Description: American Airline Business Card For Regional Vice President AAA NY Municipal AP For Edward G. Bern Early Rare Business Card From the VP of American Read Below Has scrap book residue on back PLEASE READ BELOW TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ITEM WILL BE INSERTING MUCH MORE AMERICAN AIRLINE EPHEMERA AS TIME PERMITS ts-119/b21 American Airlines I am adding history of American Airlines since so many of these items, pictures and negatives are associated with part of this history. Some of the photos were taken during 1st flight. One of the envlopes negatives were in said 1st flight 1936. I am giving description best I can.. please view all my lots and future lots that I will be putting in ebay as time permits. This American Airlines ephemera was found in an estate of the family of Edward A. Bern who passed away in 2016. He was associated with American Airlines for more than 40 years. He had in his possession belongings from his dad who was Edward G. Bern, Sr (passed away in 1956) who was an aviation pioneer and was Vice President of American Airlines (1941) (and other airlines) and knew Howard Huges and others. Photos & Slides - There are some 8x10 photos which shows Stewardess taking care of babies. In one of the auctions there is a copy of a newspaper article which shows one of these photos. It says under the article: This is a picture of one of the youngest airline passenger on record. Born in Chicago he arried in Los Angeles when 17 days old. "Two changes between the two cities," says the hostess. Title of this article is: Air Hostess Must Meet High Ideals, Chosen Candidate is Trained Nurse with charm, brains, poise and ability to contribute to popularity of Lines - Problems are solved at a moment's notice, needs unfailing knowledge. This newspaper page copy is from the Sunday Star, Washington, D.C. and is dated April 3, 1938. Negatives - Some of the negatives are from the American Airlines Skysleeper Flagship which show them being publicly displayed before being used. Looks like they were taken on the Ambassador lawn in front of the Ambassador Hotel. Some other negatives say American Airlines US Mail Flagship California on the plane. There are also many 35mm Americn and or other Airline Slides that I will be lsiting as time permit There are pictures of Edward G. Bern, and some have him and C. R. Smith. C. R. Smith - In 1934 American Airlines Company was acquired by E. L. Cord who renamed it American Air Lines. Cord hired Texas businessman C. R. Smith to run the company. Smith worked with Donald Douglas to develop the DC-3 which American Airlines was first to fly in 1936. American's DC-3 made it the first airline to be able to operate a route that could earn a profit solely by transporting passengers, other carriers could not earn a profit without US Mail...... A matching article dated August 7, 1937 says: Airline Executives Here on Demonstration Tour, Soaring into Los Angeles on the silvery wings of one of their "Flagships" C. R. Smith and Edward G. Bern, President and National Publicity Director , respectively, of American Airlines, visited the Wilshire District this week. They were enconsced at the Ambassador for several days. The two airmen stopped at Los Angeles as another lap on an educational tour through-out the nation. They have been effectively demonstrateing American's new tri-monitored 21-passenger club ships or "D-6-3" models by courtesy flights for various promiment people. This Type of Ship is for daylight trips and is not a sleeper. While in Los Angeles the air exectives officially received delivery of the last of seven new ships of this type purchased from the Douglas plane. The next delivery of Douglas ships to American Airlines aggressive and personable figures connected with the aviation industry and is well known locally, due to his frequent trips to Los Angeles. Mr. Bern also has a great number of friends in ths section, having formerly been p ublicity director on the west coast for the line. It was he who arranged for the display of the large plane onn the Ambassador lawn last year. Will also be putting in ebay: Original art signed by: Vladimir Fedorovich Kadulin (American/Russian artist born in 1883) History of this piece: This belonged to Edward G. Bern, Sr (passed away in 1956) who was an aviation pioneer and was Vice President of American Airlines at the time. Under the artists signature it says To Ed Bern, and then it says Corriagan. Caption under the picture it says: Corrigan: begorra i now think i made a terrible mistake. The picture is about Douglas Corrigan who was called "wrong way Corrigan" Corrigan was the last of the early glory-seeking fliers.. took off from Floyd Bennett field in Brooklyn, NY on a flight that would finally win him a place in avaiation history. I will be also adding to this auction original correspondence from Corrigan.. or adding it separately in ebay. To get a better understanding of contents in this item please click onto picture's and use ebay's enlargement or zoom feature. PAYMENT IS DUE WITHIN 5 DAYS OF ITEM CLOSING..IF THERE IS A PROBLEM PLEASE LET ME KNOW SINCE MY SYSTEM AUTOMATICLLY OPENS UP A UNPAID ITEM CASE AFTER 5 DAYS Please visit my online ebay store for similar items: LastCenturyEphemera Buyer Pays Shipping . The following forms of payment are accepted: Paypal. I gladly accept Paypal however if this is not feasible please contact me. I use ebay checkout, however, please do not send any payment until you get my invoice in your email. 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Price: 35.2 USD
Location: East Meadow, New York
End Time: 2023-12-18T19:46:53.000Z
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