Cap, Stewardess, American Airlines
Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Sears Roebuck & Co.
- Physical Description
- Cap, dark blue, flight cap style, with silver AA eagle badge on front.
- Summary
- Stewardess
- American Airlines, 1936–37
- Alice Lambert wore this uniform while flying on Curtiss Condors and Douglas DC-2s and DC-3s for American Airlines. Following the nautical theme started by Pan Am, American called its airplanes “flagships,” a term that appears on the left sleeve.
- Gift of Alice Lambert Coker
- Credit Line
- Donated by Mrs. Alice Lambert Coker
- Inventory Number
- A19730967000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PERSONAL EQUIPMENT-Helmets & Headwear
- Materials
- Cotton
- Synthetic Fiber Netting
- Thread
- Copper Alloy
- Non-Magnetic White Metal
- Dimensions
- 3-D: 22.9 × 12.1 × 7.6cm (9 × 4 3/4 × 3 in.)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- America by Air
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19730967000
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9996f359d-6c1c-4a80-bb63-ed6bec8e1b5f
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