrinement Ceremonies, October 21, 1966. Three typed pages.