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"Toasts and Travelers" wheel chart

1940-1960
Paper, metal
Overall: 1/8 in. × 5 5/8 in. (0.3 × 14.3 cm)
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
2002.1.3111
DescriptionA circular paper chart with two rotating disks that when turned list different international airports from major countries on one side and famous cocktail and foreign language toasts (presented phonetically) on the other. The front reads in blue "Toasts and Travelers Facts/ From All Over The World/ Compiled with the cooperation of/ Pan American World Airways/ Serving the Six Continents/ Pan American World Airways New DC-7C/ Fastest Long-Range Commercial Airliner in the World". On the reverse are color reproductions of many liquor labels encircling the words "From All Over The World/ Renfield/ Brings you the Finest" with a list of liquors including "Remy Martin Cognac/ Gordon's Gin/ Cointreau Liqueur" from Renfield Importers, New York.
Collections
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