Airlines
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Non-preferred term: Air carriers; Air lines; Air transportation industry; Airline industry; Aviation industry; Scheduled airlines
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Found in 90 Collections and/or Records:
Dave Comstock Collection of Airline Decals
Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 004150]
Identifier: 1979-10-05
Contents of the Collection
The collection is comprised of two (2) color decals of United States west coast-based airlines, circa 1920s - 1930s. Decals include: a red, white, black, yellow and blue oval-shaped 5x3.5" decal by West Coast Air Transport Company that features the names and travel times of four cities at the top, a tri-motored super air pullman at center, and fields for passenger contact information; a red and white wing-shaped 4.75x2.125" decal by Pickwick Latino Americana. with text, "Servicios...
Dates:
circa 1920s-1930s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1983-11-18-A
Contents of the Collection
The Elliott N. Couden Airmail Collection is a relatively small collection that pertains to the early days of airmail via Pacific Air Transport (PAT), United Air Lines (UAL), and Varney Air Lines (VAL). It includes textual and photographic materials, dating from 1929-1944. Textual materials include both original and photocopies of clippings related to airmail pilots of the 1930s-1940s, including some of their crashes and deaths; and airmail service, including news about routes....
Dates:
1926-1948
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection
Collection
Identifier: 2024-08-01
Contents of the Collection
The Lester Lee Cruse Commercial Airline Collection is a small collection that holds textual and visual materials relevant to the 1956-1977 career of Lester Lee Cruse, pilot for Japan Airlines, Saudia, Southern Airways, Trans Mediterranean Airways, and Trans World Airlines (TWA). Materials include his flight log books, which start with his flight training in 1949 and continue through his career through 1977. The logs include brief information about type of aircraft, origination...
Dates:
1945-1984
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Jeffry Culver Boeing Field Negatives
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2024-01-29
Contents of the Collection
The Jeffry Culver Boeing Field Negatives is comprised of 22 black-and-white negatives taken at King County International Airport, otherwise known as Boeing Field, by Culver in 1970. The images are 35mm and were taken for a photography class while Culver was a student at Bellevue High School in Bellevue, Washington. The images depict stationary aircraft at the airport. Many of the aircraft views are obscured or from a distance. Some images include people and or buildings in the background....
Dates:
1970
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1982-02-11-A
Content Description
The Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book is a small collection consisting of one book that Dale used as a travel diary from 1932-1969. The book is a copy of Airman's World published by William Morrow in New York in 1933. Dale recorded all the flights she took throughout the pages of the book. She noted in the page margins the origins and destinations of her flights, occasionally recorded the date, and had...
Dates:
1932-1969
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Thomas B. Davis Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 1997-04-18
Content Description
The Thomas B. Davis Collection documents Davis’s career with the U.S. Navy and Pacific Northern Airlines with textual and visual materials primarily from 1940s-1960s. A small amount of materials, including log books and photographs, document Davis’s service during World War II. The bulk of the collection relates to Davis’s career as a commercial airline pilot with Pacific Northern Airlines, including certificates, manuals, and training materials. Another man, Frank L....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1940s to 1980s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Edward Doelker Northwest Airlines Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2023-09-19
Contents of the Collection
The Edward Doelker Northwest Airlines Collection is comprised of textual materials collected by Edward Doelker during his career in equipment services for Northwest Airlines (NWA), 1961-1997. The bulk of the collection is personnel records, including work-related correspondence, performance appraisals and certificates of commendation, grievance claims and appeals, and Northwest Airline company policies. There is also a small amount of NWA ephemera, including luggage tags, a notepad, and a...
Dates:
1961-1997, undated
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Muriel McAllister Dunn Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 1999-08-17
Contents of the Collection
The Muriel McAllister Dunn Pan American Airways Flight Attendant Collection is a small collection comprised of textual materials relating to Dunn's 1953-1957 flight attendant career with Pan American World Airways (Pan Am). The materials were collected by Dunn during her employment and include correspondence discussing stewardess requirements; employee training materials, including a manual that includes sections on meal service, DC-6 and DC-7 aircraft information, meteorology,...
Dates:
1953-1957
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Early Aviation Photograph Album
Collection — Box 1
Identifier: 2018-00-00-111
Contents of the Collection
The Early Aviation Photograph Album is comprised of a single album with 82 black-and-white photographs that depict aircraft and pilots. Most are dated between 1922-1927, although some are undated. It is not known who compiled the album. The album is black with "Photographs" printed on the cover. The binding is fairly loose and wear is visible on the album. Within the album, the photographs mostly depict aircraft, including biplanes, floatplanes, and seaplanes. Identified aircraft...
Dates:
1922-1927
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
Michael Ehl Commercial Aviation Collection
Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2019-10-23
Contents of the Collection
The Michael Ehl Commercial Aviation Collection consists of various documents related to commercial airlines. The collection includes a 1986 timetable for Aspen Airways; a circa 1970s BEA safety booklet; a 1992 Southwest Airlines timetable; a circa 1970s Olympic Airways flight packet; a 1992 Reno Air inaugural ticket; a 1990 Empire Airlines timetable and notepads advertising Coeur D'Alene, Idaho; an Emirates Airlines timetable from 2011-2012; JAL Seattle to Tokyo flight packets, 2012;...
Dates:
1919, circa 1970s-2012
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives