TWA Poster and Ad Collection: Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline from 1925 until 2001. It was originally formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a transcontinental route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis and Kansas City, as well as other intermediate stops with Ford Trimotor aircraft. Along with American, United, and Eastern, it was one of the “Big Four” domestic airlines in the United States formed by the Spoils Conference of 1930. (Wikipedia)
TWA Poster and Ad Collection:
1940’s Posters and Ads:
1940 Wings for Your Wishes, The Transcontinental Line. TWA
1941 ‘Our Ships’ TWA The Transcontinental Airline
1943 Sardine Cans Save Airplane. TWA
1944 Goes All The Way For Your OK. TWA Goes All The Way
1944 Wings of Mercy. TWA
1945 The Lady that never Grows Old. TWA
1945 Adventure In Contentment. TWA
1945 Free As The Birds. TWA
1948 Is India really far away. TWA
1948 So smooth… so fast… this new road to Rome. TWA
1948 ‘Charlie’s call to come quick sold me the Businessman’s Airline’ TWA
1950’s Posters and Ads:
1950 Paris. Fly TWA
1950 ‘That’s the 5.15 – from Paris’ TWA
1950 ‘We’ve made travel by air a family affair’ TWA
1951 Daddy will be back tonight. TWA
1951 Dad’s favorite chair. TWA
1951 Grandma leads a fast life… and loves it! TWA
1951 This View Point has changed an old point-of-view TWA
1951 What does a man like for dinner 20,000 feet up? TWA
1952 Have dinner tonight with the stars! Fly TWA
1952 Here today… there today… home today, too. TWA
1952 Tomorrow today… via TWA
1952 Young man on the way Up. TWA
1952 Distance your problem. We’ll help you get over it. TWA
1952 Here today … there today… home today, too. TWA
1954 Every day is Sun day Up Where TWA Skyliners Fly
1954 Let TWA’s wings work wonders with your vacation. Fly the finest… Fly TWA
1954 TWA flies the finest… the largest Constellation fleet in the world
1955 Fly TWA to France
1955 Discover A New High In Air Travel… TWA’s great new Super-G Constellations
1955 Only TWA offers sleeper service to New York
1960’s Posters and Ads:
1962 Paris Fly TWA Jets
1962 Look quick! That’s the all-new StarStream. TWA
1964 What’s in it for you on TWA. Movies, for one thing
1980’s Posters and Ads:
1982 ‘Why I’m so big on TWA’ – by Wilt Chamberlain
