The Constellation in Flight - The Lockheed Constellation, designed and built to TWA specifications. The Constellation was designed to carry 57 passengers and a crew of seven at a speed of more that 300 miles an hour. – Works

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The Constellation in Flight - The Lockheed Constellation, designed and built to TWA specifications. The Constellation was designed to carry 57 passengers and a crew of seven at a speed of more that 300 miles an hour.

Publisher: Trans World Airlines

American

1928–1952

Medium/Technique Chromolithograph on linen textured 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 Number2015.13075

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionFront: Color foto by TWA
Back: divided. Mint.
LITHO IN U.S.A. - 3-265, 9-45

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)