Vintage Stewardess Photos, Part 3

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11787852.post-51223598385189096162007-11-09T17:37:00.005-08:002008-04-10T15:13:50.707-07:00Vintage Stewardess Photos, Part 3<img style="margin: 0px 20px 0px 0px; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 41px;" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/RbhhjvQRmvI/AAAAAAAAADw/zQN-L8I5IBo/s400/b_quantumshot_cup.jpg" alt="" border="0" />"QUANTUM SHOT" #314 <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/vintage-stewardess-photos.html">link</a> Also read <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/03/glamour-in-skies-part-2.html">Part 2</a> and <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/glamour-of-flight.html">Part 1</a> When flying was attractive in oh so many ways More of the wonderful promotional shots from the Golden Age of commercial aviation. Big Thanks to all contributors, who sent in the materials for this follow-up page. Trans World Airlines: (originally Transcontinental & Western Air) <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/94/422520301_98579a1d32.jpg"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/94/422520301_98579a1d32.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=422517337&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/145/422517337_c3ca2a1abd.jpg" ></a> PanAmerican: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67494934@N00/12069763/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2177/1941270796_ba7a964b0e.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67494934@N00">Cheelah</a>) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67494934@N00/12069760/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2244/1941256398_221e304de5.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67494934@N00/">Cheelah</a>) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67494934@N00/12069761/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2367/1940469845_964e7958ab.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67494934@N00/12071003/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2058/1941378060_a1539d8228.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/67494934@N00/">Cheelah</a>) High Style of Flying by British Airways <a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/index.html">British Airways Museum</a> displays a great collection of vintage airliners and interior shots, including a glimpse of BOAC stewardesses' attire in 60s and 70s. (thanks for the tip by Patti Evans, who herself was an airline stewardess from 1970 - 1988 for BOAC/British airways) Click to enlarge images. <a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/70-80.html"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/1940247710_69aef0addc_m.jpg" ></a><a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/70-80.html"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2143/1940247122_228d9db1ca_m.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/70-80.html"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:192px; height:245px" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2192/1939408801_772fa2103a_m.jpg" ></a><a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/60-70.html"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:194px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2161/1939411813_242f77d8b9_m.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/70-80.html"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:192px" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2220/1939410921_26b512d674_m.jpg" ></a><a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/60-70.html"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2375/1939413741_6c1c77d394_m.jpg" ></a> (images credit: <a href="http://www.bamuseum.com/index.html">British Airways Museum</a>) Meal on TWA, 1950: <a href="http://www.plan59.com/av/av500.htm"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2182/1940875202_66c2f900b9.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.plan59.com/av/av500.htm">Plan 59</a>) More TWA in the 70s: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciens/77686864/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2378/1941233006_b79fd3e883.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/luciens/77686864/">Luciens</a>) Emilio Pucci's Gemini 4 collection for Braniff Airlines, 1965: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17025280@N00/768979912/in/photostream/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2149/1940764241_6488a1303e.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/17025280@N00/">stylecouncil1</a>) Here is a picture from the Russian "Aeroflot" airline from the same era: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clashmaker/429813804/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/227/512514605_14dfe2f3e8.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/clashmaker/429813804/">clashmaker</a>) and in modern days: <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2301/1941110156_5c9a998bb2.jpg"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2301/1941110156_5c9a998bb2.jpg" ></a> In the beginning... Rare shots from the start of commercial aviation in the late 30s and 40s: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=422518180&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/162/422518180_41edeca6f1.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/1940300177_c0ea3f4b13.jpg"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px; width:332px" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2053/1940300177_c0ea3f4b13.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=421716881&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/421716881_4ac185a527.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=421716848&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/173/421716848_ff588971b6.jpg" ></a> Possibly the secret of their charm? <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/80671422@N00/1393869468/"><img style="margin:10px 30px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2178/1941804896_edac0efc61.jpg" ></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/80671422@N00/1393882488/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2268/1940951871_cfbe0b15b9.jpg" ></a> (images credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/80671422@N00/1393869468/">durga666</a>) Extrapolating same beauty into space If you think airline travel was glamorous in these days, think about how space travel was imagined at the time... With the same groovy-dressed stewardesses, no less. "2001: A Space Odyssey" offers us a glimpse of the uniform of a Pan Am stewardess on a moonliner: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92351875/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2062/1939267567_165f0b5706.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92352046/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2303/1940071352_25874434fb.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92351984/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2297/1940120236_a4418fccf4.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/346023277_3610589695.jpg"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/140/346023277_3610589695.jpg" ></a> (images credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92352077/in/set-72057594055405286/">bittercinema</a>) Serving Meals on the "Aries" Spacecraft: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92352077/in/set-72057594055405286/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2249/1938982585_76df1c0422.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92352077/in/set-72057594055405286/">bittercinema</a>) Enjoying the "Playboy" magazine: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92370895/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2284/1940032736_22c1d6b544.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bittercinema/92352077/in/set-72057594055405286/">bittercinema</a>) Russian Space Stewardesses from the 50s: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1044179779&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1056/1044179779_9739306313.jpg" ></a> Additions to PSA and Southwest files This picture shows PSA uniforms in 1967 (too bad for the dotted pattern, the photo was printed on the back of a ticket) <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southerncalifornian/181994668/in/pool-airlinepostcards/"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2114/1941482986_0271951c00_o.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/southerncalifornian">southerncalifornian</a>) Just Passing by... (Southwest Airlines) <object width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHnqnyzegfc&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oHnqnyzegfc&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object> <a href="http://blog.thirdphaze.com/2006/10/jet-age-travel.php"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2348/1939341883_b2881cfcb8.jpg" ></a> (image courtesy <a href="http://blog.thirdphaze.com/2006/10/jet-age-travel.php">Ultraswank</a>) Fast-forward to the modern times: <a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/1939737057_3f7dfc04ab_o.jpg"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2282/1939737057_2f115cfee4.jpg" ></a> Looking forward to see some beautiful faces on your favorite airline? Here are some modern ads that seem a bit unrealistic: Click to enlarge. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=847305736&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1346/847305736_1f0a03ed28.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=846442779&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/846442779_1d8f23bfe1.jpg" ></a> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1420548739&size=o"><img style="margin:10px 10px 0px 0px;" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1429/1420548739_080c1bf800.jpg" ></a> (image credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/8071390@N03/1355858439/">Fethi Karaduman</a>) Courtesy of: <a href="http://www.braniffinternational.com">Braniff International.com</a>, <a href="http://www.clippedb.org/">The Association of Former Braniff Flight Attendants Site</a>, <a href="http://www.braniffinternational.org/image/braniff_image.htm">The History of Braniff International</a>, <a href="http://blog.thirdphaze.com/2006/10/jet-age-travel.php">Ultraswank</a> <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/03/glamour-in-skies-part-2.html">READ THE PREVIOUS PART HERE</a> Also read <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/03/glamour-in-skies-part-2.html">Part 2</a> and <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/02/glamour-of-flight.html">Part 1</a> <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/vintage-stewardess-photos.html">+StumbleUpon <img src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/RkwyjU1gWGI/AAAAAAAAAek/sU4P1vUFRxQ/s400/stumble+copy2.jpg"></a> <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/11/vintage-stewardess-photos.html">Permanent Link</a>...<a href="http://del.icio.us/post" onclick="window.open('http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&noui&jump=close&url='+encodeURIComponent(location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent(document.title), 'delicious','toolbar=no,width=700,height=400'); return false;"><img src="http://images.del.icio.us/static/img/delicious.small.gif"></a> Category: <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/01/category-airplanes.html">Airplanes</a>,<a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/01/category-vintage.html">Vintage</a> Related Posts: <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/04/lovely-ladies-of-yesteryear-in-b.html">Lovely Ladies of Yesteryear</a>, <a href="http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2007/08/ladies-robots.html">Ladies & Robots</a> Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks:Avi Abramshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12550929795356812957noreply@blogger.com