Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a 1947 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by aviation pioneer Gilbert "Gib" Bynum Blackmore. Blackmore, piloting with Pan Am for three decades, flew the Dixie Clipper carrying the first-ever passengers in a transatlantic flight in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1939 vintage Pan American Airways travel poster by P. G. Lawler for Ecuador. The poster shows a PAA plane flying over a fabulous scene of some natives hiking against a backdrop of the Andes. VINTAGE: Circa 1939...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II Pan Am "PAA Ferries Inc" hat badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1942. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 1-5/16" in length. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1970s wing for Northeast Airlines in gold bullion. The wing has a star at top and reads NEA against a red background. VINTAGE: Circa early 1970s. SIZE: 11/16" height and 2-13/16" width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Cloth-wrapped...

ARTIFACT: This is an extremely rare first issue agent wing for Northeast Airlines. It shows a caped pilgrim brandishing a musket straddling a Boeing DC-3 which was the airline's logo immediately following its name change from Boston-Maine Airways. To the...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Boston-Maine Airways agent wing that was purchased at the estate sale of Basil Dixwell of Auburn, Maine. Dixwell worked for Boston-Maine Airways as an agent until the airline changed its name to NEA, and then flew as a pilot for...

ARTIFACT: This is a flight attendant badge 2nd issue for Northeast Airlines, formerly Boston-Maine Airways. The wing shows the head of a male Pilgrim in red and blue enamel. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 13/16" height and 1-15/16" width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1960s through early 1970s pilot hat badge for Northeast Airlines. The badge is a wreathed compass with a red star indicating the northeastern point. VINTAGE: Circa late 1960s through early 1970s. SIZE: Approximately...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa early 1950s pilot hat badge from Northeast Airlines, first known as Boston-Maine Airways. The badge has a red and blue enameled Pilgrim's head at its center. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/4" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a late 1940s Ð early 1950s senior pilot wing for Northeast Airlines, formerly Boston-Maine Airways. The wing shows the head of a male Pilgrim in red and blue enamel beneath a golden star. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s Ð early 1950s...

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1950s pilot wing for Capitol Airlines. The wing has a very three-dimensional convex globe at its center topped by a star. VINTAGE: Circa early 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-3/16" in height and 3-1/8" in width and 3/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1945-50 Ozark Airlines pilot hat badge 1st issue. It is gold-filled. VINTAGE: Circa 1950. SIZE: About 1-3/8" in width by 2-1/8" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: 10K Gold fill. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post and single...