In the 1960s, my family often made summer day trips to the beaches and boardwalks of the South Jersey shore–Atlantic City, Wildwood, Cape May, and most especially Ocean City. The boardwalks were Wonderland to me, full of delights–flame-broiled Taylor Pork Roll and mugs of ice-cold birch beer, animated miniature golf courses, the smell of fresh-roasted nuts and fudge, labyrinthine amusement piers, long-haired girls in bathing suits, and noisy, mysterious arcades.
I went to the arcades for Skee-Ball, target shooting, and pinball. But I eventually discovered the machines dispensing postcard-sized black and white photos–each machine having cards with its own theme. Uncharacteristically, I missed the machines offering starlets and strippers. Instead, I went for the cards which featured aircraft–most of which had first appeared in the 1950s and were already outdated, but which were largely still new and exotic to me. Somehow most of my little collection survived the years, and I’m now working on completing my sets.
Two 64-card aviation sets were produced by Exhibit Supply Co. of Chicago. The earlier bears the notice “Printed in U.S.A.” on the front; the later bears “Made in U.S.A.” Otherwise, the sets are indistinguishable, with blank backs and one or two lines of identifying caption on the face. (If the number box for a card is aqua, I still need that card.)
Last updated March 04, 2014
| “Printed in U.S.A.” Series |  |
“Made in U.S.A.” Series |  |
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| # | Subject/Caption | Spotter’s Guide | # | Subject/Caption | Spotter’s Guide |
| 1 | Lockheed F-94C Starfire USAF Jet Interceptor |
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1 | Lockheed F94 |  |
| 2 | Douglas A4D Skyhawk USN Smallest and Lightest Jet Combat Airplane |
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2 | Douglas F3D Skynight Twin Jet Fighter US Navy |
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| 3 | Convair’s Convair-Liner 340 44-Passenger 300 MPH Transport Built by Convair, a Division of General Dynamics Corp. |
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3 | Douglas XF4D Skyray Jet Fighter US Navy |
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| 4 | 4 | Douglas AD Skyraider Attack Bonber US Navy |
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| 5 | Republic RF-84F Thunderflash |  |
5 | Lockheed F80 |  |
| 6 | Douglas F4D Skyray USN Bat-Winged Supersonic Interceptor |
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6 | Douglas F3D Skynight Twin Jet Fighter US Navy |
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| 7 | Convair XF2Y-1 Sea Dart Navy Amphibious Fighter with Hydro Skis |
7 | Douglas AD Skyraider Attack Bomber US Navy |
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| 8 | Piasecki H-21 Tandem Helicopter |  |
8 | Northrop X4 US Air Force Exceeds speed of sound |
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| 9 | Republic F-84F Thunderstreak USAF New Fighter-Bomber Packs Heavyweight Wallop |
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9 | Northrop Flying Wing YB-49 |  |
| 10 | Lockheed Super Constellation |  |
10 | North American Aviation F86 Sabre Jet Fighter 670MPH US Air Force |
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| 11 | Douglas XF4D-1 USN |  |
11 | North American Aviation B-45 Tornado Four Jet bomber, US Air Force |
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| 12 | Northrop Flying Wing | 12 | Vought F7U Cutlass Navy Fighter Plane |
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| 13 | Republic F-84F Thunderstreak USAF New Fighter-Bomber Packs Heavyweight Wallop |
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13 | Northrop Raider C-125 USAF Arctic Rescue Transport |
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| 14 | Lockheed R7V-2 U.S. Navy Will carry 106 Passengers or 36,000 lbs. of cargo |
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14 | North American Aviation FJ-1 Fury Single Jet Fighter US Navy |
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| 15 | Douglas A3D Skywarrior USN Navy’s Most Powerful Carrier-Based Bomber |
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15 | North American Aviation RB-45C Tornado Four Jet Bomber US Air Force |
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| 16 | US Army L-23B Beech Aircraft Corp. |
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16 | Vought F7U Cutlass Navy Fighter Plane |
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| 17 | Fairchild C-119 Flying Boxcar USAF and USN |
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17 | Martin XB-51 US Air Force |  |
| 18 | Boeing B-52 Stratofortress USAF |  |
18 | Grumman Guardian Anti-Submarine US Navy |
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| 19 | Chance Vought F7U-3P Photo Plane USN |
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19 | Grumman Mallard |  |
| 20 | Grumman Panther US Navy Fighter |  |
20 | Consolidated Vultee T-29 Navigational Trainer USAF |
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| 21 | Bell X-1 First Aircraft to Attain Supersonic Speeds Bell Aircraft Corp. |
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21 | Martin XB-51 US Air Force |  |
| 22 | Boeing B-52A Stratofortress USAF |  |
22 | Grumman Panther Jet Fighter US Navy |
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| 23 | Chance Vought F7U-3 Cutlasses USN |  |
23 | Grumman Albatross Rescue Amphibian USAF |
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| 24 | U.S. Marines FJ-2 Fury North American Aviation, Inc. |
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24 | Convair B-36D US Air Force Intercontinental Strategic Bomber |
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| 25 | Bell X-5 | 25 | Boeing C-97A Stratofreighter USAF |  |
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| 26 | Navy’s Viking No. 11 built by Glenn L. Martin Co. climbed 158 miles and attained a speed of 4300 MPH |
26 | Republic F-84E Thunderjet USAF |  |
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| 27 | Boeing RB-47E Stratojet USAF World’s Fastest Day-Or-Night Long-Range Photo Ship |
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27 | Beechcraft Bonanza |  |
| 28 | USAF F-86H Sabre Jet North American Aviation, Inc. |
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28 | Piasecki XM-16 Capsule Carrier World’s Largest Helicopter |
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| 29 | Rocket Powered Bell X-1B |  |
29 | Consolidated Vultee Aircraft 40 Passenger 500 MPH Transport |
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| 30 | USAF B-61 Martin Matador Pilotless Bomber Roars Away from its Launcher |
30 | Republic F-84F Thunderjet USAF |  |
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| 31 | Boeing RB-47E Stratojet USAF World’s fastest day-or-night long-range photo ship and B-47E Medium Bomber in background |
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31 | Beechcraft XT-34 Trainer USAF |  |
| 32 | USAF F-100 Super Sabre North American Aviation, Inc. |
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32 | Piasecki HUP-1 Helicopter USN |  |
| 33 | USAF F-86F Sabre Jet North American Aviation, Inc. |
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33 | Fairchild C-119 Packet Transport USAF |
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| 34 | Boeing BG-47B |  |
34 | Chase XC-123 US Air Force Cargo and Troop Transport |
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| 35 | Martin B-57B Light Bomber USAF |  |
35 | Boeing B-50B Superfortress USAF |  |
| 36 | Bell X-1A World’s Fastest and Highest Flying Airplane Speed 1650 MPH, Ceiling 90,000 Feet |
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36 | Boeing B-47A Stratojet Bomber USAF |  |
| 37 | USN T-28B Trainer North American Aviation, Inc. |
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37 | Piasecki HRP-2 Helicopter USN |  |
| 38 | Regulus Guided Missile Built by Chance Vought Aircraft |
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38 | Chase XC-123 USAF Cargo and Troop Transport |
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| 39 | Martin B-57B Light Bomber USAF |  |
39 | Republic F-84F Thunderjet USAF |  |
| 40 | Bell X-1A Is Launched From B-29 “Mother” Ship |
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40 | Boeing B-29 Superfortress USAF |  |
| 41 | USN FJ-3 Fury North American Aviation, Inc. |
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41 | Convair XB-46 US Air Force Consolidated Vultee Jet Bomber |
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| 42 | Chance Vought F7U Cutlass US Navy Fighter |
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42 | Consolidated Vultee XF-92A Supersonic Aircraft USAF |
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| 43 | Boeing 707 Cruises over snow-capped Mt. Ranier America’s First Jet Transport Plane |
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43 | P-59 Bell Aircraft Corp First Jet-propelled Plane in America |
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| 44 | Fairchild C-123 Avitruc Assault Transport USAF |
44 | Martin P4M-1 Mercator Long Range Patrol Plane USN |
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| 45 | US Marines FJ-2 Fury North American Aviation, Inc. |
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45 | Consolidated Vultee RB-36D USAF Strategic Reconnaissance Bomber |
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| 46 | USAF F-86D Sabre Jet North American Aviation, Inc. |
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46 | Convair XP5Y-1 US Navy Consolidated Vultee Super Seaplane |
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| 47 | Boeing KC-97G Stratofreighter |  |
47 | Bell H-12 Helicopter USAF |  |
| 48 | P5M-2 | 48 | Bell X-1 Bell Aircraft Company First Aircraft to Attain Supersonic Speeds |
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| 49 | Convair CRB-36D Ficon Operation USAF Bomber as Carrier for Republic RF-84F Fighter developed jointly by Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corp., and Republic Aviation Corp. |
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49 | McDonnell XF-88 US Air Force Twin Jet Penetration Fighter |
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| 50 | Convair F-102 USAF Supersonic All-Weather Interceptor Built by Convair, a division of General Dynamics Corp |
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50 | McDonnell Twin Jet Banshee Carrier Based Fighter US Navy |
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| 51 | Lockheed YC-130 USAF Turbo-Prop Cargo-Personnel Carrier |
51 | North American AJ-3 USN Carrier Based Atack Bomber |
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| 52 | RF-84F | 52 | F-51 Mustang Fighter North American Aviation |
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| 53 | 53 | McDonnell XF-88 USAF Twin Jet Penetration Fighter |
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| 54 | Convair XFY-1 Pogo Navy Turboprop Vertical Take-Off Fighter Built by Convair, a Division of General Dynamics Corporation |
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54 | McDonnell Twin Jet Banshee Carrier Based Fighter USN |
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| 55 | 55 | North American Aviation T-28 Advanced Trainer US Air Force |
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| 56 | Republic RF-84F Thunderflash Ultra Modern USAF Photo-Fighter |
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56 | Northrop Scorpion F-89 USAF |  |
| 57 | Piasecki H-16 Tandem Helicopter USAF | 57 | Douglas D-558-2 Skyrocket USN Exceeds speed of sound |
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| 58 | T-29 | 58 | Douglas D-558 Skystreak USN |  |
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| 59 | McDonnell F-101 Voodoo USAF |  |
59 | Lockheed Constitution USN Transport 160 Passenger |
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| 60 | Lockheed T-33 USAF Trainer Student pilots get feel of 600 MPH flight |
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60 | Lockheed P2V |  |
| 61 | Piasecki HUP-1 Tandem Helicopter U.S. Navy | 61 | Douglas A2D Skyshark USN |  |
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| 62 | Convair R3Y-1 Tradewind Navy Turboprop Seaplane Transport Built by Convair, a Division of General Dynamics Corp. |
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62 | Douglas A2D Skyshark USN |  |
| 63 | McDonnell F3H-1N Demon USN Carrier-Based Fighter |
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63 | Lockheed Constellation |  |
| 64 | Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune USN |  |
64 | Lockheed T33 |  |
| Thanks to fellow collector Steve Billings for his help in filling out the list. |
Many thanks to Christina Harman for helping me complete this set. |
