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TWA Bar and Lounge
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A steward serves four passengers in the bar and lounge of a TWA all-sleeper, trans-Atlantic Ambassador flight. The photograph is from the collection of company publicist Gordon Gilmore. Gilmore's papers are available for research at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
circa 1950-1959
Enell, Inc.
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W012NJM
WHi 11016
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