A 5.5x3.5" vintage half tone photo postcard from the estate of a vintage postcard collector. This was part of a huge collection of antique postcards.

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Photo Overview

This original 1930 Exhibit Supply aviation postcard shows famed record-setting pilot Capt. Frank Hawkes posing in inset portrait with flying helmet and goggles alongside his Texaco-sponsored Lockheed Air Express monoplane NR7955 on the runway, celebrating his world-record New York to Los Angeles and return New York transcontinental flight in just 36 hours flying time. Produced in Chicago, Illinois, the bold red aviation advertising card combines a sharp photographic halftone image of Hawkes’ aircraft with promotional Exhibit text, making it a striking vintage crossover collectible for early aviation, Texaco oil, and Exhibit arcade card enthusiasts.

Frank “Speed” Hawkes was a pioneering American aviator and test pilot who became famous in the late 1920s and early 1930s for setting a series of long-distance and speed records in Texaco-sponsored aircraft, helping to popularize commercial aviation in the United States. His highly publicized coast-to-coast flights, including the record celebrated on this card, were widely covered and used in advertising campaigns, making original period pieces like this desirable to both aviation and petroleum memorabilia collectors. Add this scarce early 1930 aviation Exhibit to your collection today before another serious collector grabs it.

Text Present

Front upper text:
"CAPT. FRANK HAWKES flew from New York to Los Angeles and back to New York in 36 hours flying time, a world's record."

Front lower edge:
"(C) 1930 EXHIBIT SUPPLY CO., CHICAGO"

On airplane fuselage near tail:
"THE TEXAS COMPANY
PETROLEUM PRODUCT"

On airplane tail:
"NR7955"
"TEX CO"

Back main heading, top:
"SAVE YOUR COUPONS
and get these
FREE PRIZES"

Back subheading:
"SEND 50 COUPONS
For any one of these Prizes"

Back prize list (50 coupons):
"Noisy Nose Blower
Imp Bottle
Buffalo Kazoo
Rice Bead Necklace
Aeroplane Flyer
Cowboy Watch Fob
Celluloid Teeth
Trick Pencil
Jumping Frog
Ball Clapper Rattle
Chinese Puzzle
Magic Ball and Vase
Cowboy Hankerchief
Tom Mix Photo (7x10)
Football Rule Book
Lucky Pocket Piece of
Babe Ruth, Tom Mix,
or Lindbergh"

Back subheading:
"SEND 100 COUPONS
For any one of these Prizes"

Back prize list (100 coupons):
"Charlie Chaplin Squirter
Noisy Whirler
Rubber Dagger
Hunting Knife
En-Ess Top
Trick Cigar
Mouth-Organ
Wrist Band
Pocket Cat Cry
Snake Pistol
Cloth Purse
Referee's Whistle"

Back instructions:
"INSTRUCTIONS
Cut the coupons from the cards, and when you have saved enough to get the kind of prize you want, put them in an envelope with a letter telling what kind of prize you want along with your Name, Address, City and State and it will be mailed to you at once. Mail coupons to"

Publisher imprint:
"EXHIBIT SUPPLY COMPANY
Est. 1901

4222 WEST LAKE STREET

CHICAGO, ILL.

MADE IN U. S. A."

Diagonal text at lower right:
"These coupons have no redemption value
in Florida, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, S. Carolina,
or Washington, in which their use is illegal,
or any other State in which their use may become illegal."

Along diagonal cutting guide:
"CUT REG. COUPON ON THIS LINE EXHIBIT ? U.S. CHICAGO U.S.A.
PAT. PEND'G
OFF."

Print analysis: This is a 1930 Exhibit Supply Co. arcade premium card printed as a halftone lithographed postcard-style card, not a photographic RPPC. The dated copyright line "1930 Exhibit Supply Co., Chicago" and typical Exhibit back with coupon/premium offer and cutting guide confirm it as an original period printing manufactured circa 1930, equivalent to a Type 2 in photo terminology (mechanically printed from original artwork rather than a photographic negative).

Condition: All postcards we sell are in fair to excellent vintage condition. Please see photos for any tears, folds, smudges, or other age damage that may be present.