Vintage 1961 Northwest Orient Airlines Stewardess Recruitment Booklets Air Age For Sale

Collection of three vintage Northwest / Northwest Orient Airlines publications featuring stewardess recruitment, airline careers, and illustrated coverage of commercial aviation. Includes period uniform photographs, aircraft images, employment information, and a system route map.

• The Northwest Stewardess – narrow folding brochure: Discusses personal, physical, and educational qualifications, duties, training, compensation, uniforms, and benefits. Marked PD-128, Rev. 7-61 (2M), indicating a July 1961 revision.
• The Northwest Stewardess – larger publication: Features a cover photograph of a uniformed stewardess waving from aircraft boarding stairs beneath a wing insignia graphic.
• You and the Air Age: Booklet marked “Compliments of Northwest Orient Airlines.” Photographed contents cover aircraft maintenance, flight dispatch, cockpit crews, food service, unusual cargo, navigation, and airline operations. Includes Boeing Stratocruiser photographs and a Northwest Orient system map showing domestic and overseas routes.

The recruitment brochure offers a detailed look at the airline’s hiring standards of the period, including age, height, marital status, and vision requirements, alongside training and salary information. An interesting collection for enthusiasts of flight attendant history, airline advertising, vintage uniforms, and aviation ephemera.

Condition: Sold in used vintage condition with age toning, spotting, soiling, creases, and edge and corner wear. The “You and the Air Age” booklet has substantial tearing and paper loss to its rear cover, affecting the photograph and printed text, as shown in the final photo. The publications show varying wear; page completeness has not been verified. Please review all photos carefully for contents and condition.

Included: The three publications pictured, sold together as one lot.