1953 Air France Inaugural Flight Chicago - Frankfurt 12 pc Info Packet Menus ect For Sale

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1953 Air France Inaugural Flight Chicago - Frankfurt 12 pc Info Packet Menus ect:
$249.00

Parting with the item shown. In good shape. The lot includes:
1. Air France tie string hard shell folder for Miss Lucy Mason, titled in part: Air France ... welcomes you Frankfurt/M. at the occasion of the opening of their new skyroute Chicago - Frankfurt.
2. Inner enclosed is a two pocket folder. Colorful world globe cover. Shows planes for travel on the Air France liners. Dated 1953.
3. Inside the pockets include: 1953 Air France Safety Instructions pamphlet
4. Sightseeing Tours in and Around Paris pamphlet, American Express sponsored.
5. 1953 Air France brochure showing all of the flights, map style, with some advertisements.
6. Air France Midwestern and Transatlantic Schedule and Tariffs Direct from Chicago to Paris - Frankfurt - Milan - Rome brochure, showing passenger fares, rates, time schedules, ticket offices locations.
7. Also included is a Air France Inaugural Flight Chicago - Frankfurt October 21, 1953 Program. Includes a schedule, passenger list. Passengers were such individuals as American Express Co., Banking representative, Air Lines reps, Travel reps, tourist office reps, news people. Miss Lucy Mason is listed as Mason-Parr Travel Agents Inc out of Dallas TX. There are 47 passengers listed. I think Lucy\'s married name is Zimmerman.
8. Air De Paris Sommaire booklet, 64 pp. 7\" x 5\", French and English, looks like things to do in and around Paris. Includes ads.
9. 81 pp. booklet, Seeing France, American Express. About 8.25\" x 5.5\". Has some very light wear.
10. Air France envelope.
11. Air France Menu Dejeuner. Depart 21 Octobre 1953
12. Air France Menu Diner, Petit Dejeuner. Depart 21 Octobre 1953.
Passed September 14, 2008 in Dallas, Texas. Born in Ft. Worth, Lucy was reared in Dallas by her loving mother, Gussie Lee Mason, a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School East Dallas, attended Southern Methodist University, pledged Zeta Tau Alpha. Married Lt. Alfred Mapa in 1943 Key West, FL, lived in Pensacola & Okinawa, Japan before their divorce in 1945. After returning to Dallas, she began her career in the travel industry. She worked for Braniff Airlines & General Travel Company before forming her own travel agency in 1951, Mason-Parr Travel Services. Lucy also served as the home nursing chairperson of the local chapter of the American Red Cross. In 1954, while returning from a business trip to Hawaii, Lucy met Henry F. Zimmerman. They married in 1955 and lived briefly in Dallas before moving to San Francisco. They returned to Dallas in 1969 with their two sons, Karl and Mason, and partnered with another travel agency, American International Travel. Lucy\'s love of travel allowed her to continue her work at Rudi Steele and Associates through this year.