Stand, Pan-Am Globe, Juan Trippe

Object Details

Summary

Juan Trippe’s Globe

From his office in New York City, Pan American president Juan T. Trippe used this globe to plan his airline’s expansion around the world. Trippe often would stretch a string between two points on the globe and calculate the distance and time it would take to fly between them. Made in the late 1800s, this globe was featured prominently in many publicity photographs of Trippe. It became part of Pan Am’s and Trippe’s public image.

Gift of the Pan American Historical Foundation

Credit Line

Gift of Pan-Am Historical Foundation.

Inventory Number

A20040143000

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

MEMORABILIA-Miscellaneous

Materials

Wood (maple)

Dimensions

3-D: 81.9 × 110.5cm (32 1/4 × 43 1/2 in.)

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National Air and Space Museum Collection

Location

National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC

Exhibition

America by Air

National Air and Space Museum

Record ID

nasm_A20040143000

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9d88f8a1c-5c9a-40dd-a070-bcb68feb997d