Pan-Am Aircraft at Key West Airport

Pan-Am Aircraft at Key West Airport: © Key West Art & Historical Society
Pan-Am Aircraft at Key West Airport

© Key West Art & Historical Society

Name/Title

Pan-Am Aircraft at Key West Airport

Entry/Object ID

0000.00.0822

Description

Black and white photograph of the 10-passenger Fokker F-7 aircraft that inaugurated Pan-Am's first passenger flight from Key West to Havana on January 16, 1928. The three engine plane made the 90-mile trip in just about an hour, opening a network that later expanded throughout the Caribbean to South America, across the Pacific, and finally the Atlantic. Plane shown is sister-ship to the 'General Machado', the aircraft that inaugurated the first flight.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

Pan American Airways

Subject Place

City

Key West

State/Province

Florida

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

County

Monroe

Collection

Pan American Airways Collection

Made/Created

Date made

January 16, 1928

Time Period

20th Century

Place

City

Key West

State/Province

Florida

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

County

Monroe

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Photograph, Black-and-White

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Dimensions

Height

8 in

Width

10 in