Seaplanes
©2010 Vaun S. Raymond vaun@u.washington.edu
Seaplanes of Lake Union with Jules James (6 min.)
Only eleven years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight, Lake Union began making its mark in aviation history. Today it is one of the busiest seaplane bases in the world, where airplanes, sailboats, kayaks and wildlife mix with surprising harmony.
Only eleven years after the Wright Brothers’ first flight, Lake Union began making its mark in aviation history. Today it is one of the busiest seaplane bases in the world, where airplanes, sailboats, kayaks and wildlife mix with surprising harmony.
This exhibit funded by a grant from 4Culture Arts, Heritage & Preservation
through the King County Lodging Tax
CORRECTION: In the video soundtrack, Jules James says “I’m guessing that Lake Union is the busiest seaplane base....in the United States on any given summer’s day.” A visitor to this website has pointed out that Lake Hood in Anchorage, AK, statistically enjoys that distinction.
VIDEO SOUNDTRACK MUSIC
“Seaplanes of Lake Union” Arranged in Garageband by Vaun Raymond
IMAGE SOURCES
Hiram Gill Flight, 1914, Museum of History & Industry 83.10.9856
Hiram Gill Flight, 1914, Museum of History & Industry 83.10.9857.1
Eastlake Neighborhood & Boeing Hangar, c/o Jules James
Men Pulling B&W into Hangar, 1916, Museum of History & Industry 11540
Boeing B&W at Lake Union Hangar, Boeing Archives P-209
Red Barn, Museum of History & Industry SHS 12999
Eddie Hubbard & Passengers, 1919 Museum of History & Industry 11352a
Boeing Passenger Plane, May 1919, Museum of History & Industry 113526
Bill Boeing & Eddie Hubbard, 1919 Museum of History & Industry SHS 12544
Eddie Hubbard & Unidentified Man in Mail Plane, c. 1919, Seattle P-I Staff photographer, Museum of History & Industry 1986.5G.1145
Aerial View of Central Waterfront, Puget Sound Regional Archives
Japanese Ship in Ballard Locks, Puget Sound Regional Archives
Police with Confiscated Stills, Kent, ca. 1928, White River Valley Museum 1927
Birds Eye View of Puget Sound, Puget Sound Regional Archives
MOHAI Plane, 2007, p. Joe Mabel, Wikimedia Commons
Lake Union Air Terminal, 1931 c/o Jules James
Stinson Reliant, 1936 c/o Jules James
Aviator Herbert Munter and Three Women with Mail Plane, 1932, p, Seattle P-I Staff, Museum of History & Industry 1986.5G.2118
Lana P. Kurtzer with Plane, 1935, p. Chales Laidlaw, Museum of History & Industry 1983.10.18074.3
Ballard Locks, Puget Sound Regional Archives
Kurtzer Biplane, p. Keith Petrich, c/o Jules James
Aerial of Kurtzer Seaplane Terminal, 1938, p. Charles Laidlaw, Museum of History & Industry 1983.10.17840
Lana Kurtzer, Museum of History & Industry 86.5.9745