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Date: July 22, 1942
This clipping, published in the Kansas City Times, shows Edna Allen. Allen, a farmer’s daughter from Halstead, Kansas, served as an inspector at the Cessna Aircraft Company Plant during World…
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Date: March 31, 1942
This article, published in the Wichita Eagle, details the efforts to develop a efficient method of transporting the thousands of aircraft industry workers to their jobs at various manufacturing plants…
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Date: April 5, 1942
This article, published in the Wichita Eagle, covers women’s role in the rapid expansion of the U.S. aviation industry workforce during the winter and spring of 1942.
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Date: 1945
This article, published in the June 1945 edition of the Boeing Magazine, details the extraordinary work done by workers at Boeing’s aircraft manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas. In the Summer…
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Date: 1945
This article, published in the March 1945 edition of the Boeing Magazine, covers the completion of the 1,000 B-29 Superfortress in Wichita, Kansas.
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Date: 1944
This article, published in the December 1944 edition of the Boeing Magazine, details the success of the Boeing/Stearman-built Kaydet biplane. Produced by the thousands during World War II, the Kaydet…
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Date: 1944
This article, published in the November 1944 edition of the Boeing Magazine, details the development of the Boeing 377 airliner. Produced at the end of World War II, the 377…
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Date: July 26, 1946
This article from the Wichita Evening Eagle details the postwar expansion of the civilian aviation industry. Immediately following World War II, many private aviation companies chose Wichita as their homes…
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Date: January 18, 1946
This article from the Wichita Evening Eagle details the enormous contributions of Kansas aviation companies to World War II and their impact throughout the globe in both military and non-military…
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Date: August 26, 1945
This article from the Wichita Morning Eagle details Boeing Airplane Companies wartime accomplishments and the postwar plans for its Wichita division.
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Date: June 15, 1945
This article from the Topeka Daily Capital addresses the importance of the B-29 to the U.S. war effort, as well as the Kansas workers that manufactured the huge airplanes. In…
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Date: June 14, 1945
This article from the Topeka Daily Capital covers the rapid decline in aviation industry jobs at the end of World War II. In particular, Wichita, Kansas, lost 22,000 aviation industry-related…
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Date: June 23, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle addresses the awarding of the Army/Navy “E” award for excellence to the Cessna Aircraft Company. The Army/Navy “E” award was given for outstanding performance…
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Date: February 14, 1945
This article from the Wichita Eagle covers the release of the 1,000 B-29 Superfortress bomber at the Boeing Aircraft Company plant in Wichita, Kansas. On the same day the Boeing…
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Date: December 30, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle details the huge demands placed on the Boeing Aircraft Company by the War Department which needed more B-29s for the U.S. air effort in…
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Date: October 15, 1944
This article, published in the October 15, 1944 edition of the Wichita Eagle, details the significant expenses related to the design, testing, and production of the B-29 Superfortresses built in…
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Date: October 9, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle covers the excitement generated by the decision to allow the public to view a recently-built B-29 Superfortress at the Boeing factory in Wichita, Kansas.
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Date: July 29, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle covers the release of the 10,000 Boeing/Stearman Kaydet training airplane and the B-29 “X” airplane. Both airplanes had their production numbers painted on their…
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Date: June 16, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle details the experience of a Wichita Eagle writer and their flight in a B-29.
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Date: June 15, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle details the features of the Boeing B-29 Superfortress. The B-29, the most powerful U.S. bomber during World War II, put Wichita on the map…
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Date: July 30, 1944
This article from the Wichita Eagle details the rapid growth and success of the aviation industry in Kansas during World War II. With the Boeing Aircraft Company in the top…
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Date: 1919
The Senate Ways and Means Committee, Kansas Legislature, drafts legislation for payment of individual reimbursement for listed Senate members during the Kansas special special legislative session 1919. The governor had…
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Date: 1919
Governor Henry Allen addresses the senate who have been called in special session to ratify the right to vote for women. “Kansas has been a leader in the movement to…
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Date: June 13, 1919
Senator Arthur Capper of Washington D.C. writes to Kansas Governor Henry Allen of Topeka, Kansas, with reference to the proposed women suffrage amendment to the United States Constitution. Capper includes…
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Date: June 15, 1919
Mrs. Henry Ware Allen writes to Governor Henry J. Allen on behalf of the Kansas League of Women Voters. Mrs. Allen was the state chairman of the Kansas League of…
