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Collection Summary
Collection: 00080 - Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Folder: 0036
Item: 01523
Title: Northwest Airline Stewardess Florence Tschider welcomes Old Tom aboard with a dish of cream
Date: 05/29/1958
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 0080-box02-file11-81 is replaced with 00080-0036-01523, and a credit Northwest Airlines photo department stamp. A detached paper once taped to the back: "Northwest Orient Airlines Photo (typed) Northwest Airlines Stewardess Florence Tschider welcomes Old Tom aboard with a dish of cream. story B.T. May 29, 1958, p. 7".
Summary: Stewardess Florence Tschider kneels in the open doorway of a Northwest Airline plane on the runway in Bismarck, North Dakota, greeting the airport cat, Old Tom with a dish of cream. The cat is clearly accustomed to the attentions of the flight crew and ground management. Picture provided to the Bismarck Tribune by the PR department of the airline.
Red ID: PH_I_204099 Image ID: 514951 Image Notes: 00080-01523-caption

Collection: 00080 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1930-1980

Summary: Images used in the Bismarck Tribune newspapers from the 1930s-1970s.

Collection Summary
Collection: 00080 - Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Folder: 0036
Item: 01523
Title: Northwest Airline Stewardess Florence Tschider welcomes Old Tom aboard with a dish of cream
Date: 05/29/1958
Inscription/Marks: On the back: 0080-box02-file11-81 is replaced with 00080-0036-01523, and a credit Northwest Airlines photo department stamp. A detached paper once taped to the back: "Northwest Orient Airlines Photo (typed) Northwest Airlines Stewardess Florence Tschider welcomes Old Tom aboard with a dish of cream. story B.T. May 29, 1958, p. 7".
Summary: Stewardess Florence Tschider kneels in the open doorway of a Northwest Airline plane on the runway in Bismarck, North Dakota, greeting the airport cat, Old Tom with a dish of cream. The cat is clearly accustomed to the attentions of the flight crew and ground management. Picture provided to the Bismarck Tribune by the PR department of the airline.
Red ID: PH_I_204099 Image ID: 514950 Image Notes: 00080-01523

Collection: 00080 Digitized Images from Collection
Title: Bismarck Tribune Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1930-1980

Summary: Images used in the Bismarck Tribune newspapers from the 1930s-1970s.

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