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Photographic portrait of Wilhelm Böing, father of William E. Boeing, circa 1880s.Stamped on verso: "Angell, Photographer, East Saginaw, Mich. Opposite Everett House."

Photographic portrait of Marie Ortmann Böing, mother of William E. Boeing, circa 1880s-1910s.Stamped on verso: "Angell. East Saginaw, Michigan."

Illustration (photographic reproduction) of Albert Tissandier and Gaston Tissandier in the gondola of their airship, circa 1883.

Letter to and from unidentified persons, April 18, 1883. Two handwritten pages on Wilhelm Boeing letterhead ("Wilhelm Boeing, Pine, Lands and Logs, Detroit, Mich.") and envelope addressed to William E. Boeing, Sr.

Aerial photograph of Simsbury, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of Simsbury, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885. This image is a mirrored duplicate of another photograph in the collection.

Aerial photograph of the Farmington River, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of clouds, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885.

Aerial photograph of Windsor, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885. This image is a mirrored duplicate of another photograph in the collection.

Aerial photograph of Windsor, Connecticut, taken from a balloon by photographer John G. Doughty, September 1885. This image is a mirrored duplicate of another photograph in the collection.