This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from a late 1930s Pan Am airlines travel poster advertising their service to Peru. This poster shows beautiful view of a Pan Am plane flying over the ruins of Macchu Picchu in the Peruvian Andes.
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" and 24”x36” formats are excellent image sizes that look great as a stand-alone piece of art, or as a grouped visual statement. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
HISTORY – PAN AMERICAN
Founded in 1927, Pan American (also known as Pan Am) opened regular commercial service throughout Latin America using both flying boats and land planes. Pan American was barred from U.S. domestic routes in return for exclusive rights to international routes.
For over 40 years, Pan American was the embodiment of its dynamic founder, Juan T. Trippe. During the 1930s, he inspired the famous "Clipper" series of Sikorsky, Martin, and Boeing flying boats. In the 1940s, Pan Am bought the pressurized Boeing 307 and Lockheed Constellation and opened the first around-the-world service.
In the late 1920s, Trippe and his associates planned to extend Pan Am's network through all of Central and South America. During the late 1920s and early 1930s, Pan Am purchased several ailing or defunct airlines in Central and South America and negotiated with postal officials to win most of the government's airmail contracts to the region.
In September 1929 Trippe toured Latin America with Charles Lindbergh to negotiate landing rights in several countries, including Barranquilla on SCADTA's home turf of Colombia, as well as Maracaibo and Caracas in Venezuela. By the end of the year, Pan Am offered flights along the west coast of South America to Peru.
In 1935, Pan American, introduced the first regularly scheduled transpacific service with the famous Martin M-130 China Clipper. The company opened regular transatlantic service in 1939 with the Boeing 314 flying boat. Its overseas monopoly lasted until World War II, and its domestic restriction until 1978.
In the 1950s, Pan Am introduced the jetliner to America, sponsoring both the Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-8. In the 1970s, Pan Am again set the pace with the wide-body Boeing 747. Pan Am struggled after Juan Trippe retired and the industry was deregulated. The company ceased operations in 1991.
