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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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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 Air Lines. Florida Flyer
Part of a great series of early Eastern Air Lines postcards that were black and white lithos with a yellow tint added. Rare

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Eastern Air Lines. The Interesting Way to Travel.
DC-2 Interior. Another rare card.

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Eastern Air Lines. The Interesting Way to Travel.
The typical back for this rare series.

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E Enroute DC-3 1a
1940

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E Enroute DC-3 1b

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E Enroute Int 1a

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E Enroute Int 1b

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E B&W DC-3 1a
1941

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E B&W DC-3 1b

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E DC-3 B&W Board 1a
1941

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E DC-3 B&W Board 1b

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E B&W Bunks 1a

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E B&W Bunks 1b

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W B&W Stewards 1a

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W B&W Stewards 1b

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E DC-3 NB 1a
1947

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E DC-3 NB 1b

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E NB DC-4 1a
1947

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E NB DC-4 1b

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E NB Connie 1a

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E NB Connie 1b

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E DC-3 WB 1a

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E DC-3 WB 1b

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E Connie WB 1a
1947

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E Connie WB 1b

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E DC-3 Blue 1a

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E DC-3 Blue 1b

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E DC-4 Blue 1a
1948

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E DC-4 Blue 1b

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E Blue Connie 1a
1948-1949

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E Blue Connie 1b

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E Shield Connis 1a
1950

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E Shield Connis 1b

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Eastern Air Lines. the course of my flight on Eastern Air Lines. 1a
1951

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Eastern Air Lines. the course of my flight on Eastern Air Lines. 1b

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Eastern Map Connie 1a

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Eastern Map Connie 1b

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E Red Line Connie 1a
1951-1954

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E Red Line Connie 1b

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E Late Connie 1a
1953-1954

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E Late Connie 1b

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-200A 1a
1955

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-200A 1b

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-201A 1a

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-201A 1b

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-202A 1a

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-202A 1b

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-203A 1a

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Eastern Air Lines Constellation P-203A 1b

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E Late 2 Connie 1a
1955-1957

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E Late 2 Connie 1b

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E Late DC-7B 1a
1957-1958

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E Late DC-7B 1b

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E Late Martin 1a
1953-1956

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E Late Martin 1b

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East Silver Falcoon 1a

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East Silver Falcoon 1b

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E Electra 1a

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E Electra 1b

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E B&W over NY 1a

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E B&W over NY 1b

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Alabama. Birmingham
Birmingham Municipal Airport.
Eastern DC-3 in front of terminal.


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Alabama. Birmingham
Birmingham Municipal Airport.
Card made by Curteich, No. 1B-H289 indicating a date of 1941.


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Florida. Jacksonville
Municipal Airport Administration Bldg.  1a

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Florida. St. Petersburg-Clearwater

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Florida. St. Petersburg-Clearwater

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Kentucky. Louisville

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Kentucky. Louisville

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Massachusetts. Boston
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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Massachusetts. Boston
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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Missouri. St. Louis
E RPPC St. Louis 1a

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Missouri. St. Louis

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

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

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Pennsylvania. Philadelphia

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Pennsylvania. Philadelphia

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Tennessee. Chattanooga

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Tennessee. Chattanooga

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Tennessee. Nashville
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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Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C.

 
   
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