Browse Items (308 total)
- Collection: Series II - Textual materials, 1910-2008
[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from Gordon D. Brown, Douglas Aircraft Company, June 27, 1941]
![[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from Gordon D. Brown, Douglas Aircraft Company, June 27, 1941]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2e5b7802c50833042acc652b0b187d23.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from Gordon D. Brown, Douglas Aircraft Company, June 27, 1941]")
Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from Gordon D. Brown, Douglas Aircraft Company, June 27, 1941. Sends cover to celebrate aviation progress.Stamped cachet: "B-19, Initial Flight of World's Largest…
[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from J. Parker Van Zandt, May 10, 1937]
![[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from J. Parker Van Zandt, May 10, 1937]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d654ec6ce34f30901f776df8858002de.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from J. Parker Van Zandt, May 10, 1937]")
Letter to William E. Boeing and Bertha Boeing from J. Parker Van Zandt, May 10, 1937. Sends greetings and hopes this will be added to Boeing's first flight collection. One handwritten page with first flight air mail cover.Stamped cachet: "Primeiro…
[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Edward S. Campbell, February 5, 1929]
![[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Edward S. Campbell, February 5, 1929]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/bf536fc0b529d24952c8714c120aa61a.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Edward S. Campbell, February 5, 1929]")
Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Edward S. Campbell, February 5, 1929. Discusses aviation activities occurring while he is on board the USS Saratoga, including a reference to flight activities of Boeing…
[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from J. S. Patterson, March 3, 1919]
![[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from J. S. Patterson, March 3, 1919]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/3ef6d7f3e011c4263ca70084ce48705b.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from J. S. Patterson, March 3, 1919]")
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…
[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from representative of Canadian Official Great War Exhibit, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919]
![[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from representative of Canadian Official Great War Exhibit, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/05205018cb5dccffc4ffb991a88edc80.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from representative of Canadian Official Great War Exhibit, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919]")
Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from a representative of the Canadian Official Great War Exhibit, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919. Certifies Boeing arrived in Vancouver, B.C. by seaplane, making the first…
[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, from Thomas F. Hamilton, United Aircraft Corporation, May 23, 1939]
![[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, from Thomas F. Hamilton, United Aircraft Corporation, May 23, 1939]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/f4ade297d478429db7c1494115aa44ee.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, from Thomas F. Hamilton, United Aircraft Corporation, May 23, 1939]")
Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, from Thomas F. Hamilton, United Aircraft Corporation, May 23, 1939. Sends greetings by first transatlantic air mail service. One typed page and air mail cover.Stamped: "1st…
[Letter and first flight air mail cover to William E. Boeing from Frank E. Woodside, Acting Mayor, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919]
![[Letter and first flight air mail cover to William E. Boeing from Frank E. Woodside, Acting Mayor, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/d0463d2d1ec47453d4c6ff3bc14f8a40.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail cover to William E. Boeing from Frank E. Woodside, Acting Mayor, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919]")
Letter and first flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Frank E. Woodside, Acting Mayor, Vancouver, B.C., February 28, 1919. Offers congratulations on first flight between Vancouver and Seattle, Washington. One typed page and…
[Letter and first flight air mail covers addressed to William E. Boeing, October 23, 1933]
![[Letter and first flight air mail covers addressed to William E. Boeing, October 23, 1933]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/2e6c98e1b46dc34276c7cd8eaecefe50.jpg "[Letter and first flight air mail covers addressed to William E. Boeing, October 23, 1933]")
Letter to William E. Boeing from Merl LaVoy, October 23, 1933. Sends two first flight air mail covers from the Canton-Shanghai route.Stamped on first envelope: "First Flight, Shanghai-Canton."Stamped on second envelope: "First Flight,…
[Letter to "Colonel of the Guard, Lake Union Hangar" from William E. Boeing, August 22, 1917]
![[Letter to "Colonel of the Guard, Lake Union Hangar" from William E. Boeing, August 22, 1917]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/3747cc887480e0a51e65c1fd379ea1c4.jpg "[Letter to "Colonel of the Guard, Lake Union Hangar" from William E. Boeing, August 22, 1917]")
Letter to "Colonel of the Guard, Lake Union Hangar" from William E. Boeing, August 22, 1917. Grants permission for men to pass through the hangar to replace canvas on Boeing's yacht, Taconite. One typed page.
[Letter to "Our Neighbors Across the Line" from Seattle Mayor Hanson, February 15, 1919]
![[Letter to "Our Neighbors Across the Line" from Seattle Mayor Hanson, February 15, 1919]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/14816a6a5760aff9c6206039bc429f7a.jpg "[Letter to "Our Neighbors Across the Line" from Seattle Mayor Hanson, February 15, 1919]")
Letter to "Our Neighbors Across the Line" from Seattle Mayor Ole Hanson, February 15, 1919. Expresses friendship, well-wishes, and a united front "against Hunnism." Letter was carried on the first international airmail flight from Vancouver, B.C. to…