poster: Pan American Airways, Across the Pacific

Date:1938
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Collection of SFO Museum
Accession Number:2015.148.004
Dimensions:41 1/2 x 27 1/2 inches (105.4 x 69.9 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Promotional, Museum
Subcategory:Poster, Airline
Artist, designer, maker :Paul George Lawler
airline: Pan American Airways System , Pan American Airways
aircraft: Boeing 314 Clipper
company: Pan American World Airways , Boeing
Description

Poster issued by Pan American Airways promoting service to Asia; full color illustration of harbor scene with fanciful depiction of a single-tail Boeing 314 flying boat aircraft overhead; text “Across the Pacific / In Five Days / Via Pan American”.

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