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- 1927 Boeing Model 40-B2 Biplane - Subsidies from the federal government for air mail encouraged the development of improved long-distance aircraft like the Boeing 40. The key to the Boeing's success was the use of a lightweight air-cooled radial engine which allowed it to carry the mail and two paying passengers. This plane flew between Chicago and San Francisco, making 12 fuel stops along the way.
- 1927
- Collections - Artifact
1927 Boeing Model 40-B2 Biplane
Subsidies from the federal government for air mail encouraged the development of improved long-distance aircraft like the Boeing 40. The key to the Boeing's success was the use of a lightweight air-cooled radial engine which allowed it to carry the mail and two paying passengers. This plane flew between Chicago and San Francisco, making 12 fuel stops along the way.
- "United Air Lines Announces from Detroit 4 1/4 Hours to New York or Philadelphia," 1934 -
- 1934
- Collections - Artifact
"United Air Lines Announces from Detroit 4 1/4 Hours to New York or Philadelphia," 1934
- Captain Jack Knight and Henry Ford Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938 - Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- 15 May 1938-21 May 1938
- Collections - Artifact
Captain Jack Knight and Henry Ford Commemorating Early Air Mail Flights during National Air Mail Week, May 18, 1938
Twenty years after the first regularly scheduled U.S. air mail service was established, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Postmaster General James A. Farley sponsored National Air Mail Week in 1938. Part celebration and part advertising, the event promoted the pricier service during the Great Depression. Cities throughout the country created their own special mail cachets and cancellations to mark the occasion.
- Advertising Poster, United Airlines at Seattle World's Fair, circa 1962 - Through the 1950s and 1960s, air travel retained a sense of glamour and sophistication. Some of that excitement was due to sleek travel posters advertising fashionable destinations. This poster, from United Airlines, promoted the Century 21 Exposition -- commonly called the Seattle World's Fair -- held in Seattle, Washington, in 1962.
- 1962
- Collections - Artifact
Advertising Poster, United Airlines at Seattle World's Fair, circa 1962
Through the 1950s and 1960s, air travel retained a sense of glamour and sophistication. Some of that excitement was due to sleek travel posters advertising fashionable destinations. This poster, from United Airlines, promoted the Century 21 Exposition -- commonly called the Seattle World's Fair -- held in Seattle, Washington, in 1962.