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One of the fleet of giant trans-Atlantic flying Clipper ships which used Miami's tropically located International Air Terminal when Northern harbors were ice-bound. These are the world's largest flying ships, having a wing spread of 152 feet and weigh (loaded) 82,000 pounds; passenger capacity of 70; cover the 4,000 miles to Europe in a little more than a day.
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A Transatlantic Clipper at Miami, Fla.
One of the fleet of giant trans-Atlantic flying Clipper ships which used Miami's tropically located International Air Terminal when Northern harbors were ice-bound. These are the world's largest flying ships, having a wing spread of 152 feet and weigh (loaded) 82,000 pounds; passenger capacity of 70; cover the 4,000 miles to Europe in a little more than a day.
American
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 Number2015.13143
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPostcards
DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
GENUINE CURTEICH - CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
DL-81 - THOMAS R. WEST, MIAMI, FLA.
GENUINE CURTEICH - CHICAGO "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" POST CARD (REG. U.S. PAT. OFF.)
DL-81 - THOMAS R. WEST, MIAMI, FLA.
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)