[Aerial view of Alcatraz Island and Pan American Airways China Clipper" in foreground] / Clyde Sunderland." – Antique Photo Print
![[Aerial view of Alcatraz Island and Pan American Airways China Clipper" in foreground] / Clyde Sunderland.", c1936. — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/94/94bf254c961f-L.webp)
(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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A window into the past: [Aerial view of Alcatraz Island and Pan American Airways China Clipper" in foreground] / Clyde Sunderland.", preserved in this historic photograph. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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[Aerial view of Alcatraz Island and Pan American Airways China Clipper" in foreground] / Clyde Sunderland."
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The China Clipper, Pan American Airways' four-engine flying boat, rides in the foreground while Alcatraz Island sits behind it on San Francisco Bay. Built as a Martin M-130, the aircraft began carrying transpacific airmail in November 1935, flying from Alameda by way of Hawaii, Midway, Wake, and Guam toward Manila. Oakland photographer Clyde Sunderland, who registered the image for copyright, pairs that new long-distance machine with a landmark that was then a federal penitentiary.
| Created / published | c1936. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Aerial photographs 1930-1940.Photographic prints 1930-1940. |
| Notes | J20463 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Clyde H. Sunderland, Oakland, California. |
| Subjects | Pan American Airways Corporation--Equipment & supplies--1930-1940. Seaplanes--California--San Francisco--1930-1940. Alcatraz Island (Calif.)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,117 px · prints to 14 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-189657 |
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