postcard: Pan American Airways, Sikorsky S-42 West Indies Clipper

Date:1936
Medium:Paper, ink
Credit Line: Gift of M.D. Klaas
Accession Number:2018.112.1257
Dimensions:3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (8.9 x 14 cm)
Collection:Aviation Archive
Category:Philately
Subcategory:Postcard
Artist, designer, maker :R.B Hoit
airline: Pan American Airways
aircraft: Sikorsky (USA) S-42 West Indies Clipper , Sikorsky (USA) S-42
company: Sikorsky (USA)
Description

Colorized postcard with photographic image depicting profile view of Pan American Airways Sikorsky S-42 West Indies Clipper on water; postmarked August 4, 1936 in Miami, Fla.; text on front: “M-31 Pan American Airways 32 passenger ‘Flying Clipper Ship’ / Off to West Indies and South America from Miami / Photo by R.B. Hoit / 5A -H743”.

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