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National Air and Space Museum Archives
Airline Baggage Label Collection
Summary
- Collection ID:
- NASM.XXXX.0146
- Creators:
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Institute of Aeronautical Sciences
- Dates:
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bulk 1920-1990
- Languages:
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English.
- Physical Description:
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13 Cubic feet(18 boxes)
- Repository:
Scope and Contents
Scope and Contents
This artificial collection consists of a wide variety of airline timetables, memorabilia, baggage tags, and logos, aircraft company logos, aviation school logos, bumper stickers, and balloon prints. The material covers airlines and aircraft companies from around the world. There are also 1986 - 1987 Air Transport Label Catalogs.
Biographical / Historical
Biographical / Historical
Baggage labels were first supplied by steamship companies to passengers for identification purposes during the 1800s, and hotels, resorts, and railroad companies soon followed suit. In the 1920s, airlines began to offer them to their commercial passengers as well. The baggage labels were a valuable advertising tool for the companies as passengers began to accumulate these often artistic labels on their luggage as travel status symbols.
Administration
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Institute of Aeronautical Sciences, Gift, Unknown
Using the Collection
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access.
Preferred Citation
Airline Baggage Label Collection, Accession XXXX-0146, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Keywords
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Aeronautics | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Airlines | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
Luggage | Topical | Search Smithsonian Collections | Search ArchiveGrid |
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