Transcontinental flying in 1939

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The air line limousine will pick you up Friday, an hour or so before departure time.

You can try to tip the stewardess if you like her looks (and you likely will)

Don't be embarrassed when the ticket agent asks your weight

You are allowed 40 pounds of luggage

At the ticket desk you peel off $157.95 ($2414 today) for the sleeper trip. Lucky this is 1939. Ten years ago you'd have dealt out $400 ($5000 today) for the one-way journey

An electric razor awaits your chin in the dressing room, where it plugs into a 110-volt circuit

Great pictures too

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