Display Status:

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Collection Item Summary:

"Shipping problems got you down? CALL SLICK! For Coast to Coast Service, Overnight... Slick overweather DC-6A and C-46 Airfreighters link the leading cities of the country with fast, frequent schedules, providing first-morning deliveries practically everywhere. Ship the SLICK way... and Save!" Promotional advertising mailer issued by air freight carrier Slick Airways, Inc., from their office at Oakland Municipal Airport, Oakland, California; circa 1951-1955. Cartoon illustration by Dick Shaw depicts frazzled businessman ("Traffic Manager") slumped over a desk in an office littered with papers, coffee cups, telephones off the hook, and an ashtray overflowing with cigarette butts. Reverse (address side of pre-paid postage mailer) features left side view of stylized Slick Airways Douglas DC-6A in flight.

Collection Item Long Description:

Topic

  • Aeronautics, commercial--freight
  • Airlines

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum Archives

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photographer

Slick Airways, Inc

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Date

Circa 1951-1955

Repository Loc.

National Air and Space Museum, Archives Division, MRC 322, Washington, DC, 20560

Type

Ephemera

Local number

NASM-9A13824