Advertising Postcard for Pan American Airlines, circa 1970, "The Plane with All the Room in the World"
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For much of the 20th century, Pan American World Airways exemplified innovation in air travel. The carrier pioneered the use of wide-body jumbo jets, like the Boeing 747 featured on this postcard, in the 1970s. But rising fuel costs and difficulty establishing domestic U.S. routes strained the company in the 1980s. Pan Am ended operations in 1991.
For much of the 20th century, Pan American World Airways exemplified innovation in air travel. The carrier pioneered the use of wide-body jumbo jets, like the Boeing 747 featured on this postcard, in the 1970s. But rising fuel costs and difficulty establishing domestic U.S. routes strained the company in the 1980s. Pan Am ended operations in 1991.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
circa 1970
Subject Date
circa 1970
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2006.38.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Cardboard
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Photomechanical processes
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Height: 3.5 in
Width: 5.5 in
Inscriptions
Printed on back, upper left: PAN AM'S NEW 747 / The plane with all the room in the world. Printed on the back at the lower left side: PAN AM / WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE
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