Airline Transportation Related Artifacts

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...

ARTIFACT: This is a dated 1954 equator-crossing certificate from Pan-American grace Airways (Panagra) for Roger Cotton Brown, a well-known filmmaker. The certificate was given to Brown after a flight from Santiago, Chile to Miami, Florida in September...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1940s Pan American World Airways baggage label. The label is blue and white in color and pictures a globe with wings and the wording "World's Most Experienced Airline." VINTAGE: Circa 1940's. SIZE: About 4" in width x 2-3/4" in...

ARTIFACT: This is a 1949 Pan Am Airways certificate signed by S. (Stan) L. Doepke, a Pan Am pilot for thirty years from Washington State. Doepke passed away in 200The certificate was issued to Frederick H. Jewell for crossing the equator in a trip from...

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...

ARTIFACT: Great 1960's Pan Am Airways table lighter presented to Bahamas parliamentary leader and real estate magnate Donald E. Albenas, made in Japan. The table lighter is a cube of Lucite that features a brass Boeing 720 flying a sign that reads:...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1980's First Officer Wing for Northeast Airways, a short-lived Boston-based company which operated during the 1980s. VINTAGE: Circa 1980's. SIZE: Approximately 1" in height x 3" in length. CONSTRUCTION /...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970 ground crew/agent hat badge for Northeast Airlines. The badge is a silver compass with a red star indicating the northeastern point. VINTAGE: Circa 1970. SIZE: Approximately 2-3/8" in height and 2-1/4" in width...

ARTIFACT: This is a circa 1970 captain wing 3rd issue for Northeast Airlines. The wing is two pieces, with t he lower piece being a slender, angular wing and the top piece being an "NE" pin with a wreathed star. VINTAGE: Circa 1970. SIZE: Wing:...