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The Magazine Rack at National Airport in 1941

Jack Delano photographed the newsstand in National Airport’s waiting room in July 1941, the year the airport opened.

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A newsstand displays magazines and newspapers in the National Airport waiting room. Photo: Jack Delano, Farm Security Administration, Library of Congress.

This cool old photo shows the magazine rack at National Airport back the year it opened, in 1941. This is the terminal waiting area.

July 1941. “The newsstand in the waiting room. National Airport near Washington, D.C.” Acetate negative by Jack Delano for the Farm Security Administration.

Take a look at a few more old photos of National Airport, then read these three great stories from the airport.

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