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Eastern Air Transport, Eastern Air Lines
Eastern Air Transport was formed in 1930 and the Curtiss Condor was their main passenger carrying aircraft. Fortunately for postcard collectors they made a number of great postcards prior to becoming Eastern Air Lines in 1934. All the cards are scarce to rare. The earliest postcards of Eastern Air Lines are also scarce to rare but become fairly common with later issues.
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EAT

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Pilot, Co-Pilot and Hostess
Part of the first series of litho postcards issued by Eastern Air Transport.

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Smoking Compartment
These cards were issued for the Washington - New York flight.

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Bridge Game on E.A.T. Airliner
There is a third interior view in the series missing from my collection.

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Boarding 18 Passemger E.A.T. Airliner
This card comes with and without the advertising on the back.

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Boarding 18 Passemger E.A.T. Airliner
Advertising back for EAT's monthly magazine News Wing. Mailed at Philadelphia on June 11, 1931.

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Typical back for the early Eastern Air Transport series
Except for the card with the advertising back all the cards in the series have this reverse.

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Flying Hostesses - Eastern Air Transport
Fantastic Real Photo postcard showing the Flying Hostesses of Eastern Air Transport.

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Flying Hostesses - Eastern Air Transport
I have not seen another card with the same features of this card. All the other postcards issued by EAT are lithos.

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Curtiss Condor at Central Airport Camden New Jersey
Great early airport Real Photo postcard featuring the Curtiss Condor.

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Curtiss Condor at Central Airport Camden New Jersey
Writing on the back stating a passenger came home in this plane on November 23, 1932.

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Inspection of Big Eastern Air Plane
The second series of Eastern Air Transport litho postcards.

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Flying Hostesses of Eastern Air
Like the first series of cards this series features the Curtiss Condor aircraft.

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Club Comforts of Eastern Air Passenger Plane
Interior view of the Curtiss Condor. The second series of postcards are scarce but not nearly as rare as the first Washington - New York series.

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This is the typical back for the previous three cards
I don't have a used card in this series but have seen one with a 1932 postmark.

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EAL

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Eastern Curtiss Condor at the East Boston airport
This is the only Linen postcard I've seen that shows the Curtiss Condor of Eastern.

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Eastern Curtiss Condor at the East Boston airport
I have not seen a postmarked example of this card so I do not know the date of issue. I suspect it is after 1934 when the airline became Eastern Air Lines.

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Eastern Air Lines. The Interesting Way to Travel.
Part of a great series of early Eastern Air Lines postcards that were black and white lithos with a yellow tint added.

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Eastern Air Lines. The Interesting Way to Travel.
Airline issued view of a DC-2 interior.

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Florida, Jacksonville Municipal Airport Administration Bldg.  1a

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Nashville, TN with Eastern DC-2 1a

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Tennessee, Nashville. Municipal Airport. 1a

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Tennessee, Nashville. Berry Field. Municipal Airport. 3a

   
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