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Eastern Air Lines

 Organization

Historical Note

Eastern Air Lines was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991. It was headquartered at Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. It was headed by World War I fighter Ace Eddie Rickenbacker, from 1938 to 1959.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: 1910s-2020s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Robert Dempster Airline Ephemera Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012-03-28
Contents of the Collection

The Robert Dempster Airline ephemera is a small collection comprised of assorted airline schedules/timetables and safety cards ranging from the 1950s through the 1980s. The collection also contains a poster for a parade for Astronaut Dick Gordon through Seattle, Washington in 1966.

Dates: 1950s-1980s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

evé Martinez-Petrut Eastern Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2008-02-26-A
Contents of the Collection The evé Martinez-Petrut Eastern Airlines Flight Attendant Collection is quite small. The collection contains a November 1958 Eastern Airlines (EA) flight attendant diploma for Martinez, including a black-and-white 8x10" group portrait of the graduating class and a program and menu for the graduation event. Digital prints for each of these items are also included in the collection, as well as a CD-ROM which holds digital files, per donor information. The collection also has one "Occupied"...
Dates: 1958
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ken Schultz Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1991-06-03-B
Contents of the Collection

The Ken Schultz Commercial Airlines Collection consists of printed ephemera from Eastern Air Lines, Horizon Air, United Airlines, Pan Am, Era Aviation, and Heli L.A. Items are dated circa 1980s and include system timetables, decals, stationery, brochures, postcards, tickets, and city timetables for Anchorage, Kansas City, and Seattle/Tacoma. Also present is an employee handbook from Continental Airlines, dated 1988.

Dates: Circa 1980s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Wanda Smith Flight Attendant Collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2022-04-16
Contents of the Collection The Wanda Smith Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection consisting of photographs and clippings documenting Smith's career as a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines and Western Airlines in the 1950s and 1960s. The collection includes seven photographs of Smith in her Eastern Airlines uniform, including six formal individual portraits of her and one group portrait of her with several other flight attendants, circa 1956. There are also thirteen photographs of Smith and...
Dates: 1955-circa 1960s
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Ron Weisberg Elmer G. Cross photographs collection

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2018-10-01-A
Contents of the Collection This small collection contains four (4) black-and-white photographs of Elmer Cross and relates to his airmail pilot career for Pitcairn Aviation during 1928. Each of the photographs are 8x10" and include information on the reverse. One photograph shows Cross seated in a partially obscured unidentified aircraft with another man standing next to the U.S. Mail plane. A handwritten caption on the reverse reads "Elmer G. Cross, 6/11/28, as he joins Pitcairn Aviation to fly U.S. mail."...
Dates: 1928
Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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