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(lightened to better show the airplane.) Convair : Model 440

Catalog #: 00054810 Manufacturer: Convair Designation: Model 440 Official Nickname: Notes: Repository: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive

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(*See http://www.walteromalley.com/feat_holman_page3.php: The Brooklyn Dodgers Convair 440 Metropolitan twin-engine plane was purchased on January 4, 1957. The Dodgers took delivery of the plane in mid-March. At the time of purchase, Dodger President Walter O’Malley announced to Associated Press, “This is the first time a major league club has bought an airplane.” )

The two-dimensional work of art depicted in this image is in the public domain in the United States, either because it was first published before 1929, or for the reason described either above or below this template. This photograph of the work is also in the public domain in the United States (see Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.).
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Released into the public domain by the San Diego Air and Space Museum