1960s
Pan Am Employees & Customers
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1960s A Pan Am stewardess serving orange juice in First Class is caught off guard by the photographer.
1960s Three Stewardesses holding trays of various economy class meals.
1960s A stewardess sitting in the engine cowling of a Pan Am DC8 Clipper.
1960s A Pan Am crew conducting a pre-flight briefing.
1960s A Pan Am crew on the ramp at New York, JFK Airport.
1960s A Pan Am crew conducting a pre-flight briefing.
1960s Three Pan Am stewardesses greet Dwight Eisenhower at a ceramony in New York City.
1960s A Pan Am crew poses for an informal pictures after losing an engine on takeoff from San Francisco and making an emergency landing at a nearby Air Force base.
1960s Two Pan Am stewardesses greet a small customer in the doorway of a Boeing 707.
1960s A group of new hire stewardesses are given a class in make-up technique.
1960 A Pan Am stewardess trainee practices serving in a mock-up aircraft at New York, JFK Airport.
1960 A Pan Am crew marches in formation past the wing of a DC8 Clipper. The man on the left in the third row is Purser John Koenig.
1963 A chimp named Candy poses with a Pan Am stewardess.
1960s Pan Am stewardess Jill Kellogg L'Eplatenier poses in the first class cabin of a Pan Am 707 prior to customer boarding.
1960s A Pan Am pilot & stewardess waive from the ramp as a Pan Am DC6 lifts off the runway.
1960s A Pan Am Purser completes liquor sales documentation in the first class lounge of a Boeing 707.
1963 A Pan Am stewardess showing travel brochures.
1960s A Pan Am stewardess assists at a departure gate at New York, JFK Airport.
Aug 15, 1965 a group of Malasian born stewardesses complete training in Miami.
November 1965 two Pan Am stewardesses wrestle a flamingo in Miami.
1966 A group of seven Japanese born stewardesses complete training in Miami.
1966 Five Pan Am stewardesses pose by a Boeing 707 in Denver, Colorado.
1966 A Pan Am crew prepare to board a DC 8 in Africa. This aircraft has no
1969 Stewardess Viva Wiese Haugland pose on the steps of a Boeing 720 Clipper Carib.
1969 Pan Am President Najeeb Halaby in an economy class galley of a 747 sharing a cup of coffee with a flight attendant during a proving flight prior to putting the 747 into passenger service.
1967 A Pan Am stewardess next to a French police man.
1965, March, Judy Skartvedt (bottom row, first on left) and classmates pose on the inside steps of Pan Am's WorldPort Terminal at New York JFK Airport. This was the last class of stewardesses to train in New York. After this class Pan Am opened a stewadess training academy in Miami , Florida.
1960, April Pssengers deplane a Pan Am Boeing 377, Stratocruiser in Honolulu. The Stratocruiser fleet left Pan Am in the early 1960s and there are few pictures of them in the 1960s blue ball livery.
1960, April, Customers board a Pan Am DC 8.
1960 Singer Chubby Checker demonstrates The Twist to A Pan Am stewardess prior to boarding his flight.
1960, February, Actor, Cary Grant waives from the doorway of a Pan Am aircraft during a transit in Tokyo. Grant was enroute to Hong Kong.
1960, February, Herald Tribune Newspaper exchange students about to board a Pan Am Jet Clipper.
1960, February, The President of The Salvation Army and his wife deplane a Pan Am aircraft in Honolulu.
1960, October, The Watcap Group pose for a picture with a Pan Am Boeing 707 in Honolulu.
1960 Pan Am customers deplane a Boeing 707 with decorative flags of many nations marking the path.
1960s An unusual store promotion with a Pan Am Boeing 707 in the background.
In the 1960s Pan Am's Boeing 707 fleet had TV monitors throughout the cabin in lieu of aisle movie screens. The monitors were less disruptive to both passengers and crew moving in the aisle during a film screening.
1960s A night shot of a Pan Am Boeing 707. Customers can be seen through the windows.
1960s A Pan Am Boeing 707 in the hanger for an overhaul. The desk seen in the lower right coordinated the various aspects of the project.
1960s Actor, Anthony Quinn, signs an autograph for a Pan Am stewardess.
1960s A group of American Boy Scouts boarding Pan Am enroute to an international jamboree.
1960s World leaders Castro & Sukarno meet with a Pan Am Clipper in the background.
1960s The First Class cabin of a Pan Am DC 8 being overhauled by a maintenance crew.
1960s A Pan Am DC8 is the back drop for a red Porche sports car.
1960s An early picture of Pan Am's computerized reservations system, Panamac which was designed by IBM.
1960s Actress and Dancer, Ginger Rodgers, poses on a Pan Am tug.
1960s A DC8 being overhauled at Pan Am's Hanger 14 at New York JFK Airport.
1960s A group of high school students pose before boarding their Pan Am flight.
1960s Actor, John Wayne, boarding a Pan Am Boeing 707 departing London Heathrow Airport.
1960s Actress, Julie Newmar poses at a Pan Am Clipper Club.
1960s Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Douglas pose as they board their Pan Am flight.
1960s Martin Luther King en route to Sweden to pick up his Nobel Peace Award.
1960s A group of nuns arrives in Havana, Cuba.
1960s Pan Am Passenger Service Agent Earl Estwick assisting a custoemr at a service counter.
1960s Pan Am customers boear a DC8 for a departure from the Caribbean.
1960s Pan Am customers board a Boeing 707 at New York JFK Airport.
1960s Pan Am customers deplane a Boeing 707 from the rear doorway.
1960s A Captain at the cotrols of a Pan Am Boeing 707 tail number N710PA Clipper Caroline. Pan Am attached a small plastic marker with the tail number on the Captain's control panel for easy viewing by pilots and mechanics.
1960s Pan Am pilots plot their route at the pre-flight briefing.
1960s Actor, Steve McQueen jumps from the rear door of a Pan Am Boeing 707 for a scene from his film Bullett. In the film McQueen chases a criminal off a Pan Am plane and around the grounds of the San Francisco Airport.
1960s Pan Am staff monitor a teletype machine for updates from stations around the world.
1960s A woman exits the rear doorway of a Pan Am Boeing 707.
1961, April, A Brigham Young Tour Group pose before boarding a Pan Am flight.
1961 A Pan Am stewardess speaking with custoemrs in the First Class lounge of a Boeing 707.
1961 A group of pilots walk by the wing of a Pan Am DC8 prior to boardin.
1962, April, Staff from New York's Aviation High School Tour Pan Am's facilities at JFK Airport. The school provided mechanics and other technical staff to Pan Am and other airlines serving New York.
1962 April Leaders from the Aerospace Council tour Pan Am's facilities at JFK Airport.
1962, June, E xchange student Roegnvaldur Hannesson of Iceland waives as he prepares to depart on a Boeing 707.
1962 Ground staff in Paris load cargo on a Pan Am Boeing 707.
1962 Passengers receive a lei greeting upon arrival in Honolulu.
1962 Custoemrs deplane a Pan Am jet in Rome, Italy as Italian police in fancy uniforms stand guard.
1962 A school group tours Pan Am's maintenance facilities at New York JFK Airport. Pan Am was always very generous with lectures, tours and internships for young people.
1963, April, Comedian Jack E Leonard tries on a stewardess hat prior to boarding his flight at New York JFK Airport.
1963 Pan Am pilots at the controls of a Jet Clipper.
1964 A family relaxing in the economy section of a Pan Am Boeing 707
1964 Actress, Barbara Perkins arrives at New York JFK Airport.
1964 The Beatles arrive at New York JFK Airport.
1964 The Beatles Arrive at New York JFK Airport.
1964 A young traveler enjoys a cake in the first class lounge of a Pan Am Boeing 707.
1964 A Pan Am stewardess escorts a young flyer and her family from an aircraft to the terminal.
1964 A group of high school students visit Pan Am executives in the Pan Am Building.
1964 A young family on the move with a Pan Am Boeing 707 in the background.
1965, November, A pair of VIP passengers deplane Pan Am Boeing 707 tail number N401PA Clipper Dauntless in Honolulu.
1965, November, English Princess Margaret and her Husband The Earl of Snowdon tour Pan Am's WorldPort during a transit in New York.
1965, August, Pan Am Vice President Sam Pryor awards a service pin to colleague Mike Flynn in Washington DC.
1965, August, A Pan Am ground agent feeds an unusual customer during a transit at New York JFK Airport.
1965, August, A mechanic explains the inner workings of a jet engine to a group of four stewardesses.
1965, August, Two attractive Passenger Service Agents demonstrate how to save water at New York JFK Airport.
1965, August, Cargo being loaded on a cargo version of the Boeing 707.
1965, August, Pan Am mechanic Bob Slane gives a group of Bronx school children a tour of Pan Am's Hanger 14 where jets were overhauled.
1965 A stewardess speaks with customers in the economy cabin of a Pan Am Boeing 707.
1965, February, Pan Am offers free transportsion to Japan for an English language book drive.
1965 Japanese tourists enjoy a stroll on Fifth Avenue in New York with their Pan Am travel bags.
1965, March, Pan Am ground staff make the best of a light snow in Rome, Italy.
1965, March, Berlin Mayor, Willy Brandt, thanking a Pan Am pilot for all the service Pan Am offered to his city.
1965 Pan Am provided ground support for several missle ranges in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s including Cape Canavral.
1966 A unique cargo promotion in Africa.
1966, February, two lovely Passenger Service Agents model new Uniforms at New York JFK Airport.
1966 A bagel necklace is all the rage at Los Angeles and especially handy when Passenger Service Agents miss their meal breaks.
1966, June, The last flight of Pan Am Captain Fred Ralph.
1966, June, two kite flying prize winners show their Pan Am kites.
1966 Heleport Supervisor, Helen Harkens, poses on the rooftop of the Pan Am Building in between helicopter arrivals.
1966, November, A Hawaiian wrestler lifting two surprised Passenger Service Agents at London Heathrow Airport.
1966 A customer in the aisle of a Pan Am Boeing 707 with a stewardess in the background.
1967 A technician operating the controls of Pan Am's cargo sorter in Hanger 67 at New York JFK Airport.
1967 A technician operating the controls of Pan Am's cargo sorter in Hanger 67 at New York JFK Airport.
1967 A Pan Am pilot with a cargo customer holding sword being exported from Scottland
1967 Oragon Cherries en route to London
1967 turtles traveling from New York to Paris via Clipper Cargo
1968 Several engines in the shop for overhaul at New York JFK Airport.
1968 Japanese passengers arrive in Honolulu on a Pan Am Boeing 707.
1968, November, A ramp worker on the ground in San Juan, Puerto Rico moves about the airport on a three wheel scooter.
1969 Pan Am President Najeeb Halaby at the controls of a 747 during a proving flight.
1969 Pan Am pilots plot their course in the operations office prior to flight.
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