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| Title | Aerial of Boeing plant looking southeast, Seattle, August 12, 1938 |
| Photographer | Laidlaw, Charles |
| Date | 1938 |
| Caption | The Boeing Airplane Company got its first big military order when its "C" model seaplane was accepted as a trainer by the U.S. Navy during World War I. The company opened a new plant on the west side of the Duwamish River, south of Seattle, to handle all this new business. This photo, taken in August 1938, shows Plant 1 of the Boeing Airplane Company. |
| Notes | Note from MOHAI records: Plant 1.
Handwritten on sleeve: Boeing Airplane Factory.
Caption by MOHAI staff. |
| Subjects | Aircraft industry--Washington (State)--Seattle; Factories--Washington (State)--Seattle; Rivers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Bridges--Washington (State)--Seattle; Logs--Washington (State)--Seattle; Aerial photographs--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boeing Airplane Company |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Duwamish River (Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1983.10.17845.3 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permissions contact photos@mohai.org or phone us at 206-324-1126. Please refer to the Image Number and provide a brief description of the photograph. |
| Credit Line | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | PEMCO Webster & Stevens Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 5 x 7 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from print made from original negative as a 3000 pixel TIFF image in 8-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop 6.0 and its JPEG quality measurement 3. |
| Photographer's Reference Number | T-822 |
