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Pan American World Airways, Inc

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1927 - 1991

Historical Note

Pan American World Airways was established in 1927. More commonly known as Pan Am, the airline operated domestic and international flights, with a focus on the Caribbean islands, Mexico, Central America and South America. In January 1980, it merged with National Airlines. It ceased operations in late 1991 due to financial problems.

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 3, N-S)

 Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-3
Abstract

The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.

Dates: circa 1910s-2010s

Pan Am First Moon Flights Club membership cards

 Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: 2021-07-08
Content Description The Pan Am First Moon Flights Club membership cards is a small collection consisting of two faux membership cards produced by Pan Am circa 1968-1971 for the "First Moon Flights" Club. One side of the card has room for a "member" to sign and has a pre-printed signature of James Montgomery, Vice President of Sales, along with an illustration of people in spacesuits walking on the Moon. Each card is individually stamped in red with a member number; these cards are 56168 and 56169. The back of...
Dates: circa 1969-1970

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