UNITED AIR LINES BOEING 727, world's first short to medium range tri-jet transport to go into service, has a speed of 600 miles per hour and is capable of taking off from 5000-foot runways with a full payload.

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UNITED AIR LINES BOEING 727, world's first short to medium range tri-jet transport to go into service, has a speed of 600 miles per hour and is capable of taking off from 5000-foot runways with a full payload.

Publisher: United Airlines
Printer: Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N. Y. (American, 1934–1980)

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 Number2015.13182

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
C-661 United Air Lines photo.
Genuine Natural Color Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y., U.S.A.
DR-82832-B

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)