File:First paying passengers of Boeing Commercial Air Service posing at Lake Union, Seattle, May 2, 1919 (MOHAI 9370).jpg
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English: First paying passengers of Boeing Commercial Air Service posing at Lake Union, Seattle, May 2, 1919 ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: First paying passengers of Boeing Commercial Air Service posing at Lake Union, Seattle, May 2, 1919 |
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English: The first paying passengers of the Boeing Airplane Company were charged $15 for a 15-20 minute sightseeing tour over the city of Seattle, taking off in one of the Boeing factory's seaplanes from their Lake Union hangar. This image of the first customers was taken on the dock at Lake Union, with the seaplane behind. Third from the left is pilot Edward Willits "Eddie" Hubbard (1889-1928), who was the first graduate of the Aviation School of the Northwest in November, 1915. His occupation in the 1920 U. S. Census is listed as "Aeroplane Conductor." Written on recto: Ralph Lomen, Alfred J. Lomen, Eddie Hubbard (pilot), Mrs. Jas. Gibbs, Jas. Gibbs, News Man. First passengers ever carried by Boeing for money, May 1919 Typed on verso: First com'l airplane in Seattle, Boeing. Passengers on flight, iden. May, 1919. Aircraft identified as a model C by Dr. Paul Spitzer, Boeing corporate historian Caption information source: The Seattle Daily Times, May 2, 1919, page 12
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Depicted place |
English: Lake Union (Seattle, Wash.)
United States--Washington (State)--Seattle |
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Date | Taken on 2 May 1919 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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English: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w |
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height: 4.7 in (12 cm); width: 6.7 in (17.1 cm) dimensions QS:P2048,4.75U218593 dimensions QS:P2049,6.75U218593 |
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institution QS:P195,Q219563 |
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English: Museum of History and Industry |
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Credit Line InfoField | MOHAI, Seattle Historical Society Collection, SHS11352A |
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