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Delta Convair 880 taking off., 1960.

 Item — Box: 7, Folder: 44, Item: 2
Identifier: Subseries 2.5:

Scope and Contents

From the Sub-Series:

The photographs include the American Airlines Convair flagship "Boston"; an American overseas Airlines Boeing 377 Stratocruiser at Shannon Airport, Ireland, before 1950 (when the airline was acquired by Pan American Airways; the airplane, renamed "Clipper of the Skies", was lost over the Pacific en-route from San Francisco to Honolulu on November 9, 1957); the introduction of the Convair 880 to the Delta Airlines fleet in 1960; and a Flying Tiger Line crew unloading fresh cut flowers. The collection also includes a packet of eight photographs produced by Deruluft (Deutsch-Russische Luftverkehrgesellschaft), which from 1922 to 1937 ran an air service between Berlin and Moscow, via Königsberg, East Prussia (now Kaliningrad), and the Baltic states; the airline utilized Dornier-Merkur aircraft between Berlin and Königsberg, and Junkers G-24 aircraft between Königsberg and Moscow.

Dates

  • Creation: 1960.

Creator

Access

The collection is open to researchers when Special Collections is open, and at other times by appointment. There are no access restrictions.

Extent

From the Collection: 16.25 Linear Feet ( (13 archive boxes, 6 archive half-boxes, 8 clam-shell boxes, 3 shoe boxes, 15 oversize print boxes))

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Physical Description

1 photograph : 8 x 10 in.

Repository Details

Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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