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Title
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Municipal Airport
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Description
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The "Postcards of Historic Northeast" column features the Municipal Airport in this issue. Picture includes the airport and a TWA DC-2 airplane. An account of the dedication of the airport and the visit of Charles Lindbergh is included with the text. "The TWA brand was actually born in 1930 when Western Air Express merged with Transcontinental Air Transport to form Transcontinental & Western Air. When Transcontinental & Western inaugurated international service in the 1940s, the name was changed to Trans World Airlines."
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Date
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2006-03-22
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Kansas City Municipal Airport
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Description
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View facing north of the TWA entrance at the Municipal Airport. Parked cars and airport visitors can be seen.
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Date
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1964-03-13
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Kansas City Municipal Airport
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Description
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View facing north of the TWA entrance at the Municipal Airport. Parked cars and airport visitors can be seen.
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Date
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1964-03-13
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Air Age Mark in Jet Flight
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Description
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First jet passenger plane out of Kansas City, leaving for Los Angeles, California.
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Date
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1959-08-03
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Title
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Municipal Airport Waiting Room
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Description
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Interior view of the Municipal Airport waiting room. The Trans World Airline information area, airport visitors, and other information booths can be seen.
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Date
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1959-05-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport Waiting Room
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Description
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Interior view of the Municipal Airport waiting room. The Trans World Airline information area, airport visitors, and other information booths can be seen.
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Date
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1959-05-06
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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TWA Airplane in Flight
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Description
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Distant view of TWA plane taking off.
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Date
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1950
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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TWA Navajo Skychief L-049A Constellation
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Description
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View of Trans World Airlines' L-049A Constellation Navajo Skychief at parked at Municipal Airport. A work crew is standing beneath the airliner.
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Date
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1946~
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport, Terminal
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Description
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Looking northeast, image shows original Municipal Airport terminal with TWA and other airplanes on taxiway and unpaved area in foreground. Midcontinent Airlines building is also visible on the left.
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Object Type
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Negative
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Title
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Airplanes
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Description
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Two photographs of planes over Kansas City Municipal Airport. One is a Braniff airliner, the other TWA.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Municipal Airport
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Description
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View of Kansas City's Municipal Airport looking toward the northeast. The airport terminal building is in view as well as a portion of the runway. Several prop airplanes can be seen, including at least one TWA airplane.
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Date
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1950~
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Object Type
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Photograph
