Pan American World Airways | People | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

We have 9 objects involving Pan American World Airways

Poster design encouraging travel to Mexico via Pan American Airlines. Image of a barefoot woman in canvas clothing and pointed hat, with long black hair, holding a black rooster, and a brown cloth. Behind her, hanging decorations, and at right, two vase on the ground. Upper right, a poster of a bullfighter on a pink ground, with word: TOROS. Above: MEXICO; below: FESTIVALS OLD AND NEW / PAN AMERICAN / THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, Mexico, Festivals Old and New, ca. 1949
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-125-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster design encouraging travel to Europe via Pan American Airlines. Image of a black and gray crenellated castle or fortress with water indicated to the right, with a rainbow above. Text in gray and black, above: THE Rainbow / TO EUROPE; below: PAN AMERICAN / THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, The Rainbow to Europe, ca. 1953
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-124-b

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster design encouraging travel to Mexico via Pan American Airlines. Image of a barefoot woman in canvas clothing and pointed hat, with long black hair, holding a black rooster, and a brown cloth. Behind her, hanging decorations, and at right, two vase on the ground. Upper right, a poster of a bullfighter on a pink ground, with word: TOROS. Above: MEXICO; below: FESTIVALS OLD AND NEW / PAN AMERICAN / THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, Mexico, Festivals Old and New, 1949
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-125-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Image of a green landscape with a fortress/castle. Text in green, above: IRELAND. Below, in white and green: FLY / PAN AMERICAN / WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, Ireland, Fly Pan American, 1953
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-122

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster design encouraging travel to Germany via Pan American Airlines. Image of a green landscape with a castle. A body of water and a green mountain in the background, below a yellow sky. Text in green, above: GERMANY. Below, in brown and green: FLY / PAN AMERICAN / WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, Fly Pan Am, Germany, ca. 1950
offset lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-123

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Design for a travel poster advertising Germany, likely for Pan American Airlines or American Airlines. View from a high vantage point of a town with crenellated castle and river surrounded by green banks. Inscribed in white blackletter text, lower center: GERMANY

Drawing, Design for "Germany" Poster, December 7, 1950
crayon, brush and gouache, graphite on tracing paper, laid down.
Gift of Grace Schulman.
1997-134-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster design encouraging travel to Hawaii via Pan American Airlines. Face of a woman with white flower in black hair, wearing a red shirt with white flowers. On either side of the woman's face, large green leaves. Above in green and black text: aloha / HAWAII; below: FLY / PAN AMERICAN / WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, Aloha Hawaii, 1953
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-127

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.

Poster design advertising Pan American Airlines' shipping service, Clipper Cargo. In an abstracted yellow desert, a caravan of travelers on camels pass by a small pyramid and the head of a sphinx. Above, a white airplane flies towards the right above a small cluster of clouds. At top, in brown text: FOR QUICK RESULTS–SHIP BY CLIPPER CARGO. Below, at a slight angle, in yellow text: THERE'S NO BUSINESS IN SLOW BUSINESS. At bottom, in black and white text: PAN AMERICAN / WORLD AIRWAYS / THE WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, For Quick Results–Ship by Clipper Cargo, 1949
offset lithograph on paper, lined.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-126

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

Poster design encouraging travel to Europe via Pan American Airlines. Image of a black and gray crenellated castle or fortress with water indicated to the right, with a rainbow above. Text in gray and black, above: THE Rainbow / TO EUROPE; below, in alternating black and blue: TOURIST FARES / $270 ONE WAY / $486 RETURN / PAN AMERICAN / THE WORLD’S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE.

Poster, The Rainbow to Europe, ca. 1953
lithograph on paper.
Gift of Mrs. E. McKnight Kauffer.
1963-39-124-a

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.