1950s
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1950s Group of customers pose by the tail of a DC7 Clipper.
1950s Family posing on steps of a Pan Am DC6 Clipper.
1950s Group of customers posie by a Pan Am aircraft in Vienna, Austria.
1950s Young lady & gentleman visit across the aisle of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
1950s Building a house of cards in the First Class lounge of a Pan Am Boeing 707.
1950s A Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser serves as a back drop for a vehicle and passengers.
1950s A steward in white serving jacket offers snacks to customers in the lower deck lounge of a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1950s The Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser offered lower berths in the forward VIP compartment.
1950s Customers relaxing in the lower deck lounge of a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1950s An attractive woman poses by the cargo hatch of a Pan Am DC7.
1950s Stewardess Rosalie Tropper in freshly pressed uniform leaving home to begin a trip.
1950s Children playing in the forward cabin of a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1950s A stewardess closing the door of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1950s Pan Am crew in formation passing by the wing of a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1950s Prior to adopting the blue ball with a white background Pan Am experimented with the reverse colors. This picturew was taken from a men's clothing ad with the model standing on the tail of a Pan Am aircraft.
1950s Crew and customers line up on the ramp next to a Pan Am DC6 Clipper.
1950s Customers pose and wave on the ramp next to a Pan Am DC7 Clipper.
1950s A poster featuring a smiling Pan Am stewardess.
1950s Two Pan Am Stewardesses in full uniform of the era show their white smiles & gloves with a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser in the background.
1951 Pan Am pilot & hula girl pose next to Boeing Stratocruiser Queen of the Skies tail number N90946 at Los Angeles Airport.
1950s Fred Soper a health official deplanes a Pan Am Clipper.
1953 a Samsonite ad with a Pan Am Boeing 377 in the background.
1950s Actress Glynis Johns boarding a Pan Am Clipper.
1950s A family posing at a Pan Am ticket counter.
1958 A Red carpet boarding of of a Pan Am DC7.
1950s Passenger on an aircraft stairway in Germany.
1950s Two stewardesses review a sign by an early Pan Am jet Clipper
1958-A full crew compliment pose by the tail of newly delivered N707PA Clipper America a Boeing 707.
1950s 2 stewardesses await customer boarding in the First Class lounge of a Boeing 707.
1950s Ground agent Stuart Colins assisting a customer.
1959 First Class customers review the dinner menu on a Pan Am Boeing 707 jet.
1950s A Pan Am mechanic working in the cockpit of a DC4 Clipper at Berlin Tempelhof airport.
1950s Pan Am Flight 418 deplaning in Miami
1959 Customers playing chess in the first class lounge of a Pan Am Boeing 707.
1950s Customers pose by a DC6 prior to travel.
1950s Pan Am stewardess, Rosalie Tropper, and colleague pose for a picture at the airport.
1950s A Pan Am crew boarding an aircraft.
1950s Pan Am always looked to hire stewardesses with language skills. Here a class of newly hired Japanese American woman pose by a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1950s Joe DiMaggio shaking hands with a with Pan Am Captain.
1950s Joe DeMaggio & Marilyn Monroe deplane after returning from Japan. Pan Am stewardess Jane Gottschall is seen behind the couple.
1950s Louis Armstrong waving from boarding stairs.
1950s A couple enjoy a happy moment in economy seats aboard a Pan Am Clipper.
1950s Customers board a Pan Am 707 from walkway at New York JFK airport.
1950s Pan Am pilot & Stewardess pose with a stuffed bear prior to boarding a 707 Clipper.
1950s A group of monks deplane in Frankfurt, Germany.
1950s Peter, Jane and Henry Fonda boarding a Pan Am Clipper.
1950s Customer boarding a Pan Am DC4
1950s A group of school children visit the Pan Am ramp at Berlin, Tempelhof airport.
1950s A lower deck door through the cargo compartment was often used by crew members to board the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser. An upper deck door on the opposite side of the aircraft was the only door used by customers.
1950s Samuel Barber on the ramp at the Vienna, Austria airport.
1951 Stewardess shows the winter parka and pants worn on flights to Alaska.
1950s The spacious ladies restroom and lounge on a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser
1950s The gentleman's restroom on the Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser offered expansive mirrors and multiple outles for similtaneous electric shaving.
1950s Ground tours were occasionally offered to non travelers. Seen here a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser is on display.
1950s A stewardess greets customers in the doorway of a Pan Am Clipper.
1950s Before computers Pan Am reservations agents sent request cards to a board that tracked booking levels.
1950s At Berlin Tempelhof airport a sign indicates operation totals.
1950s A Pan Am airport ticket counter.
1950s A Pan Am airport ticket counter.
1950s A round the clock staff monitored Pan Am's telex system.
1950s Wrestler Sandor Szabo shows off his strength to a Pan Am stewardess.
1950s Pan Am pilot at cockpit controls
1952 Pan Am Stewardess boards an aircraft with charity toys for children at one of her ports of call.
1952 Customers pose prior to Pan Am's first Economy Class flight.
1952 Kirk Douglass Arrives in Paris on Pan Am.
1952 Pan Am Vice President Sam Pryor & Family.
1951 Cab Caloway and children at at Pan Am ticket counter.
1952 A Pan Am stewardess poses with a tennis player from England.
1953 An American Student group on the ramp at Vienna Austria.
1953 Pan Am stewardess posing with 3 men in uniform with a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser in the background.
1953 Customers pose by a DC 4 on the ramp at Vienna Austria.
1954 Hula Girls pose by the stairway to a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1953 March 26th Marika Rokk deplanes in Vienna Austria.
1953 October 21 New York Cardinal Spellman on the ramp at Vienna Austria.
1954 Ethel Merman & husband Ed Six pose by a Pan Am Stratocruiser.
1954 Hula girls with a Pan Am Beoing 377 Stratocruiser in the background.
1955 May 20th Crew and customers on the ramp at Vienna Austria .
1954 Joan Collins and Van Johnson in a publicity shot complete with Pan Am flight bag.
1953 Pan Am renames a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser for the Miss Universe competition while some of the contestants pose by the aircraft.
1956 The Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser offered Sleeperett seats on the main deck with fold down berths above. The Sleeperete seats had ample recline and footrests.
1956 A Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser in hanger maintenance scaffolding.
1956 Sleeperetee seats
1956 A long cabin view of the Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1956 Pan Am had extensive communication facilities all over the world to keep track of all aspects of the operation.
1956 Graduation Day for friends Jay Koren & Joe Kapel
1956 A flight engineer at the controls of a Pan Am Boeing 377 Stratocruiser.
1956 Pan Am pilots gather before a flight to discuss weather and the route plan. Pilot Victor Grubbs is second from left.
1957 Ladies on the boarding steps.
1956 Prior to computers Pan Am reservations agents sent request cards to a big board where booking levels were tracked.
1950s Actress and Dancer Juliette Prouse with Pan Am timetable in hand awaits her Pan Am departure.
1957 A customer waves goodbye as she boards a Pan Am Clipper.
1957 A woman posing by the Los Angeles Airport Pan Am ticket counter.
1959 Pilots & stewardesses practice sea ditching drills in a mock up at New York JFK airport.
1959 Fidel Castro deplanes a Pan Am Clipper.
1959 Before departing from a home base it was customary for Pan Am crews to meet for a briefing.
1959 A Pan Am stewardess tags her own suitcase on the ramp at New York JFK airport.
1959 A Pan Am stewardess at the corner of 5th Avenue & 50th Street in New York City.
1959 A stewardess adds her name to the crew sign in sheet prior to attending the crew briefing.
1959 Check-in at Pan Am's then state of the art WorldPort at New York JFK Airport.
1958 Upon arrival in San Francisco from Honolulu Pan Am stewardess Ellen Forseth bids farewell to the last Shah of Iran.
1959 A group of new Stewardesses pose on the steps of the Pan Am WorldPort at JFK Airport.
1959 Customers exiting a Pan Am Boeing 707 while crew members look on.
1959 A group of newly hired stewardesses review their diplomas on graduation day.
1959 A Pan Am stewardess reaches for a pillow in the cabin of a Boeing 707.
1959 A Pan Am stewardess in London England meeting the horse of a Royal Guard.
1959 Senator John F. Kennedy relaxes in a Pan Am Clipper Club prior to his flight.
1959 A stewardess in her uniform coat on the jetway at the Pan Am WorldPort in New York.
1959 A Pan Am Stewardess gives a pre-flight safety demonstration on a Boeing 707 jet.
1959 Customers and a llama pose for a picture at the airport in LaPaz Bolivia with an aircraft of sister company Panagra in the background.
1959 Customers deplane the rear door of a Pan Am 707 onto a painted ramp walkway.
1949 Miss.Peggy Dow & Ann Pearce pose with Pan Am Beoing 377
1952 Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s A photo showing the passenger, crew, cargo and catering contents on a typical Pan Am Boeing 377
1950s A Pan Am stewardess poses on the tail of a Boeing 377
1950s A Pan Am pilot somewhere in the world.
1959 Dessert service on the Boeing 707.
1950s A lady customer steps off the steps of a DC 4 at Berlin.
1950s American Seating Group pose for a picture enroute to Havana on a Pan Am DC6 tail number N6104C.
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