Fly to South Sea Isles via Pan American (Before Letters), 1939 ca.

Lawler, Paul G. poster: Fly to South Sea Isles via Pan American (Before Letters)

One of the most famous airline posters of all time, this great Pan Am poster (here seen before text) brings to life the exotic adventure of luxury travel in the Thirties. A beautiful island native serenely watches a Boeing Super Clipper 314 land in the dramatic bay of Pago Pago, one of Pan Am's string of seaplane bases across the Pacific.

The 314 was the largest and most advanced flying boat of its era, capable of carrying 24 passengers over the unprecedented range of about 2800 miles. Like the zeppelins, this plane offered first class elegance plus the “legs” to handle intercontinental travel. It featured sleeping berths for all, a dining lounge and even a honeymoon suite.

Indeed, the Boeing 314 enabled Pan Am to become the first airline to offer regularly scheduled routes across the Pacific, and shortly thereafter across the Atlantic, beginning service in June 1939.

Lawler, Paul G.

27.2 x 41 inches (69 x 104 cm)

Offset | Backed on linen

Inventory #USC11111

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