playing cards: TWA (Trans World Airlines)

Date:	1950s
Medium:	Cardboard, ink
Credit Line:	Gift of Thomas G. Dragges
Accession Number:	2001.015.025
Dimensions:	4 x 5 x 1 inches (10.2 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm)
Collection:	Aviation Museum
Category:	Passenger Amenity, Museum
Subcategory:	Playing Cards
airline:	TWA (Trans World Airlines)
company:	TWA (Trans World Airlines)

Description

Deck of playing cards issued by TWA (Trans World Airlines); gold box with red felt, airline logo in center and text, “Trans World Airways / U.S.A. / Europe / Africa" below; various aircraft pictured on cards; box unsealed.

Exhibitions that this object has been part of

Circling the Globe: Around-the-World Commercial Air Service. On view from September 14, 2013 to March 23, 2014.

URL

https://collection.sfomuseum.org/objects/1880113497/

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