commemorative paperweight: Pan American Airways, Yankee Clipper christening

Date:1939
Medium:Metal, enamel
Credit Line: Gift of Jon E. Krupnick
Accession Number:2022.124.808
Dimensions:2 x 3 1/2 x 1/4 inches (5.1 x 8.9 x .6 cm)
Collection:Aviation Museum
Category:Award
Subcategory:Plaque
airline: Pan American Airways
company: Pan American World Airways
Description

Paperweight issued by Pan American Airways; bronze plaque in form of certificate with text, “Pan American Airways System issues this special pass to Mrs. Frances Parrish for the first passenger flight following the christening of the Yankee Clipper by Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt” and enamel single winged globe in relief at top.

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