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Other Aeromarine ephemera
Poster from the winter of 1920-21.
(From "Aviation" magazine, January 24, 1921)
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Seating chart for a sightseeing trip by the Columbus at Miami on February 21, 1921. Very early example of such a
chart.
(Courtesy of Alan Crockwell)
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Summer 1921 flyer.
Flyer from the autumn of 1921.
The back has an excerpt of Aeromarine's annual operating report to the U.S. Navy,
the first in the U.S., stating passengers and miles flown for the various types of flying boats used.
(Courtesy of the Keyport Historical Society, Keyport, N.J.)
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Aeromarine issued its own postcards (see below). They were given free to passengers as souvenirs.
Aeromarine West Indies Airways real photo postcard from February 1921, showing the Aeromarine Model 75
Balboa in Miami.
(Courtesy of the Keyport Historical Society, Keyport, N.J.)
Postcard from the autumn of 1921.
(Courtesy of the Keyport Historical Society, Keyport, N.J.)
Postcard from the spring of 1922.
(Courtesy of Craig Morris)
Postcard from early 1922.
(Courtesy of Doug Bastin)
Postcard from early 1922, with the Aeromarine Model 75 Columbus over Bimini.
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Two Model 75 flying boats. Note 2nd one is just above Morro Castle. Postcard from early 1922.
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Postcard from the spring of 1922.
Hand tinted German printed postcard from the summer of 1922.
Flying boat is over Perry's Victory & International Peace Memorial at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, in Lake Erie, on the route between Detroit and
Cleveland.
See Flying with Aeromarine - A passenger narrative for an account of a passenger's
experiences of a trip between Detroit and Cleveland in 1922.
Real photo postcard of an Aeromarine Model 85 in flight. Note that Aeromarine Airways is advertised on the wings.
Photo possibly from the spring of 1922.
(Courtesy of the Keyport Historical Society, Keyport, N.J.)
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Postcard from 1922 showing an Aeromarine Model 75 flying over Lower Manhattan.
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Postcard from the summer of 1922 or 1923, with flying boat in flight over Lower Manhattan.
The skyscraper tower in the left background is the
Singer Building - the tallest building in the world
ever purposely demolished.
(Courtesy of Craig Morris)
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This ticket was used for a trip from Bimini to Miami on the Columbus on March 23, 1921.
Ed Stone was a prominent businessman from Virginia.
Reverse side of ticket below.
This unused ticket was issued in the summer of 1922.
(Courtesy of the Keyport Historical Society, Keyport, N.J.)
Another part of the above ticket. Looks like Aeromarine was liable for nothing.
(Courtesy of the Keyport Historical Society, Keyport, N.J.)
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Of the items below, the letterhead is known to have been in use during the winter of 1922,
whereas the mailing envelope and business cards are from some time between the summers of 1921 and 1923.
An example of the use of this letterhead can be found on this page.
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See information on Fausto Rodriguez.
(Courtesy of the Keyport Historical Society, Keyport, N.J.)
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Advertisement promoting the Detroit-Cleveland operation in the summer of 1923.
(From "Detroit Motor News")
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The only preserved copy of Aeromarine West Indies Airways' baggage label from December 1920 - the world's first.
Removed from an old suitcase in the 1940s, its original background colour was light blue.
(Image from "Nostalgia Panamericana" by Don Thomas, 1987)
Aeromarine West Indies Airways baggage label, probably early 1921.
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Aeromarine baggage label from the autumn of 1921,
designed by Aeromarine's Publicity Director, Harry Bruno, at Sloppy Joe's bar in Havana.
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See also Aeromarine baggage labels page.
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This page last updated September 23, 2012.