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[Letter to William E. Boeing from George Conrad Westervelt, May 13, 1916]
Letter to William E. Boeing from George Conrad Westervelt, May 13, 1916. Discusses Westervelt's attempts to leave the Navy, the value of various people as possible employees, and recent aircraft crashes; mentions . Twelve handwritten pages.
[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 Service Postal - Aerien - France - Etats - Unis."
[Letter and first flight air mail cover "carried on the 'Boeing Hornet Shuttle,'" August 27, 1929]
Letter and first flight air mail cover "carried on the 'Boeing Hornet Shuttle,'" August 27, 1929. Letter was carried on "the first plane to carry mail while attempting one or more round-trip non-stop flights over the New York-San Francisco air mail route" and is addressed to Mr. W. E. Boeing, Jr., Seattle, Washington. One typed page signed by William E. Boeing and envelope.Stamped: "First…
[Letter and air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, June 3, 1930]
Letter and air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, June 3, 1930. Congratulates Boeing Air Transport, Inc. on upcoming completion of ten million miles of flight with the Air Mail. One typed page and envelope.Stamped: "Air Mail. Send Via Air Mail, by authority of Superintendent Contract Air mail Service Per. [signature]."
[Letter to William E. Boeing from W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, March 26, 1929]
Letter to William E. Boeing from W. Irving Glover, Second Assistant Postmaster General, March 26, 1929. Forwards two air mail covers from "special flight made by Captain Eaker from Brownsville, Texas to Cristobal, Canal Zone, and return." One typed page on Post Office Department stationery.
[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, Canton-Shanghai."
[Letter to John Heise, John Heise Autographs, from G.D. Stoops, May 8, 1930]
Letter to John Heise, John Heise Autographs, from G.D. Stoops, May 8, 1930. Requests autographs from Orville and Wilbur Wright, sends payment, and includes typed response from Heise at the bottom. Accompanied by slip of paper with Orville Wright's signature and registered mail envelope. One handwritten page.
[Postcard to William E. Boeing from the Praegers, August 30, 1931]
Postcard to William E. Boeing from the Praegers, August 30, 1931. States that they are leaving Singapore and includes a list of addresses for mail as they travel.
[Commemorative letter and air mail cover honoring 25th anniversary of Glenn L. Martin's flight from Newport Bay, California to Avalon, Catalina Island, May 10, 1937]
Commemorative letter honoring the 25th anniversary of Glenn L. Martin's record-making flight from Newport Bay, California to Avalon, Catalina Island, then the longest over-water flight in aviation history, May 10, 1937. One typed page on Glenn L. Martin Company stationery with air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing.Stamped cachet: "25th Anniversary - First Flight to Catalina Island."
[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 Voo – Correio - Transpacific - Macau-USA."