United Air Lines Mainliner departing LaGuardia Airport, New York

Front

Description: Color linen postcard depicting a United Air Lines Mainliner propeller aircraft being prepared for departure at LaGuardia Airport, New York. Large crowd of spectators lines the observation deck railing. A second biplane visible in sky in the background. Dining scene in foreground. Caption at top: '227:---OFF FOR A TRIP ON UNITED AIR LINES, LA GUARDIA AIR PORT, NEW YORK'.

Printed Text: 227:---OFF FOR A TRIP ON UNITED AIR LINES, LA GUARDIA AIR PORT, NEW YORK

Back

Description: Divided back POST CARD. Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co. Inc. imprint on left. MADE IN USA in center. THIS SPACE FOR WRITING at bottom left; THIS SIDE IS FOR THE ADDRESS at bottom right. Penciled price $5.00 visible. No stamp, no postmark, no message.

Printed Text: Interested spectators watch a huge, three-mile-a-minute Mainliner being prepared for its takeoff on its 2,700 mile flight from the New York Municipal Airport to California. New York is only 16 hours away from the Pacific Coast by air. Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co., Inc. MADE IN USA

Publisher Location: New York

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