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| Title | Crowd gathered for first flight of Flying Fortress at Boeing Field, Seattle, 1935 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1935 |
| Caption | On July 28, 1935 the prototype of the B-17 Flying Fortress (called the Model 299) made its maiden flight from Boeing Field. A large crowd gathered to watch the event, as shown in this photo taken at the administration building. |
| Notes | Handwritten on image: Boeing Field crowd.
Handwritten on sleeve: Airports - Boeing Field.
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): August 30, 1935. |
| Subjects | Crowds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Airports--Washington (State)--Seattle; King County International Airport |
| Places | United States--Washington (State)--Seattle
Georgetown (Seattle, Wash.) |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | PI20306 |
| 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 | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI) |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 nitrate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 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. |
