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Identifier
2018-00-00-23_image_076
Source
The Commercial Airlines Collection (2018-00-00-23), Braniff Airways Folder
Creator
Braniff Airways
Description
Composite photograph featuring nine images of Braniff Airways aircraft, circa 1950s.
Captions: "1928 - Stinson Detroiter - 5 passengers - 100 m.p.h. / 1931 - Lockheed Vega - 6 passengers - 150 m.p.h. / 1935 - Lockheed Electra - 10 passengers - 160 m.p.h. / 1937 - Douglas DC-2 - 14 passengers - 170 m.p.h. / 1939 - Douglas DC-3 - 21 passengers - 180 m.p.h. - 1946 - Douglas DC-4 - 46 passengers - 210 m.p.h. / 1947 - Douglas Deluxe DC-6 - 52 passengers - 300 m.p.h. - (Air-conditioned, pressurized cabin for complete passenger comfort at any altitude - Sleeper service on international and domestic flights) / 1953 - Braniff Super Convair 340 - 44 passengers - 300 m.p.h. - (Air-conditioned, pressurized cabin - For Braniff domestic service) / 1956 - Douglas DC-7C - 81 passengers - 400 m.p.h. - (Air-conditioned, pressurized cabin, deluxe lounge - For Braniff international routes and between Chicago and Texas points on the domestic system)."
Stamped in verso: "Please credit / Braniff International / Re[illegible] No. 68-529-1 / Exchange Park - Dallas, Texas."
Creation Date
circa 1950s
Subject
Braniff Airways
Commuter aircraft
Douglas DC-6 Family
Stinson (Aircraft) SB-1 Detroiter Family
Douglas DC-7 Family
Convair 240, 340, 440 Family
Douglas DC-4 Family
Douglas DC-3 Family
Douglas DC-2
Lockheed Model 10 Electra Family
Lockheed Model 1/2/5 Vega Family
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1 photograph : print, black and white ; 8 x 10 in.
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photographic prints
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The Commercial Airlines Collection/The Museum of Flight
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, [2018-00-00-23_image_076]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 10/02/2026, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/27346