East Martello Tower and Pan American Airways Landing Field, Key West, Florida
Entry/Object ID
2024.24.0157
Description
Postcard depicting the East Martello Tower and the Pan American Airways landing field located on South Roosevelt Blvd. in Key West, Florida. Notation on verso, 'In 1861, the U.S. Government began the construction of the two Martello Towers on the waters edge, the East Martello Tower was on the extreme northeastern end of the island. In the 1928, the Pan- American Airways landing field was built at this point.'
