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| Title | Yankee Clipper flight |
|---|---|
| Author | Associated Press |
| Date | 1939-07-09 |
| Description | Photo of executives. On reverse: "12147 Associated Press Photo from New York Caution: Use credit Newsmen Take Clipper to Europe A group of newspaper, magazine, radio and news service executives were aboard the Pan American Airway's giant flying boat, the Yankee Clipper, when it left Port Washington, L.I., July 8, to make its first commercial transatlantic flight to Europe over the so-called Northern Route. The group above, among the 19 to make the flight are(left to right, seated) Ed Swasey, San Francisco advertising executive; Thomas H. Beck, New York, Crowell Publishing Co.; James A Stahlman, president and publisher of Nashville Banner; Mrs. Ogden Reid, vice president, New York Herald Tribune; Roy Howard, president, Scripps Howard Newspapers; Paul Patterson, president, Baltimore Sun; Amon Carter, publisher, Fort Worth Star Telegram; and John Cowles, president, Minneapolis Star. Standing,(l to r) are Artemus Gates, director, Pan American Airways'. Rihl, Pan American executive; James Furay, vice president, United Press Associations; John F. Royal, vice president, National Broadcasting Co.; John D. Ewing, editor, Shreveport Times'. Meigs, publisher, Chicago Evening American; Silliman Evans, president Maryland Casualty Co.; and William Van Dusen, director, public relations, Pan-American Airways. Associated Press photo ABC LPB HC MONT HB JSB 1220PED7-8-39LJ(70)." |
| Link | https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/54544 |
| Subject | Aviation
Pan American World Airways (Pan Am) Air travel Clipper flights Evans, Silliman Great Britain |
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