Linen Postcards of American Airports

Linen Postcards of American Airports

Linen postcards have always been a favorite of mine and there are many linen postcards of airports around the United States. I've listed them in alphabetical order by full state name. I don't have them all but I have a list of 541 different linen U.S. airport postcards made between 1931 and 1958. There are states with no listings because I have not found a linen airport postcard for that state. The back of all the cards are shown as well as what company made the card along with the inventory number from that company. The publisher of the postcard is not mentioned, only the company who actually made the postcard. If the card maker is not on the card I'll list publisher information to identify the card. One of the main card manufacturers was the Curt Teich Co. later shortened to Curteich. Their cards can be dated from the first two digits of their inventory number. For example the card 5C-H565 is from 1955. The 5 is the year; the C is the decade. A=1930's, B=1940's, C=1950's. There are a couple of exceptions which I'll mention with the card. Beneath the front of the card I'll mention any airlines with identifyable aircraft on the card.

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AL	Birmingham. Birmingham Municipal Airport. Eastern Airlines DC-3 in front of terminal.	Birmingham. Birmingham Municipal Airport. Made by Curteich 1B-H289 indicating a date of 1941.	Birmingham. Municipal Airport. Delta Airlines DC-6.
Birmingham. Municipal Airport. Printed by Curteich. 2C-H1498 indicates a date of 1952. All of the postcards printed by Curteich can be dated to the initial year they were made.	Dothan. Municipal Airport. Close-up of American Airlines DC-3.	Dothan. Municipal Airport. Printed by Colourpicture. 15,622. Another company who did a lot of Linen postcards.	Mobile. Mobile Municipal Airport. Bates Field. Terminal with aircraft on the left.
Mobile. Mobile Municipal Airport. Bates Field. Another Curteich postcard 0C-H1381 indicating a date of 1950.	AZ	Phoenix. Sky Harbor Airport. American Airlines and TWA aircraft.	Phoenix. Sky Harbor Airport. Printed by Curteich. 3C-H898 indicating a date first printed of 1953.
AR	Hot Springs National Park. Memorial Field Airport . View of main terminal.	Hot Springs National Park. Memorial Field Airport . Printed by Curteich. 7B-H1040 indicating a printing date of 1947.	Little Rock. Municipal Airport. Unidentified DC-3 over terminal building.
Little Rock. Municipal Airport. Printed by Colourpicture. 16782.	CA	Burbank. Lockheed Air Terminal Sky Lounge. America's Most Exciting Aviation Scene. Unidentified DC-3 out window.	Burbank. Lockheed Air Terminal Sky Lounge. No printer. Published by Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles. No number.
Burbank. Los Angeles Union Air Terminal. TWA DC-2, NC13728.	Burbank. Los Angeles Union Air Terminal. Unmentioned Curt Teich & Co. printer. 6A-H2625 first printed in 1936.	Burbank. Union Air Terminal. United DC-3.	Burbank. Union Air Terminal. Tichnor Bros. 70192.
Catalina Island. Wilmington-Catalina Airline Douglas Dolphin NC967Y.	Catalina Island. Unmentioned Curt Teich & Co. 1A-H493. With a 1931 date this is the earliest Linen airline related postcard I've seen.	Catalina Island Aerial view from a Kodachrome by Jusmet. Smallest airport in the world.	Catalina Island Manufactured by Longshaw Card Co., Los Angeles.
Los Angeles Harbor. Cabrillo Beach. Pan American Airways Boeing 314	Los Angeles Harbor. Cabrillo Beach. Tichnor Bros. 71340.	Los Angeles Harbor. Loading at Base. Pan American Airways Boeing 314.	Los Angeles Harbor. Loading at Base. Ticnhor Bros. 71341.
Los Angeles. International Airport. United and TWA.	Los Angeles. International Airport. Colourpicture K7503.	San Diego. Lindberg Field. Field and Administration Building.	San Diego. Lindberg Field. No printer. 42399 Published by Herz Post Cards.
CO	Denver. Stapleton Airport. United Air Lines DC-6	Denver. Stapleton Airport. E. C. Kropp Co. 28059N.	FL