Travel and Transport - United Airlines - World's Fair '33

Original Vintage Card
  
 Price: $15.95

Stock #:914633
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Chicago
State: Illinois (IL)
County: Cook,
Postmark: 1934 Sep-13
Postmark City: Chicago
Postmark State: IL
Stamp: 1c
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)

Additional Details:
Mailed from the Dome of the Travel and Transport Building, A Century of Progress. The Boeing monoplanes of United have ushered in a New Era in Travel. With two 550 h.p. super-charged Wasp engines, they have a high speed of more than three miles a minute. They carry 10 passengers, 2 pilots, stewardess and cargo and can climb, fully loaded, more than 1,000 feet per minute and to 10,000 feet in ten minutes. They can sustain flight on only one engine.

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