Historic Air Travel

Classic photographs of passengers boarding and disembarking from vintage airplanes, capturing the elegance of mid-20th century air travel.

Mature couple boarding an airplane

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. Passengers enter the plane through the stairs. 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Evacuation from Belgian Congo in Brussels Airport Zavente. June 20, 1960. Brussels, Congo, Zaventem

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. Passengers enter the plane through the stairs. 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Arrival royal couple from America at Schiphol. April 28, 1952

Anefo photo collection. Departure of Sticking Ministers and from Schaik to Indonesia. November 26, 1949

Anefo photo collection. Mrs. Josphine Macneill, Irish Crochet in The Hague arrived at Schiphol. January 20, 1950. Schiphol

Poll photo collection. Israel: Lydda airport (LOD). Arrival of the Ugandan Prime Minister Milton Obote per Boeing 720 B of airline El Al Al. undated. Israel, LOD Airport, Lydda Airport

Anefo photo collection. Princess Irene brings Ave Matheos Lopez to plane. December 18, 1962

Mature couple boarding an airplane

Anefo photo collection. State visit President Nyerere van Tanzania, President Nyerere comes from plane at Soesterberg airport and is greeted by Prince Bernhard. April 21, 1965. Soesterberg, Utrecht

1950S Couple Exiting Plane Steps

Anefo photo collection. Departure Georgette Hagedoorn to Indonesia. From left to right: Pierre Verdonck, Georgette Hagedoorn, H. J. Pajak. August 6, 1957. Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Departure from Cardinal B. J. Alfrink from Schiphol to R Kardinaal B. J. Alfrink Wuift to say goodbye. March 21, 1960. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Model Release. Bob Nielson. James Herald. Linda S. Chappel. Patricia O'Keefe. Vintage Photograph. Two couples leaving a plane. Frame 4.

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. Passengers leave the plane via the stairs. 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Skating team from Oslo back to Schiphol, Willy de Beer, Rudi Liebrechts, Kees Verkerk and Peter Nottet. January 20, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Trip to South America: Bogotá, Colombia, arrival, 10:50AM. President John F. Kennedy prepares to step off Air Force One upon his arrival at El Dorado Airport in Bogotá, Colombia.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Governor Netherlands Antilles MR. Struycken at Schiphol. April 24, 1956

Anefo photo collection. Mission plane KLM departure Schiphol. September 29, 1951

On September 19, the Marijnen cabinet (1963-1965) will sail with the aircraft camp hr.ms. Karel Doorman (R 81) Van Den Helder to Rotterdam. On the bridge of the Doorman there is a downside between the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defense.

Anefo photo collection. Arrival repatrants from New Guinea at Schiphol. August 3, 1962

Anefo photo collection. Gromyko new Russian ambassador in London at Schiphol. September 30, 1952. Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. unknown . Departure of Sir and Lady Mason at Schiphol, Lady and Sir Mason on the plane staircase. October 7, 1960. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Vintage Photograph. Vintage business travel: executives boarding a private aircraft for a meeting.

Anefo photo collection. English movie stars for film week Arnhem at Schiphol. 30 June 1955. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Song Contest 1959. Departure from Teddy Scholten from Schiphol to Cannes to participate in Eurovision Song Contest 1959. March 9, 1959. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Premier de Jong and minister Luns on Ypenburg. May 31, 1967

Model Release. Bob Nielson. James Herald. Linda S. Chappel. Patricia O'Keefe. Vintage Photograph. Two couples leaving a plane. Frame 3.

Anefo photo collection. First flight Winter sports victims at Schiphol; Wounded are worn from plane. January 2, 1980. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Prince Don Carlos with family to Paris left from Ypenburg airport, the farewell for the plane. February 11, 1964. France, Paris, Ypenburg

Anefo photo collection. Prince Bernhard back from Canada, the queen was at Schiphol for greeting. 11 May 1963

A Greyhound bus trip from Louisville, Kentucky, to Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminals. This girl commutes daily to Memphis where she goes to school. September 1943

Anefo photo collection. Sons of king Saoud at Schiphol. December 21, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Photo collection Government information service. Series Print Anefo RVD Own Without Caption. Collection Photo Collection National Information Service Private, Photo number 156-1145. 1956

Anefo photo collection. Arrival New York driver Bennan van Amersfoort. September 20, 1952. New York

Anefo photo collection. Departure from Cardinal Giobbe per KLM to Rome greeting on the plane staircase. December 6, 1958. Italy, Rome

Anefo photo collection. Airport woman with large bunch of flowers. Her umbrella is destroyed by the severe wind. April 15, 1963. Schiphol

Trip to South America: Caracas, Venezuela, arrival, 9:00AM. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy prepare to step off Air Force One upon their arrival at Maiquetía International Airport, Caracas, Venezuela. In back (L-R): White House Secret Service agent Gerald A. Jerry Behn; US State Department interpreter Donald Barnes; unidentified.

Anefo photo collection. Royal visit to belgium, first day, arrival at the airport. May 30, 1960. Belgium

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Ciska Peters at Schiphol, Ciska Peters. October 30, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Feijenoord from Zestienhoven airport left for Lisbon. May 6, 1963. Rotterdam, South Holland

Arrived by AEA Skymaster from America. Miss Helen Keller the famous blind & deaf American blind & deaf authoress being helped down the last step of the gangway from the plane on arrival at Mascot by her companion of 34 years Miss Folly Thompson. Miss Keller will make an extensive tour of Aust. March 29, 1948. (Photo by Frederick John Halmarick/Fairfax Media).

Anefo photo collection. Arrival at Schiphol of survivors gas reburement at the Spanish campsite Los Alfagues; Dutch family La Haye from plane. July 12, 1978. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. A passenger in a plane gets some salts. 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Poll photo collection. Berlin airport - Tempelhof. Pilot Horst Merz at the Junkers G24 D-1089 HESTIA who maintains the Lijndienst Berlin for the Lufthansa. Warsaw. October 1934. Berlin, Germany

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Sandie Shaw (singer) at Schiphol. May 21, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Mr. Churchill Goes to Switzerland Mr, and Mrs. Churchill with their daughter Mary abut to leave Biggin Hill aerodrome this morning. Mr. Winston Churchill, with his wife and daughter Mary, today left Biggin Hill, Kent, aerodrome for a holiday at Lake Constance, in Switzerland, as the guests of Swiss friends. The Plane Which took Mr. Churchill was a Swiss one, sent over specially for the occasion. August 23, 1946. (Photo by Fox).

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Alice Babs (Sweden) at Schiphol. March 11, 1958. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. Passengers eat a sandwich on board a KLM passenger plane. 1950

Anefo photo collection. Departure from Lieftinck, Blom, Van Maarseveen and Mohammed Rum to Jakarta. March 21, 1950. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. Passengers in an airplane. 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Assignment brabant press; Princess Margriet departure disabled Schiphol. September 26, 1985. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Conny Vandenbos from Schiphol to Naples left for Eurovision Song Contest 1965, the Dutch team for Naples. v.l.n.r Johhny Holshuizen, Conny Vandenbos, Teddy Scholten, unknown. March 17, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Anneke Gronloh left with her husband Wim Jaap van der Laan to Belgrade. October 12, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Cardinal Alfrink to America, departure at Schiphol. July 22, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Minister President Marijnen at Schiphol, Minister Biesheuvel came to collect President Marijnen. February 6, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Flight with DC-10 to Nice, interior plane. March 6, 1973. Nice

italy, malpensa airport, alitalia, scolastic tourism, first flight, 1960

Elegant woman stepping out of an airplane and waving (EV006952_H)

Anefo photo collection. Charles Trenet in Holland. Arrival at Schiphol. March 21, 1957

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. A passenger in a plane gets some salts. 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Doping KLM device Ellehammer in Copenhagen. September 11, 1957. Denmark, Copenhagen

Anefo photo collection. Sheikh Hamed Bin Alkhailifa at Schiphol. July 30, 1961

Anefo photo collection. Prince Willem Alexander Cockpit Beeckcraft Bonanza flew practical lesson Rijkschoolschool Eelde. March 19, 1987. Eelde

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. Travelers relax on board a KLM passenger plane. 1950

Visitors watching Airplane from Observation Platform, Municipal Airport, Washington, D.C., USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1941

Anefo photo collection. Archbishop from Canterbury at Schiphol. September 18, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Arrival 15-year-old singer Robertino at Schiphol. December 5, 1961

Women and children hostages about to be freed by the airline hijackers. They are arriving at the Intercontinental Hotel in Amman, Jordan. The hijacker with an automatic gun attempts to clear the road of newsmen as a photographer sticks his camera into the van. Sept. 12, 1970.

Poll photo collection. KLM advertising. A passenger in a plane gets gingamed. 1950. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Departure from the well-known fashion designer French miller to Paris. Frans Molenaar waves the road barns next to him his fiancé Ellen Dekker. September 27, 1959. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Hostess, Eastern Airlines, Municipal Airport, Washington, D.C., USA, Jack Delano, U.S. Office of War Information, July 1941

Anefo photo collection. Japanese ambassades for restaurant in Scheveningen, poded at Schiphol. March 20, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Dr. Departure Manuel Prado from Ypenburg. March 9, 1960. The Hague, Ypenburg, South Holland

Anefo photo collection. Departure Slijkhuis van Schiphol. March 19, 1952

1930S Upscale Couple Standing On Tarmac Next To Airplane

Vintage Photograph. Retired couple waving on gangplank of liner.

Anefo photo collection. Ambone lits to Indonesia left, departure at Schiphol. July 2, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Rear view of two pilots sitting in the cockpit of an airplane and holding a map

interno di prima classe di un jumbo jet, 1960

Anefo photo collection. Arrival British long-distance walker Dr. Barbara Moore at Schiphol. June 1, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Franck Chatham at Schiphol. Franck Chatham with mannequins. September 25, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Queen's Farewell To The Duke -- The Queen leaves the aircraft after saying goodbye to the Duke of Edinburgh (seen in doorway). As the Queen left the plane rain came on again and she broke into a run to reach her car.Seen off by the Queen, the Duke of Edinburgh left Royal Air Force Station, Tangmere, Sussex, to-night (Wednesday) in a Royal Canadian Air Force C.5 aircraft for Ottawa, where he will begin a three-week tour of Canada. July 28, 1954.

Charles Butler - Aviation. December 8, 1955.

Lady Docker's Golden Daimler - The last word in luxury, Lady Docker's 1956 "Golden Zebra" Daimler is on show at the Earls Court Motor Show. The car,Sir Bernard's £15,000 Christmas present to Lady Docker. (seen here) is in cream and gold, with zebra skin upholstery made from the skins of six zebras. The bumpers are gold, and there is gold also on the wheels, the handles and the three windscreen wipers. Windows are electrically operated and the front half of the roof is covered by a heat-reflecting glass panel covered by an electrically controlled sliding shutter. October 20, 1955. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Anefo photo collection. Part of crew at Chile stranded tanker Metula comes to Schiphol. August 17, 1974. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Hostess on SJ Bus.

Anefo photo collection. Intervision in KLM DC8, here during Schiphol demonstration. November 26, 1964. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Pan Air "Clipper" plane, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Passengers play cards on United Airline's Skylounge Mainliner, 1937

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Indianenoperhead Ozenonton (Schiphol). 11 May 1949

Vintage Photograph. WOMAN NEXT TO COMPANY JET. Business traveler ready to board a private jet with luxury luggage

Anefo photo collection. Badminton players Agnes Geene (left) and Imie Rietveld (right) to Aberdeen, departure Schiphol. March 17, 1965. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

State Railways, SJ WLAB. Single, 1 and 2 class. (Interior motifs with extras)

Anefo photo collection. Departure from Schiphol to Israel from Dutch participants mr. Van der Poel kid intended for kibbuts Iagania. March 12, 1961. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Dammer Ton Sijbrands arrives from Moscow at Schiphol, Ton Sijbrands with first prize, a film set at Schiphol. September 22, 1971

Anefo photo collection. New DC 8 for KLM. February 28, 1966

Anefo photo collection. Arrival Prince Bernhard at Schiphol from South America. April 28, 1951. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Anefo photo collection. Add 50 players from New Guinea at Schiphol. October 26, 1962

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