1920s postcard. Artwork by E. Weaver (no bio available), but Sherry Arent Cawley, in Berrien County, author of one of the Postcard History Series put out by Arcadia Publishing, describes the artist as “…a very prolific American postcard artist at the turn of the century through the 1930s. His designs, in sets of 8 to 32 are whimsical and humorous with many drawn in a simplified Art Nouveau style.”
The card was mailed from Cloverdale VA on October 25, 1926, to an address in Willis VA.
These things pop up in unlikely places, like at an estate sale. This is a vintage Piedmont child’s souvenir candy travel bag. It was sold at the Piedmont store, filled with candy to keep the little nipper occupied during the flight. It is 7″ wide, 3.5″ deep and about 4″ high (just the bag, not the straps). It has a metal zipper. Manufactured by Airline Textiles Manufacturing Co. of Des Moines IA. The company, apparently, is still in business.
This is an unopened card deck I found at an estate sale. This airline went out of the flying trade in 1982.
I’ve been collecting “kiddie wings”, the metal or plastic wings given to children on airline flights, for over a decade now. I found this at an estate sale in Johnson City TN. It is nicely done. It’s 2″ wing tip to wing tip and 5/8″ at the circle. The logo of the First Nations person is topped with an acrylic dome. Base metal, made in China.
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