THIS AUCTION IS FOR A VINTAGE REAL PHOTOGRAPH TITLED "MR. AND MRS. ROWLAND H. WILFORD OF BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA WERE IN TAHITI RECENTLYON A HOLIDAY. THEY ARE THE OWNERS OF THE WILFORD TRAVEL BUREAU IN BURLINGAME. THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN AT THE NEW AIR STRIP AT FAAA, SOME SIX MILES SOUTH OF PAPEETE. WILFORD'S WERE FLOWN TO TAHITI ON SOUTH PACIFIC AIR LINES, ONLY U.S. CERTIFIED REGULARLY SCHEDULED AIR LINE TO SERVE POLYNESIA. SPAL IS A SUBSIDIARY OF THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO., PIONEER IN THE PACIFIC AND FOUNDER OF THE FAMOUS DOLLAR LINE ROUND-THE-WORLD-FLEET, PHOTO BY STUDIO MACKENZIE, PAPEETE, TAHITI"
APPROXIMATELY 8 INCHES BY 10 INCHES.
Short tears at the edges, otherwise a clean item from presumably the 1960's.
South Pacific Air Lines (SPAL) was an airline headquartered in the Financial District of San Francisco, California. The airline began service between Honolulu and Tahiti on April 2, 1960. In 1963 its fleet consisted of two Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation propliners.
According to its May 16, 1962 system timetable, the airline was operating two routes: Honolulu - Papeete, Tahiti with one round trip nonstop flight a week and Honolulu - Pago Pago - Papeete, Tahiti also flown round trip once a week with both services being operated with L-1049 Super Constellation aircraft.
Please do see the pics for the condition.
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