Airlines
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Variants: Variants: Air carriers // Air lines // Air transportation industry // Airline industry // Aviation industry // Scheduled airlines // Air linesAlso a function in ArchiveSpace
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Aircraft Engine Historical Society Collection
Collection
Identifier: MC-019
Scope and Contents
The AEHS collection includes material donated by AEHS Members to the Society and later to the UAH Archives and Special Collections. This includes thousands of published and manuscript documents, drawings, charts, 16mm film and 35mm film clips, aviation sounds, and emphemera. The collection as includes publications and documents donated by non-AEHS donors such as George Martin and Saverio Morea. The AEHS collection includes subjects on aviation training, aircraft research and...
Dates:
1911 - 2013
Douglas DC-6B Lithograph Print (Alitalia Airlines night flight over Rio de Janeiro), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240016
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by artist George Akimoto (later Chief Illustrator at McDonnell Douglas). He was a longtime illustrator for Douglas Aircraft Company creating technical and promotional works. Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as...
Dates:
Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Douglas DC-6B Lithograph Print (Pan American World Airways [Pan Am] aircraft--the famous "Clipper Liberty Bell"--likely over the coast of China (or possibly Japan), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20250011
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by artist George Akimoto (later Chief Illustrator at McDonnell Douglas). He was a longtime illustrator for Douglas Aircraft Company creating technical and promotional works. Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as...
Dates:
Publication: Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Douglas DC-7 Lithograph Print (National Airlines flight over Miami Beach, Florida), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240017
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by artist George Akimoto (later Chief Illustrator at McDonnell Douglas). He was a longtime illustrator for Douglas Aircraft Company creating technical and promotional works. Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as...
Dates:
Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Douglas DC-7B Lithograph Print (Pan American World Airways [Pan Am] "Clipper" Aircraft in flight over Paris), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20250012
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by an unknown artist. Artist signed the painting, however we have yet to confirm the signature (likely Mimms). Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as similar works are from 1958....
Dates:
Publication: Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Douglas DC-7B Lithograph Print (South African Airways flight over Johannesburg, South Africa), Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240018
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Poster/Print).Purpose: Sales and marketing.Source: Company (Manufacturer).Series: Douglas Aircraft Company DC-6 and DC-7 Airline printsScope: Full-color lithographic print from an original painting by an unknown artist. Artist signed the painting, however we have yet to decipher the signature (possibly R.G. Smith, Neal Jacobe, William Carr or Keith Meininger). Work was likely done in the late 1950s, as similar...
Dates:
Circa mid to late 1950s (possibly 1958)
Eastern Airlines Metal Replica Advertising Sign [Depicts a Martin 404 "Silver Falcon" Aircraft, circa 1952-1961), 1993
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240013
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Sign).
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Source: Company (Other).
Scope: Full-color rolled steel Trans-World Airlines replica advertising sign.
Contents: Depicts a Martin 404 aircraft, circa 1952-1961, with the wording: "Fly EASTERN'S Great New "Silver Falcon" -- the World's Most Advanced Twin-Engine airliner")
Dates:
1993
Letter regarding donated Douglas DC-6 & DC-7 Lithograph Prints, 2024
Item — Box TB.S7.001, Folder: TF.S7.B.018.001
Identifier: 20240016.01
Scope and Contents
Document Type: Record (Business).Purpose: Business activities.Authority: Individual.Scope: Letter from William Thompson to AEHS (Kim McCutcheon) donating three DC-6 and DC-7 lithography prints to AEHS. Written circa 1924. Contents:
The donor (William Thompson) stated in this letter, "While living in Long Beach, California in the 1960s, a neighbor who worked at Douglas Aircraft [Company] gave me these...
Dates:
Existence: 2024
Trans-World Airlines Metal Replica Advertising Sign [Depicts a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation aircraft, circa 1952-1961), 1993
Item — Cabinet East Art Storage, Bay / Shelf: 5.4
Identifier: 20240014
Scope and Contents
Object Type: Graphic (Sign).
Purpose: Sales and marketing.
Source: Company (Other).
Scope: Full-color rolled steel Trans-World Airlines replica advertising sign.
Contents: Depicts a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation aircraft, circa 1952-1961, with the wording: "Weather has its brighter side...and That's Where TWA Skyliners Fly. Across the U.S. and Overseas...FLY TWA (Trans World Airlines)."
Dates:
1993