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A charming stewardess greets you as you board your Mainliner. She is one of approximately 250 stewardesses on United, which originated this service idea in 1930.
A charming stewardess greets you as you board your Mainliner. She is one of approximately 250 stewardesses on United, which originated this service idea in 1930.

A charming stewardess greets you as you board your Mainliner. She is one of approximately 250 stewardesses on United, which originated this service idea in 1930.

Kodachrome by E.D. McGlone
United Airlines
Medium/TechniqueChromolithograph on card stock.
DimensionsVertical: 14 x 8.9 cm (5 1/2 x 3 1/2 in.)
Credit LineLeonard A. Lauder Postcard Archive—Gift of Leonard A. Lauder
Accession number2015.13273
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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)