
The glamour days of flying —
Mike Rotunno was a newspaper photographer who started a business at Midway Airport in 1930s Chicago shooting pictures for travelers who wanted a memento as they passed through. Many celebrities were among them. Here, Rotunno poses with Marilyn Monroe in 1955.

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Bob Hope pretends to give Rotunno a "hotfoot" as a stewardess admonishes him in the 1940s.

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A well-turned out John Wayne ambles away from a TWA flight at Midway in the '50s.

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Sen. John F. Kennedy, Jaqueline Kennedy and Richard Nixon on the tarmac in 1959.

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Gary Cooper turns his camera on Rotunno, also taking a picture, late 1930s.

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Rock Hudson cuddles with fans at Midway airport.

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Gene Autry holds Rotunno's daughter Judy, 1930s.

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Jimmy Stewart with Mike's daughters Judy, left, and Mimi.

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Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis clowning as Martin and Lewis for Rotunno's camera.

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Bud Abbot and Lou Costello arrive at Midway.

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Katharine Hepburn, in a jaunty travel ensemble, grins at Rotunno in front of a United flight in 1933.

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President Dwight D. Eisenhower steps from a TWA flight in the 1950s.

The glamour days of flying —
Comic Red Skelton poses with TWA flight crew and pilot in the 1950s.

The glamour days of flying —
Mike Rotunno with his Speed Graphic camera at Midway Airport.


