American Airlines Poster and Ad Collection: American Airlines, Inc. (AA), commonly referred to as American, is a major American airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It is the world’s largest airline when measured by fleet size, revenue, scheduled passenger-kilometres flown, and number of destinations served. American together with its regional partners operates an extensive international and domestic network with an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to nearly 350 destinations in more than 50 countries. (Wikipedia)
American Airlines Poster and Ad Collection:
1940’s Posters and Ads:
1941 When it’s dark and gloomy on the ground in winter…. American Airlines
1940 Did you ever wonder what people do on a Flagship… American Airlines
1940 Right In Your Own Home… Our Stewardess Could Demonstrate A Trip By Flagship. American Airlines
1940 Air Travelers Prefer American’s Southern Sunshine Route. American Airlines
1940 Service in the air and on the ground. American Airlines
1940 Who Are These People Who Travel by Flagship. American Airlines
1940 You Don’t Have To ‘Work Your Way’ When You Go By Flagship! American Airlines
1940 ‘I Wonder If I’ve Been Missing Something.’ American Airlines
1940 It’s ideal where the Flagship fly. American Airlines
1946 Symbol of Service. AA. American Airlines
1943 American Airlines, Inc. unites three great allies, Canada, the United States and Mexico
1944 A Tale of Three Maps. American Airlines
1944 Courtesy is Not Unpatriotic. American Airlines
1944 NEW! Now you can use American Airlines’ International Air Express Service to reach 40 more Mexican Cities
1944 Postwar Plan of American Airlines
1944 Teach Them the World … American Airlines
1944 These Three International Commuters Use One Timetable. American Airlines
1945 To G.I. Joe They Too Are veterans. American Airlines
1946 Air Is Everywhere, Impartially. American Airlines
1946 All Mother Earth’s Children Live on the Same Street. American Airlines
1946 American Airlines System
1946 Timesaving Transportation and Flagship Hospitality for Only 4.5 Cents a Mile. American Airlines
1947 fashions In Flight Via American Airlines Flagship
1947 it’s American… To Be Democratic. American Airlines
1947 10 Reasons Why American leads the way in experience. American Airlines
1947 American Leads the Way in Experience. American Airlines
1947 Every 57 seconds, 24 hours a day a Flagship arrives or departs. American Airlines
1947 More than 23,000 Trips to the Moon! American Airlines
1947 The Finest Flagship of them All! The New Five Star DC-6 Flagship. American Airlines
1948 American Airlines San Francisco
1948 American Airlines to Ireland
1948 American Airlines To Mexico
1948 American Airlines. California. Arizona. Texas. New Mexico
1948 American Airlines. Paris
1948 American Airlines. Sweden
1948 American Airlines Niagara Falls And Canada
1948 American Airlines. All Europe
1948 American Airlines. East Coast
1948 American Airlines
1948 American Airlines To England
1948 Washington American Airlines
1948 Any Time You Look At a Calendar — You’re Looking at a Good Time to Travel by Air! American Airlines
1948 ‘I’m a Lot Closer to My Grandchildren… Holiday Time or Any Time – by Flagship!’ American Airlines
1948 ‘You can’t keep a good man down… he makes it his business to go by Flagship’ American Airlines
1948 The American Airlines Convair! This great Flagship… at your service Now! Finest and Fastest on Shorter Flights!
1948 You Can’t Afford an Earthbound Business!. Step Up Profits. American Airlines
1948 Bob Watson gains more than time traveling American’s new DC-6 Flagship. American Airlines
1949 Columbus may have discovered America but… Mother discovered American! American Airlines
1949 Don’t give up- Go up! American Airlines
1949 Do you travel as well as your letters. American Airlines
1949 He commands your flagship and your Confidence. American Airlines
1949 ‘Fun is Never Out of Season Once You Learn About Year-‘Round Flagship Travel!’ American Airlines
1949 Mind if We Talk About Our Operation. American Airlines
1949 ‘There’s nothing like it on earth for traveling with a baby!’ American Airlines
1949 Travel Alone and love it… American Airlines
1949 Until you grow Too Old To Dream. American Airlines
1949 How Missouri Stays Ahead in the Fashion Parade! American Airlines
1950’s Posters and Ads:
1950 American Airlines To New York
1950 Holy Year Rome 1950. American Airlines
1950 American Airlines Mexico
1950 American Airlines To Chicago
1950 America’s Finest Coast to Coast Transportation. American Airlines
1950 America’s Finest Coast To Coast Transportation. American Airlines
1950 How To Lower the Cost of Bringing Up Your Family… American Airlines
1950 Sales Go Up when Salesmen do! American Airlines
1950 The First Ride makes all the difference! American Airlines
1950 They Find Your Flagship’s Place in the Sun! American Airlines
1950 We Deliver More Children Than the Stork! American Airlines
1950 What Makes a Woman Change Her Mind. American Airlines
1950 What other coin machine gives you 20,000 to 1 odds. American Airlines
1950 Same cargo-but a crate difference! American Airlines
1950 Noah didn’t pick ’em by size, shape or weight! American Airlines
1950 See Mexico during American’s Fiesta Fare Season. American Airlines
1951 We Shorten America’s First Line Of Defense – The Production Line! American Airlines
1951 ‘Magic moments from my Mexican memory look!’ American Airlines
1951 Spring never leaves Acapulco and you’ll never want to! American Airlines
1951 How a Wife who stays behind can help her Husband Get Ahead! American Airlines
1951 Something for Grandparents to Get Up in the Air About… American Airlines
1951 The choice of experienced travelers – America’s finest coast-to-coast transportation. American Airlines
1951 We make Stops where businessmen Go! American Airlines
1951 Would You Hire a Secretary Who Couldn’t Take Shorthand. American Airlines
1951 Your Flagship’s in the Movies with MGM’S ‘Three Guys Named Mike’. American Airlines
1951 Mobilized, For Peace Or War. American Airlines
1951 Time is on the side of those who use it best!. American Airlines
1951 Time is on the side of those who use it best! American Airlines
1952 Mountains of Beaches or Both. American Airlines
1952 Santa Wore Wings. American Airlines
1952 Person-to-Person No Action! Person-to-Person Transaction! American Airlines
1952 Jack uses his Brakes but not his Brain! Mac makes his Breaks he sells by Plane! American Airlines
1952 Get Out From Under Winter Water On The Sunny Southern Route Of The Flagships. American Airlines
1952 Are your shipments handled… or Manhandled. American Airlines
1952 In Airfreight – we were the ‘Founding Fathers’ American Airlines
1953 Texas. American Airlines
1953 First Nonstop Service – Coast To Coast. American Airline DC7 The Nonstop Mercury
1953 More important than saving money this Christmas! American Airlines
1953 Prospecting for some Extra Money. American Airlines
1953 See what you Save-By-Air! American Airlines
1953 May We State Our Case For Airfreight… American Airlines
1953 Arrive by American. Drive by Avis. American Airlines and Avis Rent-A-Car System
1953 Coast-To-Coast by Flagship. American Airlines
1953 Save days of driving to Vacation. Fly American. American Airlines
1953 This ‘Program’ Keeps the TV Industry on schedule! American Airlines
1954 American’s New DC-7 Leads the Finest Flagship Fleet Ever. American Airlines
1954 Convenient Schedules. American Airlines
1954 The Incomparable Flagship Fleet. American Airlines
1954 Which tail identifies America’s fastest airliner. Douglas
1954 Service that makes the Flagships Famous. American Airlines
1954 Your choice of Vacations from coast-to-coast! American Airlines
1954 Business takes a turn for the better. American Airlines
1954 Penny Wise, Mile Foolish. American Airlines
1954 The Flight That Made History – but not the Front Pages! American Airlines
1955 Acapulco American Airlines
1955 American Airlines Air freight
1958 4 1/2 hours coast-to-coast on American’s Jet Flagships! American Airlines
1955 Fastest and Only Nonstop both Daylight and Overnight between Washington and Los Angeles. American Airlines
1958 ‘Nothing is too much for your Miss Jordan!’ American Airlines
1958 ‘What a wonderful way to take a vacation!’ American Airlines
1959 American Airlines. Jet Powered Electra Flagships
1959 American the Jet Airline brings you The New Jet-Powered Electra Flagship. American Airlines
1959 This month American starts the First Jet service across the U.S.A. American Airlines
1960’s Posters and Ads:
1960 California American Airlines
1960 American Airlines Astrojets. Southwest Airmotive Company
1960 Dear American Airlines
1961 Dear American Airlines
1961 Dear American Airlines. Your passenger service reflects our standing selection of personnel…
1961 Dear American Airlines
1961 The New 707 Astrojet. American Airlines Opens Jet Age Stage II
1961 The New 707 Astrojet Jet Age. Stage II. American Airlines
1962 ‘Give me a man who loves his work’ American Airlines
1962 No gambling on this wheel. the stakes are too high. American Airlines
1962 No gentlemen admitted without white jackets. American Airlines
1962 The Urge. Most of our mechanics have had it since they were 10. American Airlines
1962 What to watch and listen for on your first Astrojet trip. American Airlines
1962 Why fly ordinary jets when you can fly Astrojets. American Airlines
1963 Can you guess where the Astrojet is in this picture. American Airlines
1964 New York World’s Fair. American Airlines
1964 If you have a choice, take a fan-jet. American Airlines
1964 One nice thing about ‘Astrovision’ is, you can ignore it. American Airlines
1964 They’re flying in two different world’s. The story of Astrovision. American Airlines
1964 ‘A first class ticket has no business costing $41.80 more than coach’ American Airlines
1964 In 1917, Russia took all status away from its officers. It ruined the Army. American Airlines
1964 When Disraeli closed his door, England made history. American Airlines
1965 American Airlines. Palm Strings
1965 American Airlines. San Francisco
1965 American Airlines announces ‘Astrovision’
1965 American doesn’t care what your baggage weights. American Airlines
1965 ‘Henry, why can’t we just get on the plane.’ American Airlines
1965 Our Motto. 121 seats 121 tickets. American Airlines
1965 Some people find our agents sickening. American Airlines
1965 Some people find our meals discouraging. American Airlines
1965 ‘You’re not Alice.’ American Airlines
1965 Who American Airlines just cut the cost of your family trip
1966 Leave New York with us any day. We’ll have you in Hawaii before you can say ‘Malihini’. American Airlines & Pan Am
1968 American Airlines. San Francisco
1968 ‘A pilot’s ready when I’ll let my family to go up with him.’ Fly the American Way. American Airlines
1968 ‘I always feel like I’m sort of giving a party.’ Fly the American Way. American Airlines
1968 We built an airline for professional travelers. American Airlines
1968 The last time you saw America, did you only have eyes to each other. American Airlines
1969 Arizona. American Airlines
1969 ‘I always think of the passengers as eggs.’ Fly the American Way. American Airlines
1969 ‘I realized it the first time I saw a mother and child get on the plane… Fly the American Way. American Airlines
1969 ‘It’s like inviting 100 people into you home every day.’ Fly the American Way. American Airlines
1969 ‘People like talking to me. I keep them from standing in line’ Fly the American Way. American Airlines
1970’s Posters and Ads:
1970 American Airlines 747 Astroliner
1970 American Airlines. Palm Springs
1971 American Airlines endless summer, Acapulco
1971 You won’t believe you’re on an airplane. American Airlines New Coach Lounge
1972 American Airlines endless summer. Mexico
1980’s Posters and Ads:
1981 ‘I don’t fly airplanes. I fly people.’ Frank Robinson, Captain. We’re American Airlines Doing what we do best
1981 Now American Airlines Passengers Can Earn Free Trips Faster. On Braniff
1981 We make airports fly. American Airlines
1981 ‘When your suitcase is in my hands, American’s reputation is on my shoulders.’ We’re American Airlines Doing what we do best
1989 This Aircraft’s Hardest Working Parts. American Airlines
1990’s Posters and Ads:
1990 We Get The NFL Off To A Flying Start. American Airlines
