United Air Lines Menu Postcards

United Air Lines Menu Postcards

By far the largest grouping of menu postcards issued by the airlines are those from United Air Lines. I believe they began in 1939. The first card is larger than the others at 4-1/4" x 7-1/4". The next group is also a slightly larger card measuring 3-1/2" x 6". I believe they changed to the standard postcard size of 3-1/2" x 5-1/2" in 1949. The last dated card I've seen is a Halloween card dated 1964. If you collected these by meal you would end up with over a thousand different postcards. The later cards most often list the place where the meals were prepared, and often the chef. The most common cards are the chrome era cards showing a photo on one half of the card and the menu on the other half. There are 24 different photos used on that series and 28 cities I've seen where the meals were prepared. I don't think any of the photo types come with all the cities. The one that comes close is the Fishing Fleet, Gloucester Harbor, MA. I've only found one of the half photo series with no city or chef mentioned. Since the United menu postcards finished in the early 1960's I've included those cards also. There are a number of cards I do not have. I'll add them as I acquire new ones.

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1939 Golden Gate International Exposition Possibly the first menu postcard issued by United Air Lines.	1939 Golden Gate International Exposition This is the largest of United's early menu postcards measuring 4-1/4" x 7-1/4". It is printed on yellow card stock.	Continental 1939-40 Rare postcard.	Continental 1939-40 For the Golden Gate International Exposition and the New York World's Fair 1939-40	Philadelphia Airport Rare postcard.
Philadelphia Airport To Commemorate the Opening of Philadelphia's New Airport June 20, 1940.	Navy Week 1941 Rare postcard.	Navy Week 1941 For Navy Week Oct. 26-Nov. 1, 1941	Thanksgiving 1941 Rare postcard.	Thanksgiving 1941 Thanksgiving Menu November 20th, and November 27th, 1941.
Christmas 1941 Rare postcard.	Christmas 1941 Christmas menu Dec 25, 1941 on front of card.	Mainliner Menu Portland Rare postcard.	Mainliner Menu Portland The Mainliner Menu prepared in Portland, Oregon.	Salad Bowl Los Angeles Rare postcard.
Salad Bowl Los Angeles Salad Bowl lunch menu prepared in Los Angeles, California	Salad Bowl San Francisco Rare postcard.	Salad Bowl San Francisco Salad Bowl lunch menu prepared in San Francisco, California	Mainliner Menu Los Angeles Scarce postcard.	Mainliner Menu Los Angeles Mainliner Menu featuring a DC-3 prepared in Los Angeles, California.
Mainliner Menu New York Scarce postcard.	Mainliner Menu New York Mainliner dinner menu prepared in New York, New York	Mainliner Menu Omaha Scarce postcard.	Mainliner Menu Omaha Mainliner dinner menu prepared in Omaha, Nebraska	25th Anniversary of the First Coast-To-Coast Airway Scarce card. Menu prepared in Los Angeles.
25th Anniversary of the First Coast-To-Coast Airway Text on back gives the Anniversary date of September 3rd, 1945.	Breakfast Menu Los Angeles Scarce postcard.	Breakfast Menu Los Angeles Prepared in Los Angeles, California by Max Burkhardt, Chef.	Served Aboard the Mainliner Portland Scarce postcard.	Served Aboard the Mainliner Portland Dinner menu prepared at Portland, Oregon.
United Air Lines Menu Denver Scarce postcard.	United Air Lines Menu Denver Dinner menu prepared at Denver, Colorado	Served Aboard the Mainliner Los Angeles Scarce postcard.	Served Aboard the Mainliner Los Angeles Dinner menu prepared at Los Angeles, California	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.
United Air Lines Menu San Francisco Prepared in San Francisco by Frank Hurliman, Chef. Writing on the back dated November 13, 1949.	Served Aboard the Mainliner Newark Scarce postcard.	Served Aboard the Mainliner Newark Prepared by Hot Shoppes, Newark, New Jersey.	Twenty Fifth Anniversary Menu April 1926 - April 1951	Twenty Fifth Anniversary Menu Menu prepared in Denver, Conrad Kung, Chef.