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In 1948, TWA (Trans World Airlines) promoted itself as the only US airline with Coast-to-Coast service in the U.S. and direct flights to Rome. To entice passengers to fly the route, the airline produced this first-person account of a day in Rome by following two TWA employees, Henry Riegner and Dick Roney, on February 10, 1948. Among their documented escapades was a visit to the Sistine Chapel and attending a church service presided by Pope Pius XII. Image: TWA (Trans World Airlines) brochure, Rome,1948. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2014.110.393 This image was posted on August 08, 2017.

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