American Airlines Poster and Ad Collection: American Airlines, Inc. (AA), commonly referred to as American, is a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is the world’s largest airline when measured by fleet size, revenue, scheduled passenger-kilometres flown, and number of destinations served. American together with its regional partners operates an extensive international and domestic network with an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. (Wikipedia)
American Airlines Poster and Ad Collection:
1940’s Posters and Ads:
1940 ‘Let me show you the way to go home!’ American Airlines
1941 Mother and Son… 3,000 miles apart today… but he’ll be home tomorrow. American Airlines
1943 Thanks. American Airlines
1943 American Airlines, Inc. unites three great allies, Canada, the United States and Mexico
1944 Teach Them the World… American Airlines
1944 Courtesy Is Not Unpatriotic. American Airlines
1945 The New National and International Flagship System. American Airlines System
1946 Timesaving Transportation and Flagship Hospitality. American Airlines System
1947 American Leads The Way In Experience. More than 23,000 Trips to the Moon! American Airlines
1948 American Airlines. California. Arizona. Texas. New Mexico
1948 ‘I’m a lot closer to my grandchildren.. holiday time or any time – by Flagship!’ American Airlines
1948 Any time you look at a calendar – You’re looking at a good time to travel by air! American Airlines
1949 ‘Berlin Airlift’ in your own home town! American Airlines Airfreight
1949 He commands your Flagship and your Confidence. American Airlines
1949 Columbus may have discovered America but… mother discovered American! American Airlines
1949 Don’t give up – Go Up! American Airlines
1949 ‘Fun is never out of season once you learn about year-’round Flagship travel!’ American Airlines
1949 Travel Alone and love it… American Airlines
1949 Until you grow Too Old To Dream. American Airlines
1950’s Posters and Ads:
1950 American sets the pace – with the Flagship Fleet! American Airlines
1950 The First Ride makes all the difference! American Airlines
1950 We deliver more children than the Stork! American Airlines
1951 American sets the pace with the new DC-6B Flagship! American Airlines
1951 How a Wife who stays behind can help her Husband Get Ahead! American Airlines
1951 How to lower the cost of bringing Up your family… American Airlines
1951 ‘Magic moments from my Mexican memory look!’ American Airlines
1951 Spring never leaves Acapulco and you’ll never want to! American Airlines
1951 Time is on the side of those who use it best! American Airlines
1952 Mountains or Beaches or Both? American Airlines
1952 Get Out From Under Winter Weather On The Sunny Southern Route Of The Flagships! American Airlines
1952 Person-to-Person No Action! Person-to-Person Transaction! American Airlines
1953 Demand – not distance – defines your market potential. American Airlines
1953 Jack uses his Brakes but not his Brain! Mac makes his Breaks he slls by Plane! American Airlines
1953 See what you Save-By Air! American Airlines
1953 He’d given up his Vacation to give his Passengers this American History Lesson. American Airlines
1954 American’s New DC-7 Leads the Finest Flagship Fleet Ever. American Airlines
1954 America’s Finest Coast-To-Coast Transportation. American Airlines
1954 Convenient Schedules to 77 cities when and where you want to go. American Airlines
1954 Service that makes the Flagships Famous. American Airlines
1954 The Incomparable Flagship Fleet. American Airlines
1955 What airline made courtesy a career. United Air Lines
1955 What airline tempts your taste the most. United Air Lines
1955 The California King Crab No Longer Crawls to Market! American Airlines Airfreight
1957 Sign of an important arrival – The Mercury emblem. American Airlines
1959 This month American starts the First Jet service across the U.S.A. American Airlines
1959 American the Jet Airline brings you The New Jet-Powered Electra Flagship. American Airlines
1960’s Posters and Ads:
1963 American’s new ‘Wife Vacation Plan’. Take your wife first class for half-fare. American Airlines
1964 New York World’s Fair. American Airlines
1965 ‘You’re not Alice’. American Airlines
1968 Think of her as your mother. Fly the American Way. American Airlines
1970’s Posters and Ads:
1971 You won’t believe you’re on an airplane. American Airlines New Coach Lounge
Some interesting American Airlines related links:
Wikipedia article about American Airlines
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