Vintage 1945 Pan American World Airways Flying Clipper Switzerland Print Advertisement
Approximately 10.5 x 13 inches.
This vintage 1945 Pan American World Airways original print ad captures the electric optimism of postwar air travel at its most aspirational. Headlined 'Tomorrow thousands will go to Europe by Clipper,' the illustration depicts glamorous travelers socializing at a Swiss Alpine resort while a television screen broadcasts skiing — a stunning juxtaposition of emerging media and the golden age of intercontinental flight. The magazine advertisement promotes PAA's 300-mph Flying Clippers connecting New York to the Continent in under 14 hours, making Switzerland accessible to postwar Americans for the first A rare collectible ad from aviation's most romantic era, featuring the iconic PAA globe logo.
What you see is what you get; the ad in the photo is the exact one that'll come to you. Listed sizes are close, but treat them as ballpark, not gospel.
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Every unframed ad rides safe: acid free sleeve, stiff backerboard behind it, another board up front, all tucked into a rigid photo mailer and sent USPS with 3-day tracking. It'll get to you the way it left us.