Fly to South Sea isles via Pan American / Lawler. – Antique Print
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(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare vintage poster captures Fly to South Sea isles via Pan American / Lawler. in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Fly to South Sea isles via Pan American / Lawler.
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This poster, titled "Fly to South Sea isles via Pan American," pitches air travel to the Pacific islands at a time when a trip to Oceania was far beyond the reach of most Americans. Pan American Airways was then opening its transpacific network, and its flying boats, known as Clippers, made the long over-water routes seem glamorous and modern. The record credits the design to an artist named Lawler and dates it to about 1938. The poster belongs to a wave of 1930s travel art that presented aviation as a gateway to exotic destinations, and it is a useful example of how airlines sold distant places to ordinary consumers.
| Created / published | [1938(?)] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Travel posters American 1930-1940.Prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: U.S. E5. 1938(?). |
| Subjects | Pan American Airways Corporation--1930-1940. Tourism--Oceania--1930-1940. Airplanes--American--Oceania--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,144 × 1,449 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216427 |
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