Qantas poster, late 1930s

A pale impression of a large flying boat is in the centre top banner while the main photo shows the interior of a plane with stewardesses attending and a family lounging--the two parents look out of windows while child plays at their feet.

"Qantas operated flying boats for around ten years from the late 1930s. The airline first operated a fleet of Empire flying boats and later on Catalinas. Those flying boats were unashamedly elitist and ludicrously expensive to fly on, but their origins were far more prosaic." -- more