Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

ARTIFACT: This is an early 1930s Pan Am Miami "Clipper" souvenir pin. The "Clipper" style plane was popular in the 1930s and the crews even dressed in navy-like garb to bestow a feeling of safety in the passengers, who believed they were traveling in an...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930's Pan American Airways (PAA) 3 years of service lapel pin by Balfour in 10 karat gold. The pin is a nicely enameled globe adjacent to one wing. VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: Approximately 3/8" in height and 5/8" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is an Extremely Rare ca 1935 Pan American Airways 5 Year Service Lapel Wing in Gilt Brass. The pin is a petite wing with a crest at center bearing the letters PAA. VINTAGE: Circa mid 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 5/16" in height and...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1930s Pan Am lapel pin for one year of service in sterling silver. The pin is a winged globe in blue enamel. Rare piece VINTAGE: Circa 1930s. SIZE: 3/8" in height and 5/8" in width. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Sterling silver with...

ARTIFACT: This is a nice 1930's Pan Am Airways tie bar that looks to be uniform issue, not a souvenir, and is the only one I've seen. A petite enameled globe hangs from the bar. VINTAGE: Circa 1930's. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/4" in height and 2-3/16" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a historically important numbered circa 1932 Pan Am Airways (PAA) three years of service pin, originally belonging to PAA pioneer pilot R. O. D. (Robert Oliver Daniel) Sullivan. Sullivan joined the United States Navy in 1918,...

ARTIFACT: Scarce 1960's Pan Am Ground Crew Manager visor hat with scarce "Ground Personnel" Badge. The hat badge is round and reads: "PAN AM". The visor hat is white vinylized canvas with a black vinyl visor and gilt brass and bullion...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa late 1950s Pan Am "Jet Clippers" promotional key chain. Pan Am's jet clippers were the first to offer circumnavigation of the globe, and at a rate about twice as fast as regular passenger aircraft. The keychain reads PAN AM "JET...

ARTIFACT: This is a sterling silver 1950s deco Pan Am uniform buckle made in Siam. The front of the buckle is finely engraved with the Pan Am globe. VINTAGE: Circa 1950s. SIZE: Approximately 1-1/16" in height and 1-7/8" in width and 7/16" in depth...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s Pan American Airways Enlazando Las Americas" Linking the Americas" baggage tag. VINTAGE: Circa 1940's. SIZE: About 4-1/2" in width x 2-3/4" in height. CONSTRUCTION / MATERIALS: Printed card stock. ATTACHMENT: To be attached...

ARTIFACT: This is a unique circa early World War II crew tie bar for PAA Africa (also known as PAA Ferries). It was fashioned from a shoulder strap badge. Roosevelt and Churchill approached Pan Am to form a subsidiary that would have outposts in Africa,...

ARTIFACT: This is a large framed and matted photographic print of a Pan Am DC-4 Clipper (#NX 88892) taking off from an early California airport. The Douglas DC-4 served during World War II and beyond and was also the choice for some countries' civil...