Northwest's Boeing 320 Fan-Jets have long range capability for nonstop flights coast to coast and between the U.S.A. and the Orient. Powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, the 320's are airborne in just 25 seconds and reach 40,000 feet and cruising speed of more than 600 miles per hour in 20 minutes

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Northwest's Boeing 320 Fan-Jets have long range capability for nonstop flights coast to coast and between the U.S.A. and the Orient. Powered by Pratt & Whitney engines, the 320's are airborne in just 25 seconds and reach 40,000 feet and cruising speed of more than 600 miles per hour in 20 minutes

Publisher: NorthWest 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 Number2015.13204

NOT ON VIEW

CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings

ClassificationsPostcards

DescriptionBack: divided. Mint.
Photo Courtesy Northwest Airlines
Genuine Natural Color Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N.Y., U.S.A.
DR-47017-C

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)