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United Air Lines - All Other Postcards
This folder includes the postcards related to United Air Lines that are not part of the company's first issued Black & White series. That series is in an album by itself. United Air Lines was formed in 1931 combining Varney Air Lines, Pacific Air Transport, National Air Transport, and Boeing Air Transport under the parent company United Aircraft and Transport Corporation. After the 1934 Air Mail Act United Air Lines became an independent airline headquartered in Chicago. This album starts with the airlines which initially formed United Air Lines and all other postcards related to United Air Lines besides the significant 1932-1940 Black & White series. There are both company issued cards and postcards from others. With the company issued Chrome postcard series there were so many cards related to Hawaii I separated them out. United promoted the Hawaii trips via Stratocruiser and they make a nice grouping of cards. As with the rest of my collection the cut off date, with a few exceptions, will be postcards made 1959 or earlier. The exceptions are usually airport postcards that run into the 1960's.
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Enlarge photo 1 Enlarge photo 2 September 10, 1928
Boeing Model 40B and Pilots.
8th Anniversary of the arrival of the First Air Mail Plane in San Francisco.

Enlarge photo 3 September 10, 1928
A Real Photo postcard signed by the pilots. The message is dated September 9, 1928 and mailed a day later.
Enlarge photo 4 May 1, 1929
Charles Lindbergh addressing the crowd at the Oakland, California airport prior to the First Flight  for the Transcontinental Night Schedule by Boeing Air Transport.
Enlarge photo 5 May 1, 1929
A Real Photo postcard with rubber stamps for the first flight on the front and back and postmarked for that first flight on May 1, 1929 via Air Mail.
Enlarge photo 6 Boeing Model 40B
Mail Plane C 269.
Could carry up to 2 passengers. Not a rare card.

Enlarge photo 7 Boeing Model 40B
A Real Photo postcard by Real Photographs of England. Postcard back. Not as early as the previous cards.
Enlarge photo 8 Boeing Model 40B
Mail Plane 3 270.
Carried up to 2 passengers. There was a later model set up for 4 passengers. Not a rare card.

Enlarge photo 9 Boeing Model 40B
A Real Photo card. Non-postcard back. Real Photographs of England made cards both ways.
Enlarge photo 10 Boeing Model 95
Later Mail Plane. This model was not designed to carry passengers.
Enlarge photo 11 Boeing Model 95
A Real Photo postcard by Unusual Photographs Reproduction Co. of New York. They did a series of cards using photos from the early manufacturers or airlines. No. 518.
Enlarge photo 12 August 14, 1929
Boeing Model 80 passenger plane. NC 7137.
Enlarge photo 13 August 14, 1929
A Real Photo postcard by an unknown local photographer. Mailed from San Francisco using a 5-cent air mail stamp.
Enlarge photo 14 August 22, 1929
Boeing Model 80, NC 7137. View possibly over Oakland, California. See the next card.
Enlarge photo 15 August 22, 1929
Boeing Model 80, NC 7137. Card was mailed from Des Moines, Iowa.
Enlarge photo 16 Boeing Air Transport
Boeing Model 80, NC 7137 in the air probably over Oakland, California. Caption says "Enjoy the ground from the air a sight you will never forget."
Enlarge photo 17 Boeing Air Transport Model 80
A Real Photo postcard by an unknown local photographer. Writing on the back says Oakland 1929.
Enlarge photo 18 Boeing Air Transport
One of the Model 80's taking off at an unknown location.
Enlarge photo 19 Boeing Air Transport
A Real Photo postcard by an unknown photographer. The AZO 4 squares stamp box makes it an early card.
Enlarge photo 20 Boeing Air Transport
Boeing Model 80A, C 226M. 18 Passenger capacity used in Cost-to-Coast service.
Enlarge photo 21 Boeing Air Transport
A Real Photo postcard by Unusual Photographs Reproduction Co. of New York. Printed in Germany. No. 513.
Enlarge photo 22 Boeing Air Transport
Boeing 18 Passenger Transport in Transcontinental Service. Model 80A 793K.
Enlarge photo 23 Boeing Air Transport
A Real Photo postcard by an unknown photographer. Style of caption is the same as a card I believe is from Oakland, California.
Enlarge photo 24 Boeing Air Transport
Small image of Boeing Model 80A, 793K. Fly between San Francisco and Chicago in 20 hours; Seattle and Los Angeles in 11 hours.
Enlarge photo 25 Boeing Air Transport
A Real Photo postcard published by Advertisers Publicity Service, Rutherford, N.J. I'm not sure when this card was made. Have not seen a postmarked example.
Enlarge photo 26 Boeing Model 80A Joy Rides
Boeing Air Liner. America's largest land Plane.
This series of cards are from 1936 & 1937 when the Model 80's were no longer in service.

Enlarge photo 27 Boeing Model 80A Joy Rides
Pilot and Mechanic and information about the aircraft on the back. Writing on the back dated June 21, 1936. Typical back for these.
Enlarge photo 28 Boeing Model 80A Joy Rides
America's largest land Plane. Captain and Mechanics names on the front of the plane.
Enlarge photo 29 Boeing Model 80A Joy Rides
Another card in the series of the Model 80A giving joy rides to customers.
Enlarge photo 30 Boeing Model 80A Joy Rides
"My first ride and did I enjoy it. Jackie". Postmarked Cumberland, MO. August 13, 1937. Typical back, a postmarked example.
Enlarge photo 31 Boeing Model 80A Joy Rides
"Chris & Pauline's first airoplane ride. Sunday - Sept. 19, 1937." written on the back of the card.
Enlarge photo 32 Boeing Model 80A Joy Rides
Possibly the Pilot and Mechanic posing by the plane.
Enlarge photo 33 Enlarge photo 34 National Air Transport
Pitcairn "Mailwing" used for mail between N.Y. and Chicago. C-5863.
Enlarge photo 35 National Air Transport
A Real Photo postcard by the Unusual Photographs Reproduction Co. of New York. Card printed in Germany. No. 519.
Enlarge photo 36 National Air Transport
Ford Tri-Motor aircraft with NAT logo. NC427H. No caption on the card but I believe it is at the Cleveland Municipal airport.
Enlarge photo 37 National Air Transport
A Real Photo postcard by an unknown local photographer. The card was mailed from Cleveland, Ohio on September 20, 1933.
Enlarge photo 38 National Air Transport
Travel Air 6000 aircraft at the airport in Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. NC 2908.
Enlarge photo 39 National Air Transport
A Real Photo postcard by an unknown local photographer. The card comes with and without a caption on the front identifying the location.
Enlarge photo 40 National Air Transport
A Black & White litho card showing the Ford Tri-Motor aircraft.