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Clockwise from left: In the 1950s, travelers booked flights at city ticket offices like this one; flight attendants serve passengers dessert during cabin service; a cocktail ticket for passengers aboard a DC-7B Club Coach; first-class menus recall Continental's steps to bring glamour to air travel; fine china used in first class in the 1960s.


Photographs: Terry Halsey (dishes and glass)