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The Constellation in Flight - The Lockheed Constellation, designed and built to TWA specifications. The Constellation was designed to carry 57 passengers and a crew of seven at a speed of more that 300 miles an hour.

1928–1952
Medium/TechniqueChromolithograph on linen textured card stock.
DimensionsHorizontal: 8.9 x 14 cm (3 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.13075
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Not on view
ClassificationsPostcards
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)