Description: DT-20490-C C-42 JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Aerial Gateway to the United States, serves more than a million domestic and overseas air travelers each month. Operated by the Port of New York Authority under lease with the City of New York, the huge air terminal on the shore of Jamaica Bay is as large as all of Manhattan Island south of 42nd Street. It was opened in July of 1948. Manhattan Post Card Pub. Co.,418 Lafayette, NYC, NYMade by Dexter Press, West Nyack, NY Note: Handwriting in black ink on back of card, including date: April 21, 1978_________________________ Take home a piece of history with this vintage postcard featuring an aerial view of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City from 1967. The postcard, manufactured in the United States by Manhattan Post Card, showcases the airport's stunning architecture and landscape planning. The divided back and chrome features add to the postcard's unique beauty. This original, unposted postcard is a perfect addition to any collection of topographical postcards, prints, or collectibles. The postcard is a single unit and measures continental size (6 x 4 inches). Don't miss out on the opportunity to own a piece of America's engineering and travel history. John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK, FAA LID: JFK) is a major international airport serving New York City and its metropolitan area, in the United States. The airport is located in Queens, New York City. It is the busiest of the seven airports in the New York airport system, the sixth-busiest airport in the United States, and the busiest international commercial airport in North America. The airport, which covers 5,200 acres (2,104), is the largest in the New York metropolitan area. Over 90 airlines operate from the airport, with nonstop or direct flights to destinations on all six inhabited continents. JFK is located in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens, 16 miles (26 km) southeast of Midtown Manhattan. The airport features five passenger terminals and four runways. It is primarily accessible via car, bus, shuttle, or other vehicle transit via the JFK Expressway or Interstate 678 (Van Wyck Expressway), or train. JFK is a hub for American Airlines and Delta Air Lines as well as the primary operating base for JetBlue. JFK is also a former hub for Braniff, Eastern, Flying Tigers, National, Northeast, Northwest, Pan Am, Seaboard World, Tower Air, and TWA. The facility opened in 1948 as New York International Airport and was commonly known as Idlewild Airport. Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, the airport was renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport as a tribute to the 35th President of the United States. HistoryJohn F. Kennedy International Airport was originally called Idlewild Airport (IATA: IDL, ICAO: KIDL, FAA LID: IDL) after the Idlewild Beach Golf Course that it displaced. It was built to relieve LaGuardia Field, which had become overcrowded after its 1939 opening. In late 1941, mayor Fiorello La Guardia announced that the city had tentatively chosen a large area of marshland on Jamaica Bay, which included the Idlewild Golf Course as well as a summer hotel and a landing strip called the Jamaica Sea-Airport, for a new airfield. Title to the land was conveyed to the city at the end of December 1941. Construction began in 1943, though the airport's final layout was not yet decided upon. About US$60 million was initially spent with governmental funding, but only 1,000 acres (400) of the Idlewild Golf Course site were earmarked for use. The project was renamed Major General Alexander E. Anderson Airport in 1943 after a Queens resident who had commanded a Federalized National Guard unit in the southern United States and died in late 1942. The renaming was vetoed by Mayor La Guardia and reinstated by the New York City Council; in common usage, the airport was still called "Idlewild". In 1944, the New York City Board of Estimate authorized the condemnation of another 1,350 acres (550) for Idlewild. The Port of New York Authority (now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey) leased the Idlewild property from the City of New York in 1947 and maintains this lease today. In March 1948, the City Council changed the official name to New York International Airport, Anderson Field, but the common name remained "Idlewild" until December 24, 1963. The airport was intended as the world's largest and most efficient, with "no confusion and no congestion".
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Number of Items in Set: 1
Featured Person: John F. Kennedy
Size: Continental (6 x 4 in)
Material: Cardboard, Paper
Year Manufactured: 1967
City: New York City
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Brand/Publisher: Manhattan Post Card
Subject: Aerial View, John F Kennedy International Airport, NY 1967
Type: Printed (Lithograph)
Continent: North America
Unit Type: Unit
Era: Photochrome (1939-Now)
Country: United States
Region: New York
Theme: Aerial View, Architecture, Cities & Towns, Engieering, Engineering, Famous Places, Flowers & Plants, Landscapes, Landscaping, Municipal Planning, Roadside America, Tourism, Transportation, Travel
Features: Chrome, Divided Back
Time Period Manufactured: 1960-1969
Unit Quantity: 1
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Postage Condition: Unposted
