19 Vintage Shots of Celebrities on the Steps of Planes

By Amy Schellenbaum
August 14, 2015
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There are few things more galvanizing for an enthusiastic traveler than photos of rich, famous people donning finery for a flight—particularly if said images were taken in the era of mink stoles, sock garters, and black and white photography. Somehow everybody looks perfect: ties straight, gloves white, fascinaters perfectly placed. And, yes, even with travel-mussed hair, Marilyn Monroe is sex-pot perfection. These photos prove it.
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Marilyn Monroe at LaGuardia Airport, 1959.

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The Supremes arrive in London, 1965.

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Playwright Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe, 1956.

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Sean Connery and fellow actor Daniela Bianchi leaving London to shoot From Russia With Love in Istanbul, 1963.

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The Beatles at London's airport, 1964.

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Marilyn Monroe at New York International (now LaGuardia), 1961.

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Twiggy, 1966.

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Jacqueline Kennedy on the family plane, the Caroline, at LaGuardia Field. It was her 35th birthday, 1964.

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Elizabeth Taylor in Los Angeles, 1958.

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British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his family, on their way to Lake Constance for holiday, 1946.

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Audrey Hepburn and her husband, actor Mel Ferrer, at Le Bourget Airport in Paris, 1955.

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Elizabeth Taylor and her husband, producer Mike Todd, 1957.

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Marilyn Monroe at the Los Angeles airport, 1956.

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Marilyn Monroe at London Airport, 1956.

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, 1949.

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Paul Newman, 1963.

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Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe, 1954.

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Humphrey Bogart and "his missus," Lauren Bacall, 1955.

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The Beatles, 1964.

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