Lot 216 — Airstream Postcard, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
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Lot 216 — Airstream Postcard, Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy

Black-and-white: a 1950s hardtop and an Airstream numbered 1942 parked under the Leaning Tower. 4 × 6 in, from Airstream.

Artist
Airstream, Inc. (© 2000); published by Chronicle Books
Dimensions
4 × 6 in
Materials
Printed postcard, blank back

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Description

The Leaning Tower fills the left of the frame, overhead wires cut across the sky, and a souvenir stall hung with bags and hats sits at its base. Out front, a chrome-trimmed 1950s hardtop tows an Airstream with “1942” painted on its nose. A construction crane stands off to the right.

The caption runs “Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy” along the bottom edge (the year is clipped in our scan; the card itself is intact). The tower leans; the trailer stays plumb.

The back is the same on every card in this set: a boxed “AIRSTREAM POSTCARD” heading, a place-stamp box, address lines, and the credit “© 2000 Airstream, Inc., from AIRSTREAM, published by Chronicle Books”. Blank, never written on. The back photo is shared across the series.

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