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United Air Lines highlighted many of their destinations in a series of advertisements placed in Time magazine in late 1944 and 1945. Naturally, we're partial to the San Francisco ad, but check them all out and don't miss the one celebrating the route's first 25 years! đŸ“¸: advertisements: United Air Lines, Time Magazine | San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, 25-years; 1945 Purchases 2017.112.026, .028, .030-033
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