Clipper Friendship trip to South America

Title
Clipper Friendship trip to South America
Creator
Pan American World Airways, Inc. Latin American Division
Institution
TCU
Link
https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/54582
Description
Photo of newspaper editors visiting the tomb of an Argentinian hero. On reverse: "American Newspapermen Visit Argentine Hero's Tomb Accompanying Juan T. Trippe, president of Pan American World Airways, to pay homage to General San Martin, liberator of Argentina, a group of United States newspapermen visit San Martin's tomb and monument in Buenos Aires. The newspapermen were members of a group of publishers, editors, and officials who were guests of Trippe on a pre-view flight displaying the super-deluxe El Presidente service which began between New York and Buenos Aires on July 5. Shown left to right: Unidentified man; John N. Wheeler, president, NANA; John D. Ewing, publisher, Shreveport (La.) Times; Benjamin M. McKelway, editor, Washington (D C) Star; George W. Healy jr., managing editor, New Orleans Times-Picayune; Philip L. Graham, publisher, Washington (D C) Post; Maurice T. Moore, chairman of board, Time Inc.; Jack Bisco, vice president and general manager, United Press; Amon Carter, publisher, Fort Worth (Tex) Star-Telegram; Richard E. Berlin, president, Hearst Corp.; Virginius Dabney, editor, Richmond (Va.) News-Leader; Wilbur L. Morrison, vice president, Latin American Division, Pan American World Airways; Juan T. Trippe, president, Pan American World Airways; Lee Hills, managing editor, Miami (Fla.) Herald; Norman Chandler, publisher, Los Angeles (Calif.) Times; Francis S. Murphy, publisher, Hartford (Conn.) Times; Dan Mahoney, publisher, Miami (Fla.) Daily News; James Stahlman, publisher, Nashville (Tenn.) Banner; and Paul Miller, publisher, Rochester (N.Y.) Times Union."
Date
1950-07-04
Decade
1950s
Subjects
Aviation
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am)
Air travel
Clipper flights
Peron, Juan
Trippe, Juan T.
Argentina
Source
Box 264, Pan American Airways - World Airways Clipper Friendship to South America, 1950 Folder, Item 013
Type
Image
Formats
10x8 Photo
Rights
Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph

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