Miami International Airport
Organization
Historical Note
Airfield. Founded in the 1920s. In 1946, Pan American Field and the 36th Street Army Airport were joined after being purchased by the Dade County Port Authority. The new field was renamed Miami International Airport in 1948.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Pan Am Airways Clipper Photograph Collection
Collection — Folder: 1
Identifier: 1991-09-23-A
Contents of the Collection
The collection consists of correspondence from Edmund Abbott to Aggie and John Diebold in 1984 that includes two black-and-white 7x9" photographs of Pan American's amphibious Clipper aircraft, taken in Florida, 1937. One photograph features a Pan Am Airways Sikorsky S-42 on a runway. The other photograph features a Pan Am Airways Sikorsky S-40 docked with passengers boarding.