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American Airlines DC-6 Blue Ribbon Aircoach, circa 1947

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AdvertisingAviation
Card type
Chrome
Date
c. 1947 (Chrome)
Front of American Airlines DC-6 Blue Ribbon Aircoach, circa 1947, c. 1947 chrome postcard
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Back of American Airlines DC-6 Blue Ribbon Aircoach, circa 1947, c. 1947 chrome postcard
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Passengers in suits and dresses, including a woman in a blue suit and red hat and a young girl, step down a mobile stairway from an American Airlines DC-6. The plane wears the airline's red-stripe livery, and the stair truck repeats the American name and logo. The DC-6 was Douglas's four-engine piston airliner, and American's Blue Ribbon Aircoach was part of the postwar expansion of lower-fare coach travel. Mobile stairs were standard at airfields before enclosed jet bridges, so arriving passengers walked across the tarmac.

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PublisherAmerican Airlines
AMERICAN AIRLINES AMERICAN AIRLINES AA --- AMERICAN AIRLINES America's Leading Airline POST CARD USE AIR MAIL LITHO IN U.S.A. T151-2 THE DC-6 BLUE RIBBON AIRCOACH BRINGS YOU 300 MPH SPEED AT GREATLY REDUCED FARES. ONLY AMERICAN OFFERS DC-6 PLANES ON ALL AIRCOACH FLIGHTS.
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PublisherAmerican Airlines
SeriesT151-2
ConditionUnused Mint
NotesWhite border; chrome-era color; no writing on front. No postmark, stamp, address, or handwriting present — unused card. Divided-back chrome-era advertising postcard for American Airlines (DC-6 Blue Ribbon Aircoach), litho in U.S.A., card number T151-2. Light surface soiling and foxing on the blank back.

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American Airlines DC-6 Blue Ribbon Aircoach, circa 1947, postcard, c. 1947. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/american-airlines-dc-6-blue-ribbon-aircoach-circa-1947. Accessed November 2, 2026.