Showing posts with label airplanes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label airplanes. Show all posts
Monday, October 28, 2019

Pat Brown For Governor

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I, of course, knew who Pat Brown was when I bought these photos.  Even though I was still living in Pennsylvania during his two te...
Saturday, May 25, 2019

Air Vietnam

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When I first saw this postcard I immediately thought CIA, but quickly realized, no that was Air America.  Anyway, I'm kind of a tran...
Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Jimmie Allen, Air Cadet

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This one's another photo from my recent purchase, an envelope of military memorabilia, although, technically, it's not military ...
Monday, January 26, 2015

FEAF

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Believe it or not, when I found this small collection of photos, it was the sign that I wanted. When I look through my collectio...
Monday, December 29, 2014

The Car Hop

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Hmmmm....and I thought the car hop was an invention of 1950s California car culture.  Guess not, since the car on the right has an Ohio l...
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Friday, December 26, 2014

American Airlines Flagship Sleeper

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For those complaining about holiday air travel, take heart, you could be flying on a DC-3, sleeper. I was born into a world were man...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

The North Texas State Normal College Album 7

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More from the North Texas State Normal College photo album.  The airplane, a true symbol of 20th century modernity makes i...
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Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Aerial Photography

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Yet another poorly made, no name stereo card.  This one commemorating aerial photography in World War 1.  Aviation in what was once ca...
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Flight

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I love this image.  It's from a time when powered flight was still a dangerous and mysterious thing.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Very Cool Sun Glasses

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In the beginning there were flight goggles. (See yesterday's post.) When airplanes changed form open cockpits to enclosed flight decks, ...
Sunday, December 5, 2010

Aviation

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I run across these all the time; collections put together by dealers by theme, but otherwise not related. With my post of the flying family ...
Tuesday, November 30, 2010

The Flying Family and One Really Creepy Doll

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When I was growing up in the sixties and seventies, magazines from Life, and Look to Popular Mechanics predicted that one day the United ...
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Blackie at the Airport

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I've been scrolling through pictures of biplanes, and have found a lot of images that are close, but none that I thought were close...
Friday, September 11, 2009

Hell Divers

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Lloyd Adkins, sky writer, hell diver. My guess is that this photo was taken during the 1930's. This young lady is wearing pants...