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CONSOLIDATED CORONADO (PB2Y). Large and Powerful Navy Long Range Patrol Bomber. It is also used for reconnaissance and transport purposes. Speed more than 225 m.p.h. Range over 3000 miles. CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT CORP., San Diego, California.

Photographer: W. J. Gray (Los Angeles, California)
American
1937–1945

Medium/Technique Real photograph on card stock.
Dimensions Horizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Leonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession Number2015.12998
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: CONSOLIDATED AIRCRAFT CORP., San Diego, California.
Back: divided. Mint.
Signed P/C W. J. GRAY
ProvenanceBetween 1950 and 2015, acquired by Leonard A. Lauder, New York, from various postcard dealers in Europe and the United States; 2015, gift of Leonard A. Lauder to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 24, 2015)