Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Passenger Log Book [Bradley]

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of a passenger log book, issued by Pan American Airways (Pan Am) to passenger Richard F. Bradley on the occasion of the inaugural passenger flight of the Trans-Pacific Route, October 21--November 4, 1936. The log book, which is in a cardboard slipcase, measures 4 by 6.5 inches and has a black leather cover that is embossed in gold with the Pan Am logo and Bradley's name. Inside the log book are 22 gold-edged pages including a page presenting the book to Bradley, signed by Juan Terry Trippe; a map of the Trans-Pacific Route including mileage between each stop; a brief history of the Trans-Pacific Route; a description of the Hawaii Clipper; journal pages for each segment of the trip, filled in by Bradley; a page of crew autographs including Captain Edwin C. Musick, First Officer H. E. Gray, and Navigator Fred. J. Noonan; two pages for autographs, presumably of other passengers and crew, including Clara Adams, Thomas Fortune Ryan, III, Charles E. Bartley, and Alfred B. Bennett; a page for the passenger's identification coupon to which Bradley's coupon is attached; and two pages for photographs, which are blank.

Arrangement

Collection is a single item.

Biographical / Historical

Pan American Airways (Pan Am) was active in the airline industry from 1927, when it established a regularly scheduled international service, to its bankruptcy in late 1991. Pan Am was the first American airline to operate a permanent international air service. From its first route between Key West and Havana, Pan Am extended its routes into the rest of the Caribbean, Central America and South America. In 1936, Pan Am inaugurated passenger service in the Pacific.