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Before we could just pull out our handy smart phones to tell us the time in another part of the world, international airlines often gave out manual paper and plastic time converters. Besides their obvious utilitarian purpose, they sometimes featured airline promotions and were often collected by passengers. Do you remember time converters? Do you have any airline time converters? JAL (Japan Airlines) time converter 1960 SFO Museum Collection 1999.014.002
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