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 Cleveland - Hopkins International (CLE/KCLE)
USA - Ohio, - -, -		 Kenneth Koehn
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None (cn None) Pure nostalgia! Every time I went to the airport with my Dad, we would stop in front of this master flight board that showed all the inbound and outbound flights. This postcard shows the main terminal lobby at CLE as it was in the 1960's and early 1970's.


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guy44137 December 17, 2009 at 11:20PM Rating: 10
This also reminds me of the strange gate designations back then. IIRC, the West Concourse (B) had 1-10, North Concourse (A) 20-30, and eventual South Concourse (C) 38-57. What gives? Why the large gaps in numbering?

guy44137 December 17, 2009 at 12:57AM Rating: 10
Thanks for posting this interior shot. That master flight board was pretty slick in its day. I vaguely remember this lobby.

Kenneth Koehn December 16, 2009 at 07:13PM Rating: 10
And don't forget- no security during that time- you could go where you pleased- without a ticket. We would occasionally wander around the gates, but I recall that the service vehicles were always parked in such a way that you could not see much of the aircraft from ground level out the concourse windows.

Raymond Wambsgans December 16, 2009 at 06:46PM Rating: 10
oh man, i would have loved to see the airport like this

NwFedEx757 December 16, 2009 at 02:50PM Rating: 10
So cool..I remember the flight board but not quite like that.Also all the ticket counters were on the ground floor with baggage claim next to the counters...early 70s

Kenneth Koehn December 16, 2009 at 01:54PM Rating: 10
I believe that was the railing for the globe in the postcard. Pretty sure it was a golden globe, and I seem to remember a figure over it? Not sure on that.

chrisjake December 16, 2009 at 01:34PM Rating: 10
Yes, I remember that globe, and that could be what that circular railing in the postcard is for.

Kenneth Koehn December 16, 2009 at 03:42AM Rating: 10
I forgot about the car! Was there a big globe in the center of the lobby? I wish I had a picture of the snack bar/souvenir shop that was there. After an evening of plane watching, Dad would take me for an ice cream sundae and I would look at all the toy airplanes and stuff they had on sale there. Those were the best times!

chrisjake December 16, 2009 at 03:31AM Rating: 10
I've been looking/hoping for a pic of the main lobby! This is completely how I remember it...except I don't see the shiny new car that would spin on its display. Unless that's the edge of the display to the immediate left in this postcard. Thanks for posting this Ken!