Yankee Clipper flight

Title
Yankee Clipper flight
Creator
Associated Press
Institution
TCU
Link
https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/54541
Description
Photo of Silliman Evans, Amon Carter, and Ed Swasey. On reverse: "12150 Associated Press Photo from New York Caution: Use Credit Waiting to Fly Across the Atlantic A group of executives who had reservations from the Yankee Clipper on the plane's first commercial flight across the north Atlantic, are shown waiting for the take off of the giant flying boat from port Washington, L.I., July 8. They are(l to r): Silliman Evans, president of the Maryland Casualty Co.; Amon Carter, publisher of the Fort Worth, Tex., Star Telegram and Ed Swasey, vice president of the Pacific Railway Advertising Co. Associated Press photo Ft Worth BA WX FLS DN JSB310P7-8-39LJ(8)."
Date
1939-07-08
Decade
1930s
Subjects
Aviation
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Air travel
Clipper flights
Evans, Silliman
Source
Box 264, Pan American Airways - Yankee Clipper to the U.K., 1939 Folder, Item 005
Type
Image
Formats
7x9 Photo
Rights
Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph

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