Historical Pan American World Airways Photo Gallery - click on image to enter Photo Gallery by Don Boyd at pbase.com

Historical Pan American World Airways Photo Gallery - click on image to enter

All of these images are from the Florida State Archives. I removed dust spots and lines, adjusted the levels and contrast, and removed JPG artifacts from each image and then downsized them for display in this gallery. There are a considerable number of newer Pan American photos on our aviation stock photo website at http://www.pbase.com/airlinerphotos/35mm_panamerican .

Former National and Pan American World Airways employees are invited to join a new National/Pan Am Alumni website at: http://panamnationalalumni.ning.com/

1917 - Naval Air Station Dinner Key, Miami before Pan American started operations 10 years later	1929 - Pan American Field, Miami	1929 - Fokker Tri-Motor at the dedication of the new passenger terminal at Pan American Field	1929 - Fokker Tri-Motor at the dedication of the new passenger terminal at Pan American Field	1929 - Grand opening of the new terminal for Pan American Airways System at Pan American Field, Miami
1929 - First flight of the air mail express on Pan American Airways System	1929 - Arrival of first airmail from Panama, Pan American Airways System	1929 - the Burdine Fashion Show group posing in front of a Pan American Airways System aircraft in Miami	1930 - Pan American World Airways Ford Trimotor 5AT mail plane at Miami	1930 - Air mail delivery being picked up from Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-38 Flying Duck
1930 - Pan American Airways System flight operations at Dinner Key	1930 - Passengers boarding Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - Early group travel to Nassau on Pan American Airways System at Dinner Key	1930 - Pan American Airways System - 1st flight of the Air Mail Express	1930 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore inflight
1930 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore NC-970 passing over piers of Miami yachting clubs	1930 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - Interior cabin of a Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore	1930 - Passengers onboard a Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore
1930 - Passengers disembarking from a Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore at Dinner Key	1930 - the first flight of Pan American Airways System's Sikorsky S-40 NC-80V "American Clipper" at Dinner Key	1930 - Passengers disembarking from Pan American Airways System at Pan American Field, Miami	1931 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40	1930 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 at Dinner Key
1931 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 on the ramp at Dinner Key	1931 - Interior view of the Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 aircraft NC-80V "American Clipper"	1931 - Interior view of the Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 aircraft NC-80V "American Clipper"	1931 - passengers onboard Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 NC-80V "American Clipper"	1931 - Interior of Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 NC-80V "American Clipper"
1931 - Passengers boarding Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 NC-81V "Caribbean Clipper" at Dinner Key	1931 - Three Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40's flying over Miami	1931 - Passengers boarding a Pan American Sikorsky S-40 at Dinner Key	1931 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 in the water at Dinner Key	1930s - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-43 NC16927
1933 - Pan American Airways System base at Dinner Key	1933 - Pan American Airways System base at Dinner Key	1933 - Pan American Airways System at Dinner Key	1933 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-40 at Dinner Key, Miami, Florida	1930s - Ladies boarding a Pan American Airways System flight at Dinner Key
1934 - Entrance to Pan American's Dinner Key base	1934 - Igor Sikorsky, famed airplane designer, with Captain Edwin Musick, pioneer of Pan American Airways System	1934 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 NC-822M "Brazilian Clipper" taking off in Biscayne Bay	1935 - Pan American's base at Dinner Key	1935 - Pan American Clipper disembarking passengers and mail at Dinner Key, Florida
1935 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 maintenance at Dinner Key	1938 - Pan American World Airways at Dinner Key	1938 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore flying boats at Dinner Key	1938 - Pan American Airways System Consolidated Commodore NC-569M and Dinner Key	1938 - Pan American Airways System amphibious aircraft and downtown Miami
1938 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 NC-823M with car and passengers	1940 - Pan American Airways System Sikorsky S-42 at Dinner Key, Miami	1940 - Pan American Hangars and 36th Street Terminal at Pan American Field, Miami	1940s - Passengers on a Pan American Boeing 307 Stratoliner	1940 - Pan American Ford Tri-Motor mail plane at Pan American Field, Miami
1940 - Pan American B-307 Stratoliner NC19902 "Clipper Rainbow" taxiing at Miami	1940 - Pan American B-307 Stratoliner NC19910 "Clipper Comet" taking off at Miami	1941 - Pan American World Airways DC-3-228F NC33611	1941 - Pan American Flying Boats at Dinner Key	1942 - Pan American Field at Miami
1940s - Pan American Field, Miami	Early 1940s - Lines of pilots heading for their planes at Dinner Key	1942 - 36th Street Terminal at Pan American Field, Miami	1942 - Pan American Field 36th Street Terminal	1942 - 36th Street Terminal at Pan American Field, Miami
1942 - Dinner Key - Pan American flying boat base and U. S. Coast Guard Air Station on right	1943 - Pan American Airways President Juan Trippe speaking at new hangar dedication at Pan American Field, Miami	1943 - crowd listening to Pan American President Juan Trippe at new hangar dedication	1946 - 36th Street Terminal at Miami International Airport	1940s - Pan American aircraft at Miami International Airport
1940s - Pan American terminal and hangars at Miami International Airport	1946 - Pan American World Airways Lockheed 049 Constellation N88837 "Clipper Challenge" at Miami	1947 - boys admiring Pan American's first flight site in Key West	Late 1940s - Pan American C-46F Curtiss Wright Commando N74172 being loaded at Pan Am hangar 5, Miami	1949 - Cuban officials unveil Pan American monument at Key West
1949 - Crowds waiting to see Pan American's Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser N1023V "Clipper America" at Miami	1949 - Crowds waiting to see Pan American's Boeing 377-10-26 Stratocruiser N1023V "Clipper America" at Miami	1949 - Mechanics working on Pan American Boeing 377-10-26 N1028V "Clipper Flying Cloud" at Miami International Airport	1949 - Passengers walking across the ramp to board a Pan American DC-4	Early 1950s - Loading cattle onto a Pan American DC-4 at Miami - where the term "cattle class" for today's airliners came from
1950s - Pan American's Component Overhaul Base at Miami International Airport	1950s - Pan American assembly line for aircraft engines at Miami International Airport	1950 - Pan American B-377 Stratocruiser undergoing maintenance at Miami	1950 - American Overseas B-377 N90941 and Constellation being painted in Pan American paint scheme at Miami	1950 - 2 American Overseas Airlines Boeing 377s joining Pan American's fleet
1950 - Engine maintenance on a Pan American Airways Boeing 377 at Miami International Airport	1951 - Christening of the Pan American "Clipper Hurricane" DC-4 N88898 at Miami	1951 - two Henry J's being loaded onto a Pan American Cargo Clipper C-46 at Miami	1953 - Adam G. Adams and J. Douglas MacVicar dedicate the Pan Am historical marker at Miami	1953 - a crowded Pan American lobby at the 36th Street Terminal, Miami
1953 - Dedication of historical marker at Dinner Key for Pan American and the U. S. Coast Guard	Early 1960s - The Pan Am "Taj Mahal" on NW 36th Street, Miami	Early 1960s - Pan Am Ticket Counter at the 20th Street Terminal	1962 - Pan American Division Manager William F. Raven at inaugural of new MIA-SJU-LIS route with B707-121 N711PA in background	1964 - Pan Am's maintenance base on the north side of MIA
1964 - Pan American B720-030B N783PA "Jet Clipper Bonita" at Miami International Airport	1968 - Pan American's "Taj Mahal" and hangars on north side of Miami International

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Guest		18-Jul-2008 02:50
Wow! great collection of photos. My dad was a mechanic for PAA from1941 to 1986 He came from New York to the Miam airport in 1951 and stayed there until he retired after 45 years! Our whole family traveled worldwide thanks to Pan Am. What memories this brings back. Thanks

John A. Samuelson		17-Feb-2008 23:29
I forgot to mention that my wife Marie and her cousin Peggy Bogaard lived near the Dinner Key base and used to go down and they were permitted to go on the planes and make believe they were stewardesses. There were no terrorists in those days.

John A. Samuelson		17-Feb-2008 23:16
Pan-Am should have never died. My wife Marie worked for VP Wilbur Morrison at the Executive Office on N.W.South River Dr. with Margo McMenamin in the late 40's and early 50's. We built our first home nearby on N.W. 14th St. and 30th Ave. She walked to work every morning. She used to handle phone calls from famous people all over the world.

Bill Smith		17-Jan-2008 18:52
Hi Rambo, I didn't know that about you(C.G.res.) Do you remember the run we had to Mrs.Gomez's house on 22 Ave and Seacoffee St. She was the widow of a pilot who flew the Cuba routes and had walls of old pictures. She still lived in the old two story house on the corner. Too bad that's all gone now. Enjoy your retirement.

Don Boyd		14-Dec-2007 05:48
I had to move some directories around to new directories due to duplications on this site and the vistors' comments did not transfer along with the photos. Here are the comments that were posted in the original directory: ------------------------------ Mary Alice Beatty Carmichael maryalice@carmichael1.com 09-Oct-2007 20:22 My Dad, Donald Croom Beatty, flew Panagra and Pan Am in South and Central America from ca 1932-1939. He was Chief Pilot as well as Manager of the South American District for Pan Am prior to returning to the States about 1939. He is installed in several Aviation Halls of Fame as well as other Halls of Fame. At his death in 1980, I inherited approximately 3500 negatives of his, mostly aviation. I have recently been going through boxes of photographs that my Mother (deceased 1995) had marked "Pan Am" "South America", etc., and have found some marvelous photographs. She had one box labeled "not wanted by Gen. Harold R. Harris", another Pan Am "great" from the early days. I just wish Dad were here to help ID these things for us. This site with the photos is wonderful. I'm most appreciative of a cousin, Col. P----- for telling me of this site. ------------------------------ RICHARD T. POORE DEFOSSIL@AOL.COM 09-Oct-2007 17:42 Dick Poore::commend following book for PANAM historians. 'TO LOVE THE SKY' by Mary Alice Beatty. ISNN 0-932919-02-2. Her story of her youth as daughter of one of the pioneers of PANAM is South America. Excellent history, first person tales. ----------------------------- Bill Bailey mrwidgeon1948@yahoo.com 02-Oct-2007 20:40 Thanks for posting these. My Dad was a Check Airman and Instructor for PAA at Dinner Key from 1941 to 1948 and was flying the DC-3 NC 33611 on the second page. It was part of a series of publicity photos that were taken using that airplane. Later he flew the photo ship shooting pictures of the DC-4 over Biscayne Bay. During WW II he flew the Commodores, S-40s, DC-3s and several other types. I still have his log books from that time. ------------------------------- aeromarineairways PM reply \| 09-Sep-2007 15:40 Outstanding collection of photos!... I enjoyed visiting this site very much! Many Thanks! ------------------------------ EV starlites2@gmail.com 07-Aug-2007 22:41 Wow. Thanks so much for this site. My father came into the US at Dinner Key from Cuba via a flying boat in the mid 1930s. I have often wondered if there are any records of his entry. Thanks. starlites2@gmail.com ----------------------------- Joe Rambo Rambo140@netzero.net 10-Jul-2007 18:53 Hi Don. This is very special. Thank's for all your work. I was in the Coast Guard res. and flew key patrol in 59,60 looking for Cuban boat poeple off the Fearther beds near Cuba. When we spotted them we called for a cutter from Key West to pick them up. It felt good to be a part of that. I went to sw high 59 In 63 Joined MFD till 89 Spent the last 17yrs. at sta 8 in the grove. What a great place to be. Hi Jackie& Jim Cox What a great player you were. I went to school with you brother Shane the wild one. You can e-mail me at rambo140@netzero.net ------------------------------ Buck PM reply \| 08-Jul-2007 22:33 I live in a house in Coconut Grove that we were told was part of what was called the Pan Am Compound, which was a section of houses built for the first Pan Am pilots in 1926. We are looking for any information or memories that anyone might have of the Pan Am Compound or early pilots in Miami. ------------------------------ Guest 03-Jul-2007 02:14 My father started as a cleaner at Dinner Key with Pan Am. C. Grady Mixon then eventually because a flight engineer after working through all of the maintenance shops. My mother Ida May Mixon use to stand on the "oberservation Deck" of now City Hall, the Pan Am terminal, and watch my father disembark from the seaplanes...great series on Pan Am Worlds Most Experienced Airline... ------------------------------ Claudia hhfl386@aol.com 17-Jun-2007 04:28 Thanks for the great photos which rekindled my memories of Pan American and Dinner Key. My uncle, Victor A. Wright, was a crew member of the beautiful clipper ships (First Engineer on the first trans-Pacific flight). He used to take me to Dinner Key and actually take me onto the Clippers. Of course, I was quite young (about 3 years old), but I have photographs of me in the Hawaiian Clipper to keep those wonderful memories fresh. As time progressed, Pan Am moved to the 36th St. airport, and he continued to take me to the airport and through the planes. The smell of the hangars is one I would even now recognize instantly. "Going to the Airport" was part of my growing up experience in Miami, and one I greatly cherish. Your site has been a a wonderful excursion into my past. Thanks! ------------------------------ T.F.Johnson tuf_john@yahoo.com 15-Jun-2007 00:51 Fascinating trip back to days just before my arrival. My flight came by way of Stork Airlines. ------------------------------ ac PM reply \| 14-Jun-2007 17:14 Interesting. Thanks for your work. ------------------------------ Andrew John Jones PM reply \| 14-Jun-2007 05:44 Great series. worth every effort, having restored some of my dads old B&W photos of his days in India, I know the work needed. well done ------------------------------ virginiacoastline PM reply \| 13-Jun-2007 14:39 I remember PanAM! I never imagined we'd ever be without that airline. Nice to see these ------------------------------ Guest 12-Jun-2007 23:47 They look great to me on my CRT monitor at 1024 by 768 rez, much better than the few archive images I've seen that have spots, lines, overexposure, underexposure, etc. He's probably using a LCD monitor at 2048 by whatever so they're smaller on his screen. Photogs are not going to put bigger images on the net just because some folks can't figure out how to adjust their monitor's resolution. Those include people who don't know the difference between resolution and image size, ha! You've put a lot of work into getting these up on the net so don't let comments like this get you down, Don. Keep up the great work! Sam in San Diego. ------------------------------ Don Boyd PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 20:41 Are you referring to resolution, or are you referring to image size? They are two completely different things. I resample them to 72ppi (resolution) for display on the net and resize them to what they are because of file space considerations. The original images were not that much larger to begin with. Your comment about fullest resolution (I think you mean size) is simply not true. Don ------------------------------ SJL Photography of Huntsville PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 20:25 Great photos, but why make them so small? It's always best to post photos at their fullest resolution. ------------------------------ Tom Beech PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 19:48 This is great... thank you so much for posting them 8-) Going to take some time to get throught each one now.. ----------------------------- David Frank PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 16:55 These are great photos, brings back great memories, a former employee. ----------------------------- Don Boyd PM reply \| 12-Jun-2007 15:40 Patti, is the trailer behind the taxi the "limo" you were referring to? See photo in the 1931 group of the passengers boarding a S-40 in front of the hangar. Don ----------------------------- Guest 10-Jun-2007 17:07 love this site . very different photos . does anyone happen to know what happened to the passenger limo that took passengers to the barge at dinner key . or can someone tell me about it . thank you - patti e mail is : Paamigo@aol.com ------------------------------ 6544 page views since 07-JUN-07 (view full statistics)

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