As graceful as a bird! United's big DC-6 Mainliner 300 is truly the "queen of the skyways," as it soars high in the smooth-flight levels above the clouds. Its four giant 2100 horsepower engines drive it through the skies at speeds of 5 miles a minute!

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As graceful as a bird! United's big DC-6 Mainliner 300 is truly the "queen of the skyways," as it soars high in the smooth-flight levels above the clouds. Its four giant 2100 horsepower engines drive it through the skies at speeds of 5 miles a minute!

Publisher: United Airlines

American

after 1949

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 Number2015.13162

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
PRINTED IN U.S.A. FROM UNITED AIR LINES KODACHROME
(E)

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)