Description: Extremely Rare Vintage 1938 Charles H. Hubbell Lithograph Poster Print of the famous Boeing 314 Clipper Flying Boat.This painting by Charles H. Hubbell (one of the most famous aviation artists) was commissioned in 1938 by Thompson Products Inc. (forerunner to TRW, Inc.)The painting is of the Pan American Airways' (Pan Am's) Boeing 314 Clipper known as the "Atlantic Clipper" flying over New York Harbor with the Statue of Liberty and downtown Manhattan visible.The title of the paining is ATLANTIC CLIPPER - EUROPE BOUND. The Boeing 314 Clipper was fitted with Wright Twin-Row "Cyclone" engines. Thompson Products manufactured parts for the aircraft and engines. The Boeing 314 Clipper was an American long-range flying boat produced by Boeing from 1938 to 1941. It was the largest flying boat ever used in commercial airline service. It had the range to cross the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Twelve Clippers were built, nine of which served with Pan Am. Pan Am established the first trans-Atlantic commercial passenger service with the Boeing 314 Clipper in 1939. This poster measures 14" by 12". It has a gold boarder across the top and bottom. It is lithographed on thick poster paper. The bottom gold boarder has the following text: "ATLANTIC CLIPPER -- EUROPE BOUND!" (PAN AMERICN AIRWAYS) BOEING 314 WRIGHT TWIN-ROW "CYCLONE" ENGINES.This poster is in great conditions. It has a few pinholes and tiny tears along the bottom edge and very small creases at the bottom corners (see photos). The color is bright. Ready to be framed. Charles H. Hubbell (1899-1971) was a well-known aviation artist and native of Cleveland, Ohio. During World War I, he served in the Navy and was a draftsman in the design of naval aircraft. He graduated from the Cleveland School of Art in 1922 and became a commercial artist. Hubbell received his private pilot license in 1927(same year Lindberg flew across the Atlantic) by exchanging aviation art with flight instructors for flying lessons. In 1937 Hubbell was commissioned by Thompson Products of Cleveland to paint the winning aircraft of the Thompson Trophy Air Race (this poster for sale is of the 1938 race). He continued to paint the winning aircraft of the Thompson Trophy Race as well as art for Thompson's yearly calendars and other advertising art until at least 1969. In 1949, the Military Air Transport Service (MATS) invited Hubbell on an around-the-world tour. The result was the 1951 calendar featuring the aircraft and operations of MATS. Hubbell was also a consultant to the Thompson Auto-Album and Aviation Museum, and later the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society. Thompson Products Inc. was established in 1900, in Cleveland, Ohio, as the Cleveland Cap Screw Company. It began producing automotive parts and underwent several reorganizations, becoming the Electric Welding Products Company (1908), the Steel Products Company (1915), and Thompson Products Inc. (1926). It expanded to include branch plants and the production of aircraft parts, and fostered a company union, the Automotive and Aircraft Workers Alliance (later the Aircraft Workers Alliance). It grew during World War II due to defense contracts. After the war it entered the jet and aerospace industries. It merged in 1958 with Ramo Wooldridge Corporation to become TRW Inc. Outside activities include the National Air Races (Thompson Trophy) and the Crawford Auto-Aviation Collection of the Western Reserve Historical Society.
Price: 59 USD
Location: Placentia, California
End Time: 2024-09-09T18:01:12.000Z
Shipping Cost: 11.5 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Poster
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
