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Photograph of United Air Lines flight attendant Thelma Irene "Tim" McGraw in front of a Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft, circa 1940s-1950s.Inscription on verso: "Stewardess Thelma McGraw."Stamped on verso: "United Air Lines. Photo No. SF4216.…

Photograph of United Air Lines flight attendant Thelma Irene "Tim" McGraw (right) handing a parcel to another flight attendant on the stairs outside a Boeing Model 377 Stratocruiser aircraft, circa 1940s-1950s.Stamped on verso: "United Air Lines…

Photograph of a Northrop C-125 Raider of the United States Air Force performing a jet-assisted take-off (JATO), circa 1950s. Inscription on verso: "Northrop C125D." Stamped on verso: "Frank Ambrose Aviation Company, Inc. [address in Miami, Florida]."

Photograph of an unidentified officer being greeted by military servicemen at an air base, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and other transport aircraft are visible in the background.Stamped on…

Photograph of an unidentified officer being greeted by military servicemen at an air base, likely in the China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. A Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and other transport aircraft are visible in the background.Stamped on…

Photographic group portrait of L'Ecole Franco-Chinoise teachers and Chinese Air Force servicemen posing in front of a Curtiss C-46 Commando aircraft at Kiangwan Airfield, China, circa 1940s. Some of the individuals are identified in the caption on…

Photographic group portrait of U.S. Merchant Marines and U.S. Navy servicemen after their liberation from the Shamshuipo internment camp, Kunming Air Base, China, circa 1940s. The tail of a Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft (tail number 315854) is…

Photograph of Allied prisoners of war standing in front of a Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft following their liberation from the Hoten internment camp, Mukden (present-day Shenyang), China, circa 1940s. Typed on verso: "Hqs. Tenth Air Force,…

Photograph of students of Le Ecole St. Jean de Arc looking at a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, Lunghwa Airdrome, China, circa 1940s. The aircraft's designation, "My Little Tike," is painted on the nose.Typed on verso: "From:…

Photograph of nose art painted on "Jimmy Doris," a U.S. Army Air Forces Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s. The nose art depicts the characters Li'l Abner and Daisy Mae from Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l…