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Passengers boarding a Northwest Airlines plane

Passengers boarding a Northwest Airlines plane, c.1946. Photographed by Philip C. Dittes.

Cabin of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727

Interior view of the cabin of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 727 plane, March 11, 1969.

Northwest Airlines stewardess

Northwest Airlines stewardess, March 3, 1949. Photographed by Philip C. Dittes.

Northwest Airlines Stratocruiser

Northwest Airlines Stratocruiser, c.1955. Photographed by Don Berg Photography.

Northwest Airlines monoplane

Northwest Airlines monoplane, 1930. Photographed by Leo J. Kohn.

Northwest Orient Airlines menu

Northwest Orient Airlines menu, c.1970.

A few months before aviator Charles Lindbergh made his record-breaking transatlantic flight, Northwest Airways, Inc. began carrying airmail between the Twin Cities and Chicago. As Northwest Airlines, Inc., the company became a major international carrier before financial troubles forced its merger with Delta Air Lines, Inc. in 2008.