DOUGLAS C-54 "SKYMASTER" - Commercial aviation's most important contribution to the service of this nation is the huge and swift four-engine C-54 "Skymaster" transport, which is today playing a vital war role in speeding men and materials to strategic points. – Works

Thumbnail-size images of copyrighted artworks are displayed under fair use, in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for the Visual Arts, published by the College Art Association in February 2015.

LICENSE IMAGE

DOUGLAS C-54 "SKYMASTER" - Commercial aviation's most important contribution to the service of this nation is the huge and swift four-engine C-54 "Skymaster" transport, which is today playing a vital war role in speeding men and materials to strategic points.

Publisher: Douglas Aircraft Company, Inc. (Santa Monica, CA)

American

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph 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 Number2015.13036

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY, INC., HOME OFFICE SANTA MONICA, CALIF.

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)