Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1984 | PBA Credit Card validator plate — from back when tickets had carbon-copies and credit cards were processed manually (essentially).
Ephemera Gallery: Miscellanea
Below you will find all of the PBA Miscellanea in this collection. Click each post for more information about each item. If you have an item that is not available here and would like to donate a copy (physical or digital), please contact us. Contributions are always appreciated!
1984: DC-3 Paddle-Fan w/Southern System Route Map
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1984 | 1984 era Paddle Fan used as “Personal Air Conditioners” in Florida when Air Conditioning was NOT available. Features the then-current Southern Route System
1985: PBA Boarding Pass Card
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1985 | One of PBA’s unique innovations was on-demand aircraft scheduling. This allowed for multiple-sections of flights to be operated when required, based on current demand. These multiple-sections of flights necessitated the creation of these cardboard boarding passes, in a number of different colors, which were handed out at checkin. This way you were sure to be put on the correct plane with your luggage.
1984/Dec: PBA Christmas Card
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1984/Dec | PBA fold-out Christmas Card bringing a unique twist to “The Night Before Christmas.”
1984/May: Schedule-by-mail Order Form
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1984/May | Signup form to receive PBA Timetables via US Mail.
1986/July: PBA Commuter Ticket Book
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1986/July | PBA throughout its lifetime offered discounted commuter ticket books, of 10 tickets, for their regular travelers. These were produced by the Globe Ticket Company and did not resemble your normal multi-layer, carbon-copy airplane ticket of the day.
This is an unused book of 10 tickets for use between Boston, MA (BOS/KBOS) and Nantucket, MA (ACK/KACK). These were quite handy for commuters.
1976/May: Passenger Ticket Coupon
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1976/June | PBA throughout its lifetime offered discounted commuter ticket books, of 10 tickets, for their regular travelers. These were produced by the Globe Ticket Company and did not resemble your normal multi-layer, carbon-copy airplane ticket of the day.
This is a passenger coupon (receipt) from May 25th, 1976 being used between Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) and Boston, MA (BOS/KBOS).
1966/June: Passenger Ticket Coupon
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1966/June | PBA throughout its lifetime offered discounted commuter ticket books, of 10 tickets, for their regular travelers. These were produced by the Globe Ticket Company and did not resemble your normal multi-layer, carbon-copy airplane ticket of the day.
This is a passenger coupon (receipt) from June 24th, 1966 being used between Provincetown, MA (PVC/KPVC) and Boston, MA (BOS/KBOS).
1954/July: First Flight Cover
Ephemera | Miscellaneous | 1954/July | First Flight Cover from the Provincetown to Boston flight on July 19th, 1954.
In aerophilately, a branch of philately, a first flight cover, also known by the acronym FFC, is mail that has been carried on an inaugural flight of an airline, route, or aircraft, normally postmarked with the date of the flight often of the arrival destination proving it was actually carried on the aircraft and may have a special flight cachet and/or an arrival postmark.
1950: PBA Matchbook Cover
Ephemera | 1950sl | PBA Matchbook Cover from the mid 1950s produced by Universal Match Corp. of Boston, featuring the 11 Passenger Lockheed Electra.