Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is a Pan Am Air Traveler lapel pin showing a winged Pan Am globe logo against a field of blue. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 5/8" diameter. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Plated brass with painted areas. ATTACHMENT: Vertical pin...

ARTIFACT: This is a beautiful 1940s deco Pan Am crew luggage tag. The tag is in red, white and blue and shows a dramatic view of the winged globe. The reverse reads PROPERTY OF in three languages and has some blank lines beneath. VINTAGE: Circa 1940s...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1958 inaugural jet flight medallion from Pan Am. One side shows the Pan Am globe enameled in blue and the reverse reads 1958 JET FLIGHT MEMENTO JET AGE INAUGURATION. VINTAGE: Circa 1958. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/4" in diameter...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1938 Pan Am medal commemorating the flight jubilee (1912-1937) and loss at Pago Pago of Captain Edwin C. Musick. Hired as Pan Am's very first pilot in 1927, unassuming and respected "Meticulous Musick" had already been,...

ARTIFACT: This is a great old brass belt buckle for Pan Am Airways showing the company's winged globe logo. Some of the airways' destinations are listed: WEST INDIES MEXICO CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICA ALASKA HAWAII PHILIPPINES CHINA. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s...

ARTIFACT: This is a great vinyl flight bag from Pan American's Hawaii Holiday Clipper. The bag is in blue and white vinyl with a drawstring closure and shows the PAA winged globe logo on one side and a clipper airplane on the other. The Clipper was a hip...

ARTIFACT: This is a very rare and extremely cool circa early to mid-1960s cigarette lighter factory-engraved for Pan Am Saigon. During the Vietnam War, Pan Am airlifted cargo for the military as well as flew many GIs to various spots in Asia for their...

ARTIFACT: This is a rare circa 1943 Gruen "VeriThin" wristwatch made for members of Pan American's flight crew. The watch is in stainless steel with a black leather band. VINTAGE: Circa 1943. SIZE: Size 18L: approximately 1-3/8" in width and 9-3/8" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a World War II Chinese National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) passport, card, permit to enter China and leather passport wallet of Supply Chief G.W. (George Wilson) Van Cleve. CNAC was an airline co-owned equally by Pan Am Airlines and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1947 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by aviation pioneer Gilbert "Gib" Bynum Blackmore. Blackmore, piloting with Pan Am for three decades, flew the Dixie Clipper carrying the first-ever passengers in a transatlantic flight in...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1939 vintage Pan American Airways travel poster by P. G. Lawler for Ecuador. The poster shows a PAA plane flying over a fabulous scene of some natives hiking against a backdrop of the Andes. VINTAGE: Circa 1939...

ARTIFACT: This is an early World War II Pan Am "PAA Ferries Inc" hat badge. VINTAGE: Circa 1942. SIZE: About 1-1/2" in width by 1-5/16" in length. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Gold-plated brass. ATTACHMENT: Single screw post. MARKINGS: None. ITEM...