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3.5" H x 5.5" W

Description

Linen texture postcard M-81 Minneapolis - St. Paul Metropolitan Airport, Wold - Chamberlain Field.  Horizontal image of the brick terminal with control tower behind two Northwest Airlines airplanes.  The plane of the left has four propellers, the one on the right has two.  On the back: " Minneapolis - Saint Paul Metropolitan Airport, Wold - Chamberlain Field.  This airport, one of the largest air terminals in the United States, is now an international port with service to Alaska and to the Far East.  The U.S. Naval Reserve aviation base is located at this field."  St. Marie's, Gopher News Co., Minneapolis Minn.  Text below message space: City of Lakes and Parks.  Divided back with vertical text dividing the two sections.  Genuine Curteich - Chicago “C.T. Art Colortone”  Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pat. Off.).  Upper right corner box to “Place Stamp Here 98-H1192.”  The airport became an international airport in 1948, and the name was changed to Minneapolis St. Paul International Airport.  This postcard was created at the time of that transition.  It still uses the former name, but identifies the airport as an international airport.

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