Leave the holiday rush behind and take a little aerial tour with us in one of Northwest Airlines’ first Douglas DC-3s. See what Northwest’s hometown, the Minneapolis/St Paul area of Minnesota, looked like in 1939.
We’re ready to go from Northwest’s hangar at the municipal airport near downtown St. Paul (now Holman Field):
View of the Mississippi River and St. Paul airport from the air:
Buildings of downtown Minneapolis:
Flying by Cedar Lake on the west side of Minneapolis:
See more images from the Northwest Airlines DC-3 photo albums.
Happy holidays!
Marie Force
Archives Manager