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Have you ever wondered what a ticket looked like from the early age of commercial aviation? This ticket from Pacific Air Transport, a predecessor of United Airlines, is from 1930. A ticket from Oakland to Seattle cost $50, in 1930. Pacific Air Transport ticket 1930 SFO Museum Collection Gift of United Airlines Archives 1999.047.574
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