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Photograph of flight attendant Casey Grant working mid-flight on a 757

1985-1987

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, North and Central America

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A color print photograph of Delta Air Lines flight attendant, Casey Grant, working in the galley aboard a Boeing 757 passenger jet. Wearing her Delta Air Lines uniform, Grant is pictured in the center of the photograph preparing food. Grant’s short brown hair frames her face as she wears drop earrings, a white collard blouse, Delta striped neck-scarf, and navy-blue serving smock. She is flanked by several brown in-flight service containers and a wall of compartments. On the reverse of the photograph in blue and black ink are inscriptions that read: [80? / IN Galley / Chicago Based / CASEY GRANT / WORKING IN GALLEY / ON 757].

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Catalog metadata · CC0 · Source checked 2026-10-13

Catalog reference: 2018.50.24.6

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