1-35-P-H-4....... .PAN AMERICAN AIRWAY CLIPPER.......Amazing postcard of the PAA 'Flying Clipper Ship'.......reverse of card is dated Feb. 10, 1940 (with Cuba stamp) and reads ' This is the plane in which we flew to Havana. Look it up on the map. Love to the gang and to Mac from Elmer'.............card measures 3.5" by 5.5" in excellent condition......$12

2-35-P-H-4......UNITED DC-6 & DC-7 'MAINLINERS'...... Back in the day when United was a proud airline, they had some classy equipment......passengers could send this DC-6 postcard as a courtesy.......printed for UAL by Kodachrome....each unused new old stock postcard measures 3.5" by 5.5" in good condition (some marks on revers of DC-6 card).......circa 1950......set of 2 for......$10

3-35-P-H-4.......TWA ICON PHOTO POSTCARDS...... Probably the pinnacle of airline travel, both the Boeing 307 Stratoliner and the majestic Lockheed Consellation are photo-postcards in full color showing TWA aircraft.......amazing histories on both planes, this Boeing 307 supposedly survived until the 1970's...(it used B-17G wings and tail, and B-29 electric systems).....original new old stock unused postcards circa 1945.......each is 3.5" by 5.5" ...set of two......$14

4-36-P-H-4...WWII WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS PHOTO....Pvt. Carmen M. Stephens, WAC .....Top of photo marked " Pvt. Carmen M. Stephens, WAC" (Women's Army Corps- a woman in the Air Force, from Air Force Dictionary), "15 S. Ann Street, Mobile, Ala......This picture of WAC Pvt. Stephens was taken while she was at Ft. Oglethorpe, GA., during Basic Training"......photo is dated (19)45.....this came off bulletin board of US Military installation that officer in charge would ask for a photo from each enlisted and commissioned who was working on base at the time.....Pvt. Stephens had her training photo available for display....she never got it back.....WAC's filled many important jobs in the AAF such as weather observation, aircraft maintenance, control tower operator, bombsight mechanic, etc.... this type photo is fairly standardized with information card stapled to top ........photo itself measures 7" by 4.5" in weathered, but good condition.........$9

5-36-P-H-4.......PIPER PA-16 CLIPPER 5809H......Its not on the FAA registry any more, where is it?.....great in-flight 8" by 10" shot of the cute little 4 seat Piper 'banking over the hills'...... photo in excellent condition, judging by the appearance of plane, I am guessing this circa 1950's........$12

6-36-P-H-4.....DOUGLAS B-18 BOLO BOMBERS .........Original Acme Newspictures, Inc. 7" by 9" press release photo dated Jul. 29, 1939.......typed byline on reverse of photo mentions the 'Army Air Corps planes, at Mitchel Field, NY'........I count some 18 or so B-18's here in the photo, sadly of the 350 B-18 bombers built, only 5 survive today ....most, if not all the planes in the photo are undoubtably totally demolished and gone today....good condition.........$20

7-36-P-H-4.....WWII MASTER SARGEANT ELMORE ......This is actually 6 photos all stapled together on an Army Air Forces furlough card!.....this 'collage' is actually an official useage of photos with information...when a commissioned or enlisted person was stationed at a particular installation, one of the on-base officers would collect (or solicit) some photos and information of that person.....these were then stapled on giant bulletin boards for all on base too see.......these are collectable items since they were standardized to the point that all follow similar markings at the top of the photos.....this one is dated 16-Jan-(19)45 for M/Sgt. Lee Elmore RFD#2, Gastonia, N.C......."Machinist with 305th Serv. Group, India-Burma Theatre".....photos are captioned, and you can see 4 of the smaller photos are originals taken with a Brownie camera or equavalent......part of captions read " Sgt. Elmore installed these guns in Andal, India---water buffalo horns were ground for "cannon plugs"." (the plane looks like a North American B-25 Mitchell with the nose gun pack including 4 .50 cal BMG's and the 'whopper' 75MM cannon......other caption reads " Sgt. Elmore is a tattoo artist"......on reverse you can see what WWII furlough reports looked like.....measures about 8" tall by 7" wide.......$25

8-36-P-H-4....TWA BOOTH CIRCA 1955........ "Drumming up business" in Cedar Rapids, Trans World Airlines employees pose in front of their elaborate display of two large Lockheed Constellation models, map of nationwide routes, terminal photos, etc.....exceptionally clear 8 by 10" is in excellent condition..........$5

9-36-P-H-4....WWII BULLETIN BOARD PHOTO ......When a commissioned or enlisted person was stationed at a particular installation, one of the on-base officers would collect (or solicit) some photos and information of that person.....these were then stapled on giant bulletin boards for all on base too see.......these are collectable items since they were standardized to the point that all follow similar markings at the top of the photos.....this one is dated 5-May-(19)44 for Pfc. Walter R. Dix, Winter Haven, FLA......marked " This picture was taken in Algeria where Pfc. Dix was member of M.P. Battalion (we see a quite 'dapper' Pfc. Dix here standing next to a local girl)...... photo stapled to card with typed information, marks where it was stapled to bulletin board measures 4" by 3" ........good shape....$5

 

10-35-P-H-4......AMERICAN AIRLINES PHOTO POSTCARD SET ........Striking set of 4 postcards from American Airlines showing DC-7C, DC-2/3, DC-7, DC-7.....each is new old stock original American Airlines, 3.5" by 5.5"....set of all 4......$16

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