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Tony Jannus Award. Wood plaque with raised bronze circular casting at top and three smaller plates beneath it. The circular top plate depicts the Wright Flyer on a blue background and has two leaf accents below. Each of the three plates is inscribed.…

Newspaper clipping, "Lucky lovelies," from The Honolulu Advertiser (Hawaii), October 9, 1950. Features a photograph of United Air Lines stewardesses, including Thelma Irene "Tim" McGraw (name misspelled in article as "McGray"), who have been assigned…

Magazine advertisement for Trans World Airlines, circa 1946. Features a half-page illustration of a TWA Lockheed Model 49 Constellation aircraft in flight over a city. The text describes TWA as "the finest way to fly."

Flight schedule titled "Consolidated schedules and fares for air passengers via commercial air transport lines," issued by the American Air Transport Association, revised February 21, 1929. Includes flight and fare information for domestic and…

Born-digital video recording of an oral history with Anne Simpson and interviewer Dan Hagedorn, recorded as part of The Museum of Flight Oral History Program, January 13, 2016.

Photograph of an unidentified woman with a United Airlines Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft in the background, circa 1940s-1950s. The photograph was likely taken before or after a Mainliner flight to Hawaii.

Photograph of a United Airlines Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft at an unidentified airport, circa 1940s-1950s.

Photograph of a United Air Lines Douglas DC-3 aircraft (tail number NC15071) at an unidentified airport, circa 1940s-1950s.

Souvenir passenger list for United Air Lines' Trans-Pacific Yacht Race Special Flight aboard the Boeing Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser "Oahu," July 13, 1951. Includes text noting that this is United's 10,985th crossing between the Mainland and the…

Photograph of an unidentified pilot standing next to a United Air Lines vehicle, circa 1940s-1950s.