The experimental flying boat is pictured on the water. A power boat with a line attached from it to the plane is on the left edge of the photo. A tree-covered shoreline is visible in the background. Photo caption reads: An experimental Boeing flying boat during World War II At the time Leif Anderson was serving as a technical representative for the company, both stateside and in the South Pacific.
Genre (Short List)
photographs
Type
Image
Date Original
1939; 1940; 1941; 1942; 1943; 1944; 1945
Date (Unknown or Estimated)
circa 1939-1945
Subject (LCSH)
Bonner (Mont.) -- Photographs; Montana -- History; Airplanes -- Photographs; Research aircraft; World War, 1939-1945; Boeing Aircraft Company;
Original photoboards scanned using a Colortrac Ltd. 5480e wide format scanner at 600 ppi. Images cropped to individual master TIFFs. Derivative images created using Photoshop CS2.
Date Digitized
2007-07
Provenance
Image collection provided by Jack L. Demmons
Source
Photoboard #125
Local Identifier
demmons_125_b_d.jpg
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