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Mary Christensen Commercial Airlines Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 2000-09-13

Contents of the Collection

The collection includes route maps, schedules, and brochures by Northwest Airlines and Western Air Lines, circa 1940s. Materials from both airlines feature the Douglas DC-4 and DC-3 aircraft in their promotional art. Also included is a Souvenir Air Log by Northwest Airlines, which unfolds to a reversible map that features domestic and international routes along with trivia about the science of air travel.

Dates: Circa 1945-1950

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Don Gray Northwest Airlines Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1995-04-27

Contents of the Collections

The collection is comprised of a Northwest Airlines Souvenir Flight Packet containing tickets, timetables, brochures, route maps, decal, postcards, and assorted travel receipts. Packet was received during a Northwest Airlines flight between New York and Seattle in July, 1954. Most of the brochures and postcards feature a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.

Dates: 1954

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Esther (Hutchings) Hebrew Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2021-12-10

Contents of the Collection The Esther (Hutchings) Hebrew Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection consists of textual and visual materials gathered by Hebrew during her career as a stewardess for Western Airlines (WAL) in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The materials illuminate the work and life of flight attendants in the mid-twentieth century. The collection is organized in two series: Western Airlines career-related materials and other airlines. There are several files of textual materials related...

Dates: 1945-1951, undated

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alda Jane Lewis Flight Attendant Collection

Collection

Identifier: 2012-03-19

Abstract

Alda Jane Lewis (1923-2012) was born in Ohio and worked as a United Airlines flight attendant. The collection contains photographs, manuscripts, reports, maps, personnel records, and brochures collected during her career.

Dates: 1939-1984

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

Alex R. Polson Northwest Orient Airlines Collection

Collection — Folder: 1

Identifier: 1989-07-06-A

Contents of the Collection The Alex R. Polson Northwest Orient Airlines Collection is a small collection comprised of textual marketing materials from Northwest Airlines and Northwest Orient Airlines, collected between 1948-1956. Included are a souvenir Flight Kit, maps, postcards, and brochures. There are also timetables with fares for various routes, predominantly for service to Alaska, Hawaii, Japan, and China. Materials feature several aircraft that began commercial service in the late 1940s, including the Boeing...

Dates: 1948-1956

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

James Sterling Commercial Airlines Collection

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 1992-01-21

Contents of the Collection The James Sterling Commercial Airlines Collection is comprised of commercial airline ephemera printed between 1930 and 1990, such as route maps, flight schedules, postcards, flight kits, decals, catalogs, brochures, air sickness bags and calendars. The materials were items provided to customers by various airlines, predominantly ones with international routes, including: Pan American World Airways, United Airlines, Delta Air Lines, TWA, Northwest Orient Airlines, Mexicana De Aviacion,...

Dates: circa 1940s to 1980s

Found in: The Museum of Flight Archives

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Mary Christensen Commercial Airlines Collection

Don Gray Northwest Airlines Collection

Esther (Hutchings) Hebrew Western Airlines Flight Attendant Collection

Alda Jane Lewis Flight Attendant Collection

Alex R. Polson Northwest Orient Airlines Collection

James Sterling Commercial Airlines Collection

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