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brochures

 Subject

Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus

Scope Note: Printed or graphic material intended for promotional or publicity purposes, such as small printed works describing the features or amenities of a place, an organization, or other concern.

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

Mary Christensen Commercial Airlines Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004682]
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 Notes:  The collection includes route maps, schedules, and brochures by Northwest Airlines and Western Air
Found in Subjects:  brochures

Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 6, M-O)

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-6
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: circa 1910s-2020s; Majority of material found within 1950s-1990s
Found in Notes:  ; promotional brochures, booklets, and fliers; menus and in-flight entertainment guides, including duty-free
Found in Subjects:  brochures

Don Gray Northwest Airlines Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004594]
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 Notes:  , timetables, brochures, route maps, decal, postcards, and assorted travel receipts. Packet was received during
Found in Subjects:  brochures

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 Notes:  , brochures, postcards, and a poster advertising reduced fares due to the discontinuation of free meal service
Found in Subjects:  brochures

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 Notes:  collection contains photographs, manuscripts, reports, maps, personnel records, and brochures collected
Found in Subjects:  brochures

Alex R. Polson Northwest Orient Airlines Collection

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004456]
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 Notes:  . Included are a souvenir Flight Kit, maps, postcards, and brochures. There are also timetables with fares
Found in Subjects:  brochures

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