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First Woman Passenger
The St. Petersburg-Tampa Air Boat Line is considered the first scheduled airline. It operated between St. Petersburg and Tampa Florida for about 6 months in 1914.
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First Woman Passenger
The image shows the first woman passenger. The very first passenger was Mayor Abe Pheil who paid $400 for that privilege. The back of the card has an AZO 4 triangles pointing up stamp box.
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Pan American Airways
Pan American Airways issued this postcard in 1928 and distributed them to passengers when they purchased a ticket. The image shows a Steward collecting the ticket from a passenger.
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Pan American Airways
The card was mailed by a passenger on October 22, 1928. The back shows the second style of two styles in this first series of postcards issued by Pan Am. They all were issued in 1928.
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TAT-Maddux Air Lines
Local photographer postcard by Talbott showing a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft of TAT-Maddux Air Lines taking off from the Grand Central Air Terminal in Glendale, California.
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TAT-Maddux Air Lines
This card was mailed by a passenger at Los Angeles, CA on August 22, 1932. Photographer Talbott made other postcards from this airport also.
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Suddeutscher Aero Lloyd
Group of passengers prior to their flight in a Suddeutscher Aero Lloyd airliner. The plane is a Fokker Grulich F.III used by this German airline. There are many similar postcards from airlines all over Europe. All were printed in very small quantities.
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Suddeutscher Aero Lloyd
The photographer H. Fischer of Munich, Germany has a rubber stamp identification of himself on the back of the card. I have other postcards from this photographer in my collection. Though not posted this card was made in the 1920's.
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Graf Zeppelin LZ-127
Another of the great German photographers who did postcards related to the airlines was Walter Hahn of Dresden. In this case the card shows the Graf Zeppelin.
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Graf Zeppelin LZ-127
This postcard was mailed from Leipzig, Germany to France in 1930. I have 8 other postcards by this photographer with similar white on black captions on the front of the card.
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Catalina Airport
There are a number of similar views of the Catalina Airport in the Real Photo format. They start in the early 1930's.
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Catalina Airport
Travelers who bought postcards for souvenirs of their trip would often write the date of their trip on the back of the card. This one is dated September 5, 1937.
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Central Airways of Mexico
Another popular type of a Real Photo postcard is one that shows interiors of aircraft both with and without passengers. This one shows the interior of a Lockheed 10 Electra of Central Airways of Mexico.
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Central Airways of Mexico
The EKKP stamp box on the back of the card indicates the card was made sometime between 1936 and the 1940's.
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Northwest Stratocruiser
There is a small group of Real Photo postcards made showing Northwest airliners at the Milwaukee airport in Wisconsin. This one shows their Stratocruiser at Mitchell Field.
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Northwest Stratocruiser
This Real Photo postcard was made by the L.L. Cook company who was a major maker of Real Photo postcards.
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Oakland Airport Aerial View
There are aerial views of airports from all over the world. This one is a 1930's view of the Oakland, California airport.
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Oakland Airport Aerial View
This card has a NOKO stamp box on the back of the card. Many unused Real Photo postcards that have the stamp box visible can still be dated. Search for "Dating Real Photo Postcards" on line and you will get several very good sources for dating Real Photo postcards.
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Pan American Grace DC-2
Flying over the Andes Mountains in South America was a major accomplishment in the 1930's. This card shows a Panagra DC-2 doing just that.
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Pan American Grace DC-2
Sometimes a passenger would record information about their flight on the back of the card. This passenger did that as he flew from Argentina to Chile on February 29, 1936. Leap Year!
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United Air Lines Boeing Field
One of the significant early modern airliners of the 1930's was the Boeing 247 shown here at Boeing Field, Seattle, Washington.
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United Air Lines Boeing Field
This card was made by local photographer Ellis who did a number of quality views around the state of Washington.
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Western Air Express Cockpit Interior
Although not as common as passenger compartment interiors there are a number of postcards made showing the cockpits of the aircraft. This one shows the cockpit of a Fokker Tri-Motor aircraft of Western Air Express.
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Western Air Express Cockpt Interior
This postcard back is hard to date but I'm confident it is from the late 1920's into sometime in the 1930's.
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Air Algerie DC-4 F-BGZK
Looks like the photographer was having a bad day when he took this photo. He did get most of the plane in the photo.
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Air Algerie DC-4 F-BGZK
I don't have other postcards from this publisher. The card could be from the 1960's.
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Aerial View Dusseldorf Airport
More than one photographer did tinted Real Photo postcards for the Dusseldorf, Germany airport.
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Aerial View Dusseldorf Airport
I've seen hand tinted Real Photo postcards for this airport postmarked between 1957 and 1965.
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SAS Caravelle at Dusseldorf
The Caravelle was an early French jet airliner. It entered service with Scandinavian Airlines in 1959.
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SAS Caravelle at Dusseldorf
Another hand tinted Real Photo postcard from the Dusseldorf, Germany airport. This card was postmarked 9 November 1961.
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Black & White Real Photo Postcard
I don't have two airline related postcards showing a Black and White Real Photo Postcard and the same image that has been hand tinted.
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Hand Tinted Real Photo Postcard
This pretty lady from Paris, France has let me use two of her postcard images to show examples of plain and hand tinted Real Photo postcards.
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