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Continental 1939-40
Rare postcard.
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Continental 1939-40
For the Golden Gate International Exposition and the New York World's Fair 1939-40
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Philadelphia Airport
Rare postcard.
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4
Philadelphia Airport
To Commemorate the Opening of Philadelphia's New Airport June 20, 1940.
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Thanksgiving 1941
Rare postcard.
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Thanksgiving 1941
Thanksgiving Menu November 20th, and November 27th, 1941.
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Navy Week 1941
Rare postcard.
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Navy Week 1941
For Navy Week Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 1941
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Mainliner Menu Portland
Rare postcard.
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Mainliner Menu Portland
The Mainliner Menu prepared in Portland, Oregon.
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Salad Bowl Los Angeles
Rare postcard.
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12
Salad Bowl Los Angeles
Salad Bowl lunch menu prepared in Los Angeles, California
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Salad Bowl San Francisco
Rare postcard.
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Salad Bowl San Francisco
Salad Bowl lunch menu prepared in San Francisco, California
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15
Mainliner Menu Los Angeles
Scarce postcard.
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16
Mainliner Menu Los Angeles
Mainliner Menu featuring a DC-3 prepared in Los Angeles, California.
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Mainliner Menu New York
Scarce postcard.
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Mainliner Menu New York
Mainliner dinner menu prepared in New York, New York
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Mainliner Menu Omaha
Scarce postcard.
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Mainliner Menu Omaha
Mainliner dinner menu prepared in Omaha, Nebraska
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21
25th Anniversary of the First Coast-To-Coast Airway
Scarce card. Menu prepared in Los Angeles.
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25th Anniversary of the First Coast-To-Coast Airway
Text on back gives the Anniversary date of September 3rd, 1945.
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23
Breakfast Menu Los Angeles
Scarce postcard.
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24
Breakfast Menu Los Angeles
Prepared in Los Angeles, California by Max Burkhardt, Chef.
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25
Served Aboard the Mainliner Portland
Scarce postcard.
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Served Aboard the Mainliner Portland
Dinner menu prepared at Portland, Oregon.
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United Air Lines Menu Denver
Scarce postcard.
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United Air Lines Menu Denver
Dinner menu prepared at Denver, Colorado
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Served Aboard the Mainliner Los Angeles
Scarce postcard.
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Served Aboard the Mainliner Los Angeles
Dinner menu prepared at Los Angeles, California
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United Air Lines Menu San Francisco
This is the beginning of the United Air Lines menu postcards in the smaller standard size postcard format. Common postcard.
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United Air Lines Menu San Francisco
Prepared in San Francisco by Frank Hurliman, Chef. Writing on the back dated November 13, 1949.
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Served Aboard the Mainliner Newark
Scarce postcard.
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Served Aboard the Mainliner Newark
Prepared by Hot Shoppes, Newark, New Jersey.
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35
Twenty Fifth Anniversary Menu
April 1926 - April 1951
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Twenty Fifth Anniversary Menu
Menu prepared in Denver, Conrad Kung, Chef.
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Breakfast Menu - Chuck Wagon
Scarce postcard. There is another scarce breakfast menu showing a couple seated in a red building with a yellow sky.
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Breakfast Menu - Chuck Wagon
Menu prepared by Joe Gilbert Restaurant at Kansas City.
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Breakfast Menu - Chicken beating a Pan
Come and get it!
One of 6 different artist drawn breakfast postcards in the 1950's series.
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Breakfast Menu - Chicken beating a Pan
Menu prepared at San Francisco, Frank Hurliman, Chef.
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Menu - Chicken with Serving Tray
Does not say breakfast menu but the food is obviously for breakfast.
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Menu - Chicken with Serving Tray
Menu prepared at Salt Lake City, Anton Waser, Chef.
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Breakfast Menu - Cow by Barn
Common postcard.
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Breakfast Menu - Cow by Barn
Menu prepared at Akron, Ohio.
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Breakfast Menu - Horse drawn Milk Wagon
Common postcard.
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Breakfast Menu - Horse drawn Milk Wagon
Menu prepared at Denver, Conrad Kung, Chef.
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47
Luncheon Menu
There are not many cards that say luncheon menu.
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Luncheon Menu
Menu prepared at Omaha, Albert Reber, Chef.
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49
Menu - "the Hollywood"
United Air Lines chefs Emil Salzmann of New York; Eugene Ertle of Chicago; and Max Burkhardt of Los Angeles.
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Menu - "the Hollywood"
Menu prepared at Los Angeles.
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Menu - "the San Francisco"
United Air Lines chefs Emil Salzmann of New York, Eugene Ertle of Chicago, and Frank Hurliman of San Francisco.
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Menu - "the San Francisco"
Menu prepared at Chicago.
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Halloween Menu
Scarce postcard. This design is not dated on the back. The only postmarked example I've seen was dated 1952.
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Halloween Menu
Menu prepared at Boise, Idaho. There is a third Halloween design which I do not have. It shows a scared tree with an owl. It is not dated.
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Halloween Menu - October 31, 1953
All of the United holiday menu postcards are scarce. This design is dated on the back. Dates seen range from 1953 through 1961.
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Halloween Menu - October 31, 1953
Dated on the back October 31, 1953. Menu prepared at Omaha by Albert Reber, Chef.
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Thanksgiving - 1956
Dates seen for this postcard are 1956, 1958, 1960, and 1964. Other dates probably exist.
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Thanksgiviing - 1956
Menu prepared at Portland by Ernest Maurer, Chef.
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Menu - Served Aloft Aboard the Mainliner
Dinner menu.
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Menu - Served Aloft Aboard the Mainliner
Menu prepared at Los Angeles by Max Burkhardt, Chef.
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61
Autumn Day in Northern Idaho
All of the United menu postcards with the photo on one side or the other are common.
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Autumn Day in Northern Idaho
Menu prepared at Boston by Paul Sofi, Chef.
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63
Buckingham Fountain at Night
Common postcard.
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Buckingham Fountain at Night
Menu prepared by Hotel Boise. Though these cards are common some of the places preparing the food are scarce. This one from Boise is scarce.
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Capitol in Washington
Common postcard.
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Capitol in Washington
Menu prepared by Marie A. Schreiber at Cleveland. I'm trying to show as many different places preparing food for United as I have. This one is common.
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Cliff House and Seal Rocks
Common postcard.
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Cliff House and Seal Rocks
Menu prepared by Globe Room Restaurant at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.
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Crater Lake, Oregon
Common postcard.
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Crater Lake, Oregon
Menu prepared at Chicago Midway Airport by Albert Reber, Chef.
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Fall in New England
Common postcard.
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Fall in New England
Menu prepared by Sports Service, Inc. Buffalo. One of the scarcer ones.
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Fishing Fleet of Gloucester Harbor
Common postcard. The Fishing Fleet cards come in three varieties. All are shown. This one fancy letters in Menu; photo on left side.
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Fishing Fleet of Gloucester Harbor
Menu prepared at New York City, Emil Salzmann, Chef.
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Fishing Fleet of Gloucester Harbor
Common postcard. This one has Menu in plain letters and photo is on the right side.
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Fishing Fleet of Gloucester Harbor
Menu prepared at Washington, D. C. by Edward Gerber, Chef. The writing on the back is distracting, but there is a rubber stamp saying the menu to be served on 6/26/53 only.
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Fishing Fleet of Gloucester Harbor
Common postcard. This one has Menu in plain letters and the photo is on the left side.
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Fishing Fleet of Gloucester Harbor
Menu prepared at La Guardia Airport by Louis Scheidegger, Chef.
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Fly fishing in a mountain-rimmed western lake
Common postcard.
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Fly fishing in a mountain-rimmed western lake
Menu prepared at Salt Lake City, Jack Staub, Chef.
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Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Common postcard.
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Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Menu prepared at Chicago - O'Hare International Airport by Edwin Wirz, Chef.
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Lone Cypress Point, Monterey Pennisula
Common postcard.
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Lone Cypress Point, Monterey Pennisula
Menu prepared at La Guardia Airport, Louis Scheidegger, Chef.
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Natural Bridges National Monument Park, Utah
Common postcard.
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Natural Bridges National Monument Park, Utah
Menu prepared by Al Green Restaurants Inc. at Willow Run Airport. One of the scarcer ones.
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New York City from Governors Island
Common postcard.
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New York City from Governors Island
Just the city Des Moines as the place of food preparation. A scarcer one.
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Oregon's Mt. Hood, near Portland
Common postcard.
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Oregon's Mt. Hood, near Portland
Menu prepared by Hot Shoppes in Newark.
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Outrigger Canoeists off Waikiki Beach
The image is reversed in error. See the next card for the correct orientation of the image. Not rare but probably a little scarcer than the correct one.
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Outrigger Canoeists off Waikiki Beach
This card shows no city where the food was prepared. It is the only card in the series I've seen with no city or food kitchen mentioned. Very scarce.
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Outrigger Canoeists off Waikiki Beach
Common postcard. Shows the correct orientation of the photo. See the previous card for the same photo reversed in error.
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Outrigger Canoeists off Waikiki Beach
Menu prepared by Hot Shoppes, New York International Airport.
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95
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Common postcard. Some of the cards come with or without the 50th Anniversary logo on the back of the card.
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San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge
Menu prepared at Portland by Ernst Mauer, Chef.
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Santa Catalina Island's colorful Casino
Common postcard.
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Santa Catalina Island's colorful Casino
Menu prepared at Denver, Conrad Kung, Chef.
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99
Scenic Maroon Bells, near Aspen
Common postcard. This photo comes with two different descriptions on the back. This one mentions the Maroon Bells, near Aspen.
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Scenic Maroon Bells, near Aspen
Menu prepared by Marie A. Schreiber at Cleveland.
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View of the majestic Colorado Rockies
Common postcard. Same photo as the previous card but the text on the back says View of the majestic Rocky Mountains.
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102
View of the majestic Colorado Rockies
Just says Milwaukee for the place where the food was prepared. A scarcer one.
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103
United Nation's Building at Night
Common postcard.
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104
United Nation's Building at Night
Menu prepared at Omaha, Albert Reber, Chef.
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105
United Nations, Empire State and Chrysler Buildings
Common postcard.
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106
United Nations, Empire State and Chrysler Buildings
Menu prepared by Marie A. Schreiber at Cleveland.
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107
Visitors seated on an Outrigger Canoe
Common postcard.
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108
Visitors seated on an Outrigger Canoe
Menu prepared by Red Apple Cafe in Walla Walla. One of the scarcer ones.
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109
Vista House at Crown Point, Oregon
Common postcard.
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110
Vista House at Crown Point, Oregon
Menu prepared by Eugene's Restaurant in Reno. One of the scarcer ones.
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111
Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head
Common postcard.
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112
Waikiki Beach and Diamond Head
Menu prepared at Los Angeles by Max Burkhardt, Chef.
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113
Wilshire Boulveard, Los Angeles
Common postcard.
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114
Wilshire Boulveard, Los Angeles
Menu prepared by Air Terminal Services Restaurant in Philadelphia. A little scarcer one.
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115
Wrigley Building, Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Common postcard.
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116
Wrigley Building, Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Menu prepared at Chicago, Eugene Ertle, Chef.
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117
Wrigley Building, Michigan Avenue, Chicago
Whoops! Forgot to print the menu on this one.
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118
Wrigley Building, Michigan Avenue, Chicago
I have another card from Pan American's Alaska service that also does not have the menu printed. Both are the only ones I've seen, but there must be others.
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119
Copper Skillet Breakfast Menu
So far only seen from Flight Kitchens at Los Angeles or San Francisco.
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120
Copper Skillet Breakfast Menu
One postmarked card seen dated July 29, 1959.
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121
Custom Coach Menu
Common postcard I believe from the early 1960's. Postmarked examples I've seen are from 1960 and 1961.
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122
Custom Coach Menu
Menu prepared at Los Angeles, Carl Stuebinger, Chef.
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123
Hawaiian Custom Coach Menu
Common postcard. I've seen postmarked examples dated 1960, and 1961.
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124
Hawaiian Custom Coach Menu
Menu prepared at San Francisco by Frank Hurliman, Exec. Chef.
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