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Our collection features more than 600 swizzle sticks, used for stirring beverages on flights. Airlines use these sticks as additional promotion to create collectible souvenirs for passengers. Our oldest swizzle stick is a Pan American Airways stick from the 1930s, but check out this fun picture featuring swizzle sticks from various airlines from around the 1950s. Have you saved any swizzle sticks from your flights? Various airlines swizzle sticks 1950s and 1960s SFO Museum Collection left: The Estate of Fred Nott 2004.045.003 and Gift of Thomas G. Dragges 2001.116.121, 2001.116.325, 2001.116.325, 2001.109.179, 2001.116.434, 2001.116.437, 2001.116.119 This image was posted on February 11, 2016.

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