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An untitled painting by Carlos Aulet, painted while at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
Gift of Carlos Aulet
Pan American World Airways' first stewardesses
Pan Am caption: "FIRST CLIPPER CUTIES: First Pan American Airways Stewardesses were hired in 1944 to relieve men for war duty. It was the days of flying boats, when stewards often had to row passengers ashore and handle the heavy mooring lines.…
Juan Trippe receiving Medal of Merit from Secretary of War, Robert P. Patterson
Pan Am caption: "PAN AMERICAN HEAD HONORED: Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson presents to Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American World Airways the Medal for Merit awarded to the air lines executive by President Truman for wartime services to…
Pan American World Airways Atlantic Clipper, a Boeing 314 flying boat, exterior
Written on verso: "B-314 out of the water at Port Washington"
Air Ferries division of Pan American World Airways, training section
Written on verso: "Group of Junior Air Transport Pilots, saluting the colors at PAAF Flight Training Section, 119th Street, about May 15th."
Two Pan Am stewardesses hold flags from countries serviced by Pan American World Airways
Written on verso: "East Meets West on Global Flights: Flags representing some of the countries served by Pan American round-the-world services are held by two pretty stewardesses. Carol L. Woodward of Dearborn, Michigan, USA, left, holds the flags of…