Last updated August 28 2015

This page shows Airline menu postcards.
Some of these postcards are also found on other webpages as well.

The postcards are shown per airline.

American (3) | BOAC (2) | CAT (1) | CPA (2) | Eastern (1) | Ghana (1) | Northwest (3)

Pan Am (3) | South African (1) | TCA (2) | TWA (2) | United (32)

Number of postcards: 52

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American Airlines

Postcards issued during the early 1960s.
Slogan on backside of the postcards is "First with Jets Across the U. S. A."

No: T-366
Airline issued
Menu
VC
No: T-370
Airline issued
Menu
VC
No: T-371
Airline issued
Menu
VC
BOAC

Menu postcards issued by BOAC in the 1960s.

Unnumbered
Airline issued
Tourist Class Menu
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
Tourist Class Menu
VC
Civil Air Transport (CAT)
Unnumbered
Airline issued
Menu
VC
Canadian Pacific Airlines (CPA)

Menu postcards issued by CPA in the 1950s.

No: PS 17
Airline issued
Menu
VC
No: PS 19
Airline issued
Princess Menu
VC
Eastern Air Lines
No: P-200A
Airline issued
I am now enjoying this wonderful meal on an Eastern Air Lines Constellation
VC
Ghana Airways
Unnumbered
Airline issued
Christiansborg Castle
Accra
VC
Northwest Airlines

Postcards issued during the early 1960s.
I've seen a number of different menu postcards from Northwest, I believe most with a similar layout as the three "Jet Northwest" in my collection.

Unnumbered
Airline issued
ALASKA
JET NORTHWEST
VC
No: LDF-2
Airline issued
PACIFIC NORTHWEST
JET NORTHWEST
VC
No: LD-4
Airline issued
PHILIPPINES
JET NORTHWEST
VC
Pan American World Airways

Postcards issued during the late 1950s.

No: 5 PAR-ROM
Airline issued
MAXIM'S PARIS
MENU
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VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
ALASKAN SERVICE
CLIPPER MENU
Seattle-Alaska
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
ALASKAN SERVICE
CLIPPER MENU
Alaska-Seattle
VC
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South African Airways

Postcards issued during the late 1950s.

S. E. 27752
Airline issued
SPYSKAART - MENU
AANDETE - DINNER
VC
Trans Canada Airlines

Menu postcards issued by TCA in 1963.

No: 657-5A
Airline issued
This beautiful and serene setting is typical of many of Canada's
holiday areas
VC
No: 657-12
Airline issued
First sign of spring in Quebec is the gathering of sap from the maple trees
VC
Trans World Airlines

Postcards issued during the early 1960s.

"This in-flight menu is printed in post card form so that you may mail it home to family or friends as a remembrance of your TWA fligth".

No: 5-52
Airline issues

Click for menu

Bay of Naples
VC

No: 3-53
Airline issued

Click for menu

Lights of New York
VC
United Air Lines

Postcards issued during the 1940s and 1950s. Post marked between 1946-1960.

DC4 MENUS

Unnumbered
Airline issues
Prepared in
United's own Flight Kitchen
at Omaha
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
Prepared in
United's own Flight Kitchen
at Portland
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
This menu prepared in United Air Lines Flight Kitchen at Denver, Conrad Kung, Chef
VC

BREAKFAST MENUS

Unnumbered
Airline issues
Breakfast Menu
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at New York City,
Emil Salzmann, Chef.
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issues
Breakfast Menu
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at San Francisco,
Frank Hurliman, Chef.
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
Breakfast Menu
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Los Angeles,
Max Burkhardt, Chef.
VC

SPECIAL MENUS

Unnumbered
Airline issues
Menu "the Hollywood"
New York
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
Menu "the San Francisco"
San Francisco
VC

CUSTOM COACH MENUS

Unnumbered
Airline issues
Hawaiian Custom Coach Menu
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Los Angeles,
Carl Stuebinger, Chef.
VC
Unnumbered
Airline issued
DC-7 Custom Coach Menu
Chicago-O'Hare Field
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VC

THANKSGIVING MENUS

Unnumbered
Airline issued
Thanksgiving 1955
VC
This menu rare served with our blessings. A harvest feast with all the dressings. It's truly a great Thanksgiving Day. When you go the United Air Lines way!
Unnumbered
Airline issued
Thanksgiving 1962
VC
Thanksgiving Greetings
from aloft . . .
aboard a United Air Lines Mainliner Thanksgiving Day, 1962

MENUS WITH SCENIC VIEWS

Unnumbered
Airline issued
Columbus
VC
Lone Cypress Point on the lovely Monterey Peninsula is one of the most photographed scenes in the world. United Air Lines offers a variety of scenic tours to the year-around vacation areas of California
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Los Angeles,
Max Burkhardt, Chef.
VC
Fly fishing in a mountain-rimmed western lake is one of the many enjoyable sports within easy reach when you fly United, the Vacation Route of the Nation.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Los Angeles,
Max Burkhardt, Chef.
VC
While "old man winter" sleeps away the summer atop Oregon's Mt. Hood, near Portland, rhododendrons bloom in the gardens below. United Mainliners offer direct service to fourteen Pacific Northwest cities, including Portland.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at San Francisco,
Frank Hurliman, Chef.
VC
Natural Bridges National Monument Park, Utah, is one of the many breathtaking national parks easily reached via United Air Lines.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at San Francisco,
Frank Hurliman, Chef.
VC
Landmark on Manhattan is the United Nations Building shown with the Empire State and Chrysler buildings in the background. United links New York with the Midwest, the West, All the Pacific Coast, and Hawaii.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Salt Lake City,
Anton Waser, Chef.
VC
Nothing is more beautiful than fall in New England. United Air Lines links this section of the country with the Midwest, the West, All the Pacific Coast and Hawaii.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Boston,
Paul Sofi, Chef.
VC
Beautivul Waikiki Beach with Diamond Head in the background. Hawaii is only hours away when you fly United's luxurious DC-7's or economical Air Coach planes to the Islands.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Chicago Midway Airport,
Eugene Ertl, Exec. Chef.
VC
The fishing fleet at Gloucester Harbor, Massachusetts, America's coastal and nountain waters and inland lakes provide a tempting variety of delicious foods for United Mainliner Menus.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Omaha,
Paul Steurl, Chef.
VC
Fragrant Japanese cherry blossoms frame the Jefferson Memoial in Washington, D.C. Whether you are going for sight-seeing or business, you will enjoy flying United to the Nation's Capitol.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Seattle,
Ernst Maurer, Chef.
VC
Scenic Maroon Balls, near Aspen, Colorado. United offers frequent daily Mainliner service between Denver, gateway to the Rockies, and all the Pacific Coast, Hawaii, Chicago and all the East.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Denver,
Conrad Kung, Chef.
VC
View of one of Chicago's most dramatic lake-front attractions, Buckingham Fountain at night. Chicago and the Midwest are linked with cities coast to coast, border to border, and in Hawaii by United's Mainliner fleet.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Denver,
Conrad Kung, Chef.
VC
The sweeping San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge. United's Mainliners connect San Francisco-Oakland with Los Angeles and the Pacific Northwest as well as with Denver, Chicago and All the East.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Portland,
Ernst Maurer, Chef.
VC
Fleecy clouds float lazily above the blue waters of Crater Lake, Oregon. Only United Air Lines links the the beautiful Pacific Northwest with California, the Midwest and All the East.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared by
Hot Shoppes
at
Newark
VC
Landmark of Chicago's famous Michigan Avenue is the floodlighted Wrigley Building. United Air Lines offers more than 90 flights a day to and from Chicago.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Los Angeles,
Max Burkhardt, Chef.
VC
Santa Catalina Island's colorful Casino is typical of the scenic variety of Southern California. On United this inviting vacationland is just a few hours from your city.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at San Francisco,
Frank Hurliman, Chef.
VC
The new United Nation's Building, overlooking New York's East River and Riverside Drive. United flies to New York from the East and Midwest, the West, All the Pacific Coast and Hawaii.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared by
Marie A. Schreiber
in
Cleveland
VC
With his dog for company, this fisherman enjoys an autumn day on a quiet river in northern Idaho, America's lakes, streams, and coastal waters supply a variety of delicious fresh-water fish and sea food for United menus.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Omaha,
Albert Reber, Chef.
VC
Mainland visitors seated on an outrigger canoe and basking in the warm sunshine at Hawaii's famed Waikiki Beach, near Honolulu. Diamond Head Crater in background, Leave via United today, be there tomorrow.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at Portland,
Ernst Maurer, Chef.
VC
Vista House at Crown Point, overlooking the Columbia River Gorge near Portland. United Mainliners serve fourteen leading cities in the magnificent Pacific Northwest - one of the nation's most varied vacationlands.
Unnumbered
Airline issues
This menu prepared in
United Air Lines Flight Kitchen
at San Francisco,
Frank Hurliman, Chef.
VC
New York City is one of the many leading business and vacation centers served by United Air Lines' Mainliners from coast to coast, border to border, and in Hawaii. Above: View of Manhattan from Governors Island.