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The promotional airline calendar is an enduring form of airline ephemera that is a marriage of the airlines’ brand identity with an object of daily utility in the home or office. Airlines invested considerable care and attention in making calendars that were visually stunning examples of graphic design. Our newest exhibition, "The #YearsFlyBy: Airline Calendars from the Collection" is on display, pre-security, in the Aviation Museum and Library. http://bit.ly/YearsFlyBy Image: British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) wall calendar, 1958. Gift of Captain Jon Simmonds. 2014.156.487
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