Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an unidentified gold-filled aviation lapel wing, possibly for a flight engineer or a civilian aircraft mechanic. VINTAGE: Circa 1920s-1930s. SIZE: Approximately 1/2" in height and 1-1/2" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a large unidentified wing reading OCA at its center. The wing is somewhat Deco in style and is in mustard yellow and copper tones. VINTAGE: Circa unknown. SIZE: Approximately 15/16" in height and 4" in width. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a Beautiful1960s PAC Southwest Stewardess Badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1960s. SIZE: About 15/16" x1-1/4" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass with enamel and seed pearls. ATTACHMENT: Horizontal pin with drop-in swivel locking catch...

ARTIFACT: Unidentified circa 1910's - 1920's winged "D" lapel pin. The center of the pin features a red enameled letter "D" inside an oval with nicely detailed wings on either side. VINTAGE: Circa 1910's - 1920's SIZE: Approximately 5/8" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1960 Delta Air Lines promotional poster. The poster shows a Douglas Super DC-8 jetliner in flight, and came out only a couple of years after the craft's 1958 debut. The poster is signed Toigo. VINTAGE: Circa 1960...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s lapel pin for thirty years of membership with the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. A member's longevity...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970s member lapel pin for the United Transportation Union (UTU). Based in Cleveland, Ohio, the UTU formed on the first day of 1969, consolidating four large pre-existing unions. The union includes members working in the railway...

ARTIFACT: This is a lapel pin for the Air Lines Pilot Association, which formed in 1931 to represent the interests of both Canadian and American airlines. The pin is a petite wing with a globe at its center reading ALPA. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940's...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1965 graduation wing from the Grace Downs Air Career School, a former school for aspiring stewardesses on Long Island, New York. The wing is engraved to Mildred Mathe on its reverse. VINTAGE: Circa 1965. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a large tie bar shaped like a DC-4 airliner. The Douglas DC-4 served during World War II and beyond and was also the choice for some countries' civil airlines after the war. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 2-1/2" x...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1940s graduate lapel wing from Ward Airline Training School. The wing bears the company's motto: PIONEER IN AIRLIE TRAINING. VINTAGE: Circa late 1940s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" x 1-9/16" CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gilt...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1930 member wing pin for the Sky Roads Flying Club, for a member who had achieved he rank of Major in the club. Skyroads was a cartoon penned by two World War I pilots that debuted in 1929, and the flying club grew out of...