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| Title | Boeing B-17 ceremony, Seattle, 1945 |
| Photographer | Staff Photographer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
| Date | 1945 |
| Caption | A large crowd gathers at the Seattle Boeing plant to commemorate the conversion of production from B-17 to B-29 bombers. The Army Air Corps ordered the first B-17s in early 1936, and at the peak of its production in 1944, the Seattle Boeing plant would complete 16 B-17s every 24 hours. The heavily-armed Flying Fortresses were legendary for their ability to withstand enemy fire and make it home safely. In this photo, the 6981st and last Seattle built B-17 is honored while three planes fly overhead. Written on the aircraft are wartime destinations, including a large sign reading "Berlin". |
| Notes | Handwritten on sleeve: SEATTLE, Boeing aircraft, B-17 testing plane.
Caption information source: www.boeing.com/history/boeing/b17
Date photograph was filed at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (date of photograph and file date may differ by a month or more): May 8, 1945. |
| Subjects | Airplanes--Washington (State)--Seattle; Airplane factories--Washington (State)--Seattle; Boeing Airplane Company; Bombers--Washington (State)--Seattle; Crowds--Washington (State)--Seattle; Exhibitions--Washington (State)--Seattle; World War, 1939-1945 |
| Places | United States—Washington (State)--Seattle |
| Digital Collection | Museum of History & Industry Photograph Collection |
| Image Number | 1986.5.7449.1 |
| 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 Photograph Collection, Museum of History & Industry, Seattle; All Rights Reserved |
| Repository | Museum of History & Industry, Seattle (MOHAI). |
| Repository Collection | Seattle Post-Intelligencer Photograph Collection |
| Type | Image |
| Physical Description | 1 acetate negative: b&w; 4 x 5 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from film negative using Epson Expression 10000XL as 4350 pixel TIFF image in 16-bit grayscale, resized to 640 pixels in the longest dimension and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS5, JPEG quality measurement 5. |
