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[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] (Item)

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 Airplane, the Douglas B-19, Super-Bomber for United States Army Air Corps. Clover Field, Santa Monica, California to March Field, Riverside,…

[Demonstration flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Douglas Aircraft Company, October 1, 1946] (Item)

Demonstration flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from the Douglas Aircraft Company, Santa Monica, California, October 1, 1946.Stamped cachet: "Demonstration flight - Flying Post Office - En route - Los Angeles - New York - Boston - U.S. Air Mail."

[Letter to William E. Boeing from George Conrad Westervelt, circa 1915-1920] (Item)

Letter to William E. Boeing from George Conrad Westervelt, circa 1915-1920. Discusses Westervelt's visit to Martin plant where he met Donald Douglas and asks Boeing to look into "Wright matter." Three handwritten pages.

[Letter to William E. Boeing from Bureau of Navigation, U.S. Navy, July 20, 1920] (Item)

Letter to William E. Boeing from the Bureau of Navigation, U.S. Navy, July 20, 1920. Expresses appreciation of services during World War I. One typed page.

[Letter to William E. Boeing from Alan Hawley, President of Aero Club of America, May 26, 1916] (Item)

Letter to William E. Boeing from Alan Hawley, President of Aero Club of America, May 26, 1916. Explains that "being sent is a copy of a special edition of New York World, the first paper to be delivered to Washington by aeroplane." Four typed pages on Aero Club of America stationery.

[First flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing from Glenn L. Martin Company, July 3, 1942] (Item)

First flight air mail cover addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from the Glenn L. Martin Company, Baltimore, Maryland, July 3, 1942.Stamped cachet: "First Flight - This cover carried on first official flight of the 'Mars,' built by the Martin Co. for the U.S. Navy - World's Largest Flying Ship."

[Air mail postcard addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from Des Moines Post Office, Iowa, August 10, 1928] (Item)

Air mail postcard addressed to William E. Boeing, Seattle, Washington, from the Des Moines Post Office, Iowa, August 10, 1928. Text reads: "Congratulations - Des Moines, IA today dispatched more than 40,000 pieces of air mail via Boeing planes for a new worlds record. From the Postmaster Supervisors and Postal Employees of the Des Moines Iowa Post Office."

[William E. Boeing's racehorse, Porter's Mite] (Item)

Composite photograph of two unidentified men with William E. Boeing's racehorse, Porter's Mite, and Porter's Mite during a race, September 17, 1938.Inscription: "C. C. Cook - photos - New York. 'Porter's Mite' - B. James up. Winner Champagne Stks - Belmont Pk - September 17, 1938. 'Impound' - 2nd [place]. 'No Competition' - 3rd [place]. W. E. Boeing – Owner - New World's Record - 6 1/2 fur - 1:14…

Jim Jackson oral history interview (Item)

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Jim Jackson and interviewer Dan Hagedorn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, September 23, 2014