Melissa A.N. Keiser

Melissa A.N. Keiser is the Image Archivist for the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum. She started working at the Museum in 1985, and is co-author of the book The Legacy of Flight: Images from the Archives of he Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum.

Stories from this author

1) Pan American Airways baggage label, c. 1937; 2) French airplane brochure, c. 1910; 3) Coloring book, 1930; 4) Airline brochure, 1941; 5) Pan Am foreign currency converter, 1957; 6) Program from the 1910 Belmont Park air meet; 7) Entrance badge, Wright Military Flyer trials, 1909; 8) 1945 comic; 9) West Coast Air Transport timetable, c. 1928; 10) Menu from a 1927 dinner in Charles Lindbergh’s honor; 11) Coloring book, early 1960s; 12) Aircraft recognition dial, 1942;

The History of Aviation in Posters, Brochures, Badges and Ticket Stubs

Instead of ending up in the trash, aviation ephemera from the last 100 years turn out to be treasure.