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souvenir glass float: Pan American Airways, Midway Island

Date:c. 1940
Medium:Glass, wood, paint
Credit Line: Gift of the San Francisco Aeronautical Society
Accession Number:2002.017.001 a b
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Promotional, Museum
Subcategory:Product
airline: Pan American Airways
company: Pan American World Airways
Description

Souvenir glass float issued by Pan American Airways as Midway Island memorabilia; a. Niijima glass float ball; blue sphere; b. base inscribed with "P.A.A. Midway Island".

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