90 YEARS AGO

Pan Am in 1934

Unique stories of Pan American Airways operations -- Its people, aircraft and far-flung destinations. Posted month-by-month

JANUARY 1934

“Flying High into '34” / “A Gift Pays Off”

FEBRUARY 1934

“One of a Kind:

Pan Am Dodges the Domestic Air Mail Scandal of 1934”

MARCH 1934

“New Bird Lifts Off” / "First Lady Flies South"

APRIL 1934

“Meal with a View”

MAY 1934

“1934: Pan Am Expands Perspectives in Brazil”

JUNE 1934

“1934: The Last Word in Travel Comfort"

JULY 1934

“1934: Summer Successes"

 Pan American Airways poster by Kenneth Thompson, NASM.

AUGUST 1934

"The Most Modern Aircraft"

SEPTEMBER 1934

"Crosson to Russia"

Photo Joe Crosson and Pacific Alaska Fairchild 71 (SDASM Archives)

Photo: Pan Am Clipper #7, a Martin M-130, being built at Middle River, MD: Pan American Air Ways, September-October 1934 (PAHF Collection).

NOVEMBER 1934

"What a Gateway to a Nation!"

Photo: “Main elevation, c. 1934 -“ Pan American Airways System Terminal Building, 3500 Pan American Drive, Miami, Miami-Dade County, FL.” Photos from Survey HABS FL-363 (Historic American Buildings Survey. Pan Am Historical Foundation Collection).

DECEMBER 1934

"World's Largest Air Freight Contract"

Photos from Pan American Air Ways, Vol 5, No. 6,, September-October 1934, p. 6 (University of Miami Special Collections).

 PAN AM | OCT.1934