- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- Entrance to Pan American Airport, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida
- Creator:
- Tichnor Bros. (Boston, Mass.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- R. E. Simpson
- Publisher:
- Boston, Mass.: Tichnor Bros.
- Date of Original:
- 1930/1945
- Subject:
- Airports--Florida--Miami
Postcards--Florida--Miami - Location:
- United States, Florida, Miami-Dade County, Miami, 25.77427, -80.19366
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, linen texture, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled: Entrance to Pan American Airport, Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida 33. - Between world wars, Pan Am used the airport for takeoffs and landings of its famous flying boats, the Clippers, eventually leading to the groundbreaking and construction of the airport. The Navy used the facility during World War II. By the 1930s Pan Am was bringing celebrities like Katharine Hepburn, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and British royalty to Dinner Key. The last scheduled flight out of the airport was on Aug. 9, 1945. The city of Miami purchased the land and the building from Pan Am in 1946 and converted the terminal into City Hall in 1954. Text on reverse: Planes arrive and leave this airport for the West Indies, Mexico, and South America. Postage required 1 cent stamp. Card number 62352.
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-264
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-264#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-264/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
