Inaugural Flight Postcards
Scope and Contents
This accession contains memorabilia from the 1939 inagural flight of Eastern Airlines, including ticket stubs, photographic prints and postcards, newspaper clippings, two beach towels, invitations and name cards, flight maps, and The Great Silver Fleet News booklets. This accession also includes a framed photograph of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker holding a trowel, Eastern Airlines Junior Pilot pins, a framed Eastern Airlines menu, Mexico national lottery tickets, a large framed print of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker's plane, and a large framed print of Leutenant Commander McClelland Barclay.
Dates
- 1918 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access
This accession is open for research.
Extent
From the Accession: 1.5 Cubic Feet (One legal sized document box and two half-sized document boxes.)
Language of Materials
From the Accession: Spanish; Castilian
From the Accession: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rickenbacker, William Frost, 1928-1995 (Person)
- From the Collection: Rickenbacker, Adelaide Frost, 1886-1977 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Auburn University Special Collections and Archives Repository
Auburn University
Ralph Brown Draughon Library
231 Mell Street
Auburn Alabama 36849
334-844-1732
archives@auburn.edu
