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Image from page 9 of Pan Am Clipper, Vol. 12, No. 4, July 1986. Caption reads: "First job of the day was to type the menus."

The Camarioca Boatlift ended with an agreement between the United States and Cuban governments that resulted in the Freedom Flights, an airlift of twice-daily flights between Cuba and Miami. Nearly 270,000 Cuban refugees were reunified with their…

Image from page 2 of Sales Clipper, Vol. 21, No. 9, Sep. 1963. Caption reads: "Executive Jet: Aircraft to be distributed by Pan Am in North America and Latin America cruises at 540 m.p.h. with range of 1,600 miles. Baby Jet carries 10 passengers and…

Commercial transportation between the U.S. and Cuba ceased in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. With regular flights to Miami permanently suspended, Cubans seeking asylum in the United States had to do so via third-party countries or by…

The verso of this photograph reads: In the dentistry section of the U.S. Cuban Refugee Center's medical dispensary, young and old refugees have care of their teeth. Dentists who fled from Cuba attend their compatriots under supervision of an American…

Many Cuban migrants used their time at the camps to learn English. Some even used the walls of their tents as blackboards to practice grammar and compose uplifting slogans.

Page 12 of "Wings Over the World: Pan American World Airways Annual Report for 1943". Caption reads: "Loading a huge Coronado operated by Pan American Airways under contract to the Naval Air Transport Service. These ships are speeding war equipment,…

Image from page 15 of Pan American World Airways Annual Report for 1981. Caption reads: "A container is about to be loaded into the nose of a Pan Am 747 freighter. The airline operates six of these all-cargo aircraft, each with a capacity of 100…