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Three Decades After Closing Pan Am Lives On at the Pan Am Museum

December 4, 2021, Commemorates 30 Years Since the Iconic Airline Ceased Operations

November 16, 2021, GARDEN CITY, NEW YORK - After more than 64 years in business, the world’s most iconic airline, Pan American World Airways (also known around the world as Pan Am), ceased operations on December 4, 1991. A perfect storm of terrorism, rising fuel costs, and an economic downturn resulted in the closure of the “World's Most Experienced Airline.” However, thirty years later, the airline lives on at the Pan Am Museum in Garden City, New York (Long Island). The museum reveals below 30 achievements that define Pan Am.

On December 5, 2021, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., the Pan Am Museum Foundation will host a public event to celebrate the unrivaled legacy that they all helped to build by unveiling its newest exhibit: "The Pan Am Saga - from its beginnings in 1927 to Its Slow Demise and Eventual Fall in 1991." Cost per person is $30. Click here to purchase tickets . The museum Is located at One Davis Avenue, Garden City, NY, 11530. Parking for the event is complimentary.

Founded in 2015, the Pan Am Museum Foundation is the only institution with a permanent and physical location solely dedicated to Pan American World Airways. With a mission to “educate and inspire future generations by preserving the diverse and historical institutional and personal stories of Pan American World Airways,” the Museum explores the rich history and culture of the airline, and its people. Through permanent installments, digital content such as social media and podcasts, and through partnerships with other institutions the Pan Am Museum Foundation brings the under celebrated history of the airline to life through educational storytelling and programming.

About Pan American World Airways: Thirty years ago, on December 4, 1991, Pan American World Airways ceased operations. Founded in 1927, the airline flew for over 64 years. With its closing marked the end of an era for commercial aviation. Saturday, December 4, 2021, marks the 30th Anniversary of the shutdown of an airline that pioneered air travel and luxury in the skies, while cementing itself as a fixture in popular culture throughout the world. As the airline of choice for the Beatles, James Bond, Indiana Jones; to Hollywood stars, corporate executives, and politicians; to tourists and families, Pan Am remains present in the hearts and minds of millions across the globe. The skies today are absent and solemn without Pan Am's signature caviar, fine wines, delicious food, and exceptional service. Although the airline is no longer with us, the legacy of Pan Am is still alive and well at a Long Island museum bearing its name.

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Pan Am Remains Grounded. In Culture, That Is.

On Oct. 26, 1958, the airline made a historic flight from New York to Paris that helped usher in the jet age.

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By Laura M. Holson

On Oct. 26, 1958, Pan American World Airways made the first commercial nonstop flight from New York to Paris. A marching band played John Philip Sousa as guests boarded the plane , where 111 passengers supped on cuisine from Maxim’s in Paris. Twenty-five years later, the airline commemorated the voyage by inviting celebrities like Eartha Kitt and the boxing champ Floyd Patterson to Paris in one of the original Boeing 707 jets. Once there, the crew was feted at a party.

Pan Am went out of business in 1991. But for many, it is still synonymous with luxury air travel. And while the 1958 journey was not the first trans-Atlantic flight by an airline, it was perhaps the most significant, according to news reports at the time. Pan Am helped usher in the era of commercial jet travel with daily flights to London and Paris that ultimately made it easy for tourists — not just wealthy patrons — to see the world.

“It was a game changer,” said Gabriella Williams, a librarian at the University of Miami who oversees the digitization of one of the largest collections of Pan Am brochures, magazines, advertising and financial reports. “More people could afford to get on planes. The dawn of the jet age implemented economy class.”

Pan Am’s status as a cultural icon persists nearly three decades after the airline collapsed under crushing debt. There are Pan Am items for sale on eBay , including travel bags, cutlery and captain’s wings. It continues to be memorialized in television, movies and documentaries. The Pan Am Historical Foundation offers travel tours to Morocco, Iran and Egypt.

Ms. Williams said half the visits to the university’s special collections libraries, where the Pan Am catalog is housed, were from people interested in the airline.

“The brand, at one point, was the biggest in the world,” she said.

Pan Am flew its first international flight in October 1927, and went on to become the most recognizable American airline, known for elegant service, dashing pilots and adventurous travel. Earlier that year, Pan Am’s founder, Juan T. Trippe , had merged three airlines to form the company after receiving a contract from the United States Postal Service to deliver mail between Key West, Fla., and Havana. Pan Am delivered 250 pounds of mail to Cuba on its first trip. Within a year, it would establish regular service to the island nation.

Trippe had a flair for marketing and public relations. In 1928, he hired the pilot Charles Lindbergh , who had become world famous a year earlier when he made the first solo nonstop flight between New York and Paris, as a consultant. Lindbergh was to explore new routes in South America, Europe and Africa for the airline. By the early 1930s, Pan Am had expanded service throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

Pan Am acquired China Airways Federal in 1933, which allowed the airline to expand into China. That year, Trippe, who was born in 1899 in Sea Bright, N.J., the son of an investment banker, was featured on the cover of Time . But air travel was expensive then, mostly for business executives and the well-to-do. Airlines sought to differentiate themselves with first-class service, not with low fares, as airlines do nowadays. Consider this: The 1958 flight to Paris cost economy-class passengers $489.60, or about $4,350 today .

“They competed by who offered the most frills,” Ms. Williams said.

That meant a large part of the population was forced to stay home. Edward S. Trippe, Juan Trippe’s son, recalled his first 14-hour flight to Europe on a DC-6, an airplane made by the Douglas Aircraft Company. “It was all first-class,” said Mr. Trippe, who is the chairman of the Pan Am Historical Foundation. “We slept in bunks we pulled down above our seats. It was a luxury event.”

It was in 1958, though, that his father and airline executives embarked on what would become the golden era of jet travel, fueled, in large part, by new technology that made it possible to fly long stretches without having to refuel. In 1955, Pan Am purchased a number of Boeing 707s, the first commercially successful airliners to be manufactured. Mr. Trippe said his father wanted to open up international markets and lower airfares.

“He wanted a new generation who were able to see where their ancestors were born,” Mr. Trippe said. “Pan Am had an international character. Its whole image was London, Hawaii, Africa, Japan, Rome. The advertising conjured up these images. You could go there.”

Pan Am was later beset by troubles. High fuel prices in the 1970s hobbled the industry. In 1988, a bomb exploded on a trans-Atlantic flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 people onboard. The company declared bankruptcy in 1991.

The flight on Oct. 26, 1958, took more than seven hours. It had been scheduled to continue on to Rome after Paris, but was canceled after the Italian government imposed a new surcharge on jet airfares, according to an article in The New York Times. Of the success of the New York-to-Paris flight, The Times said, “A long procession of commercial jet flights is lining up behind it.”

Mr. Trippe was on the 25th-anniversary flight. He said he remembered seeing the actress Maureen O’Hara, who later owned her own seaplane company, aboard the plane. “The jet age propelled us into a new era,” he said. “It shrunk the world.”

Laura M. Holson is an award-winning feature writer and visual editor who has chronicled the intersection of money, power and celebrity in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. She explores the lives of powerful cultural figures and has written extensively about creativity. IG: @lauramholson  / Twitter:  More about Laura M. Holson

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An Aviation Pioneer Returns to Long Island!

Pioneering Pan American World Airways folded its proud wings in 1991, but the legend will live on, thanks to a dedicated group of former employees who, in just one year, formed the Pan Am Museum Foundation. Their efforts raised over $150,000 to launch the first of four exhibits about the legendary airline.

The Boeing 314: An Extraordinary Story

Showcasing the legendary B-314 Flying Boats, these fabled seaplanes pioneered trans-oceanic flying. The Clippers, as all Pan Am aircraft were called, took off from the Pan Am Hangar located on Manhasset Bay in Port Washington, Long Island, first to Bermuda and later to England, Portugal and France via the Azores.

Only 12 of these extraordinary flying boats were built and nine were operated by Pan American.  With a payload of 21 tons, including 74 passengers and a maximum range of 5,200 statute miles, the Boeing 314 was a versatile and profitable aircraft.  With America's entrance into World War II, the Boeing 314 fleet was turned over to military service as it was the only long distance aircraft available for moving large quantities of men and material.  

In the coming years, the Boeing 314 exhibit will be joined by three additional and historically significant Boeing aircraft, the Stratocruiser, the B-707 and the B-747.    

“We’re  thrilled to welcome the new Pan Am exhibit to the Cradle. As a pioneer in commercial aviation, Pan Am introduced a variety of aviation innovations that we can use to support our STEM education programs. We’re happy to welcome the thousands of Pan Am loyalists who have worked hard to keep the Pan Am legacy alive.” Said Andrew Parton, Executive Director of the Cradle of Aviation Museum.

This singular new project was spearheaded by a group of dedicated Pan Am employees, working tirelessly to create and finance the exhibit. In just a year, the founders of this unprecedented project raised funds to put together the first phase and to find an ideal place for it at the Cradle of Aviation Museum.

“We are thrilled by the response we received from Pan Am employees and friends who want to honor our company and its many contributions, not just to aviation, but to global travel and commerce,” says Linda Freire, Co-Chair of the Board of the Pan Am Museum Foundation. Ms. Freire, is a former flight attendant and manager who now resides in Cold Spring Harbor. She also notes that eighty people have contributed $1000 or more to become Founding Members of the Pan Am Museum. 

About the Pan Am Museum Foundation The Pan Am Museum Foundation is a 501(c)(3) charity, registered in the State of New York. The sole mission of the Pan Am Museum Foundation is to develop a Pan Am Museum, furthering the legacy of Pan American World Airways and its importance in aviation history. The Foundation seeks to reunite all former employees and affiliates of Pan American World Airways and those interested in aviation, as well as to serve future generations by promoting an appreciation of all aspects of the aviation industry. Students, teachers, researchers and the community-at-large will find enrichment through the Museum’s educational programs. The Pan Am Museum will preserve and exhibit Pan Am artifacts commemorating the company's history, contributions to aviation, and the extraordinary people of Pan Am.

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In 1992, a group of volunteers led by Ed Trippe, son of Pan Am’s President and CEO Juan Trippe, founded the Pan Am Historical Foundation. They acquired the company’s remaining assets, including 64 years’ worth of documents, photographs, and audio/visual material — and archived them at the University of Miami. After securing a $5,000 seed loan from World Wings International and obtaining 501(c)(3) not-for-profit status, the group’s newly seated board of directors started searching for a museum location. The board settled on Long Island’s Cradle of Aviation Museum, which is located on the former Mitchel Field Air Force Base site and is known for its preservation of Long Island aviation history.

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The pan am boeing boeing 707 that brought "beatlemania" to the us.

Beatlemania was running wild during the 1960s. Fans across the globe were obsessed with The Beatles during the British band's record-breaking rise in the music industry. 57 years ago today, the group disembarked a Boeing 707 operating Pan American World Airways Flight 101 to John F. Kennedy International Airport from London. This trip was the band’s first-ever visit to the United States.

A grand tour

Between February 7th and February 22nd, 1964, The Beatles had an incredibly busy run of appearances. They performed at the Washington Coliseum and New York City’s Carnegie Hall. Additionally, they appeared twice on The Ed Sullivan Show, garnering over 70 million viewers.

According to AeroTime Hub , John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr arrived at New York JFK at 13:20 and were welcomed by 4,000 fans and 200 members of the press. The aircraft that made this landmark event possible was a Boeing 707-331 with registration number N704PA. In true Pan Am fashion , the plane was nicknamed Jet Clipper Defiance.

The right transport

The four-engine jet aircraft had a flight crew of four members, including the pilot, co-pilot, navigator, and flight engineer. The 707-331’s wing is notably different from the initial 707-120 series. It was longer and had different flaps and spoilers. The engines are mounted further outboard. Meanwhile, the vertical fin is taller while the horizontal tailplane has a greater span. It also has a ventral fin to improve “longitudinal stability.”

The -331’s Pratt & Whitney JT3D-3 turbofan engines helped it hit ranges of up to   4,298 mi (6,920 km) at speeds of up to 552 mph (889 km/h).

Altogether, the 707 would help transform the way people around the world traveled. Boeing initially intended for the plane to be focused on medium-haul routes. However, the type was soon heading on transcontinental and transatlantic missions. Overall, Boeing delivered 856 707s in all variants between 1957 and 1994.

Registration N704PA held serial number 17683 and performed its first flight on March 3rd, 1959. PlaneLogger reports that first arrived at Pan Am’s holdings a year later. World Airways then operated the unit from March 1972 before returning it to Pan Am in December of that year. However, the legacy carrier would pass it to Vietnam Air in March 1973 before taking it back again in August 1975. The aircraft subsequently left the fleet and was scrapped after arriving at Aerotron AC’s facilities at the end of that year.

Time to head back

Following the end of The Beatles’ tour, Jane Luna Euler was a Pan Am flight attendant that was invited to work on The Beatles' return trip to London on February 22nd. At the airport, she witnessed thousands of fans screaming from behind barricades.

“The noise was incredible. Medical staff had been assigned to stand in the aisle created by the barricades to accept those fans who fainted in the crush of people and who were over-excited at the opportunity of seeing the Beatles. Those who fainted, both girls and boys, were forwarded to the medical staff hand-over-hand to the barricade aisle,” Euler said, as shared by The Pan Am Historical Foundation .

“On entering the aircraft another memorable sight awaited us. The entire First Class lounge was filled with hundreds/thousands of gifts of all sorts - large flowers arrangements, bouquets, drawings and paintings of a favorite Beatle, cakes, written tributes and poems, photos, and other tributes from their fans. There was an amazing assortment of these items.”

Euler adds that the band members were very courteous and pleasant during the flight, and despite enjoying some downtime with a cocktail of Scotch and milk, they were willing to sign autographs for those that asked.

An unmatched legacy

Altogether, this trip across the pond would long leave a mark on the music industry. Moreover, pop culture as a whole was revolutionized.

“The Beatles’ first American tour left a major imprint in the nation’s cultural memory. With American youth poised to break away from the culturally rigid landscape of the 1950s, the Beatles, with their exuberant music and good-natured rebellion, were the perfect catalyst for the shift,” HISTORY shares.

“Their singles and albums sold millions of records, and at one point in April 1964 all five best-selling U.S. singles were Beatles songs. By the time the Beatles first feature-film, A Hard Day’s Night, was released in August, Beatlemania was epidemic the world over. Later that month, the four boys from Liverpool returned to the United States for their second tour and played to sold-out arenas across the country.”

A unique time

Meet the Beatles! was the group’s second album released in the US. It debuted at #92 on the album chart for the week ending February 1st, 1964. Two weeks later, it peaked at #1 and remained there for eleven consecutive weeks.

The Beatles may have already been popular before their physical arrival to the US. However, after flying in on Pan Am's Boeing 707 for their first visit to the country, their presence was undoubtedly cemented. This event was just one of the thousands of memories made thanks to the help of Pan Am in the middle of the 20th century.

What are your thoughts about The Beatles’ arrival to the United States on a Pan American Boeing 707 aircraft? Do you have any memories of this time period? Also, did you ever fly on the type over the years? Let us know what you think of the event and the aircraft in the comment section.

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If you do post on the Road Trips forum for further advice and are open to the idea of organizing your own travel to these destinations, you should include more information as to the number of days that you have for your travels, as well as any places between NYC and DC and/or en route to Niagara Falls that would be of interest. Also identify when you are traveling as the advice might be quite different for winter travel, for example.

Also, note that many of the attractions are closed for the season from approximately Nov-Apr depending on how much ice is on the Garge.

I have heard good things about Tauck Tours. They tend to be more than a week long because they are not rushed. I don’t think they have one that covers all three destinations you mention.

Where are you coming from? What are your dates and your budget? Are you young and single? An elderly couple? Something else? Do you speak English or are you looking for a tour in a different language?

Following up on post no 5's suggestion of Tauck Tours: My mother took many Tauck Tours over the years, both in the US and in western Europe. They are 1st rate, but pricey.

However, it does not appear that they have any single tour that covers the 3 cities that you've identified. Here is a link to their webpage for tours in the US. https://www.tauck.com/destinations/usa-tours#itineraries

I agree to arrange for yourself to get to each area and then hire a guide locally for each if that is they way you prefer to travel.

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Color and Art at the Pan Am: A Retrospective 120 Years Later

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Machinery and Transportation Building at the Pan American Exposition.  Lithograph by Harry Fenn, 1901.

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It can be argued that the Pan American Exposition of 1901 was one of the defining moments of art and culture in Buffalo. This legendary event brought immense recognition to the Queen City at the dawn of the 20th century.  The architecture and artwork associated with the exposition reflected the optimism of Buffalo—and the nation—during the period and set it apart from its Paris and Chicago predecessors.  Likewise, it punctuated the efforts of many in the Queen City to ensure the place of art alongside industrial growth and evolution. According to plan, the end of the exposition meant the demolition of all the structures associated with it, save one which has since served as one of the anchors of the city’s cultural campus.  Nearby, another contemporary structure failed to open in time for the world’s fair of 1901, but soon after would carry on the artistic legacy envisioned by Lars Sellstedt and others.  Thus, it is perhaps fitting that the regeneration of this second structure coincides with the exposition’s 120 th anniversary.

Unfortunately, most people know of the Pan Am for another reason, one that many feel affected the city’s future for decades to come. This was, of course, the assassination of President William McKinley. Today, the Temple of Music is gone, and a small stone marker in the median of Fordham Drive is all that remains to mark the crime scene of September 14, 1901. There is nothing like the murder of a nation’s leader to really get your world’s fair on.

Despite the President’s death, however, the Pan American Exposition brought a whole new level of recognition and respect to the incredibly talented community of artists in Buffalo (and the United States) on an international scale. In fact, the entire nation was brought into the spotlight thanks to the incredible efforts of the fair’s Art Committee and The Buffalo Fine Arts Academy. The structures and exhibits created in 1901 were the largest and most important of their time. They laid a foundation for American artists and sparked a legacy that continues to thrive today.

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Chicago’s 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition was known as “The White City” due to its striking architectural palette.

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To execute their vision, the exposition’s board of directors created a subcommittee of eight of the nation’s most notable architects, to be led by John M. Carrère.  This Board of Architects was charged with creating “a plan which shall be beautiful to the eye and which shall afford entertainment for the visitors.”

Another priority was to distinguish the Buffalo exposition from the architecture of the World’s Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893.  Thus, the architectural style drew from elements of Spanish and Latin American design, mixed with influences from Italy and elsewhere in a style dubbed “Free Renaissance.”  Bright colors would play a central role in this scheme—where Chicago had shown the world “The White City,” Buffalo’s exposition would be a “Rainbow City.”

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Charles Yeardley Turner (shown here, ca. 1916) was chosen to serve as Director of Color for Buffalo’s Pan American Exposition.

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Assisting Carrère were two other notable figures: a Director of Sculpture and a Director of Color.  To fill the latter position, the chief architect chose Charles Yardley Turner. The recipient of numerous artistic awards, Turner had developed a significant reputation as a mural painter. In his youth he began his artistic career studying drawing at night while working for a Baltimore architect.  He would later study in New York and Paris.  In 1883, he was awarded the Hallgarten prize for The Courtship of Miles Standish a series of works based on the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem. A decade later, he served as the assistant to Francis David Millet, the director of decoration for the World’s Columbian Exposition.

Turner’s color plan treated the entire exposition as a gigantic palette. The unique and ambitious scheme gave every physical aspect of the Pan Am an all-encompassing story of its own. “It was for us to make the color of the exposition tell something, the same story as the sculpture,” Turner explained.  “Accordingly, we have used bright, brilliant hues on the buildings that are suggestive of the early life of man.”

But the symbolism expressed through color did not stop there.  As a visitor entered and then progressed through the exposition grounds, the colors selected for the structures implied a story of inevitable evolution.  Early buildings, such as the Horticulture and Government buildings, wore a bright palette of “primitive or primary colors.” But Turner noted that as one moved further into the grounds, “the decorations become more sober.”  The evolutionary tale told in color culminated with the Electric Tower, which Charles described as “a harmony of green and gold on an ivory ground.”  Furthermore, nearby Niagara Falls provided a unifying tint to the whole of the exposition. “The lovely green of Niagara water, rich as the green on the peacock's wing, appears in its purity on the electric tower, to be echoed in every structure of the show-city. Not a building is there which is without its notes of Niagara-green.”  Sadly, as it happened, most visitors to the exposition did not enter the grounds through the southern entrance, as imagined in Turner’s color plan, but instead traveled to the fair by means of trolleys or trains, and thus either entered through the northern gate or through those on Elmwood and Delaware avenues.

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Mines, Horitculture and Graphic Arts Buildings.  Lithograph by Harry Fenn, 1901.

Elements of Turner’s color plan are exhibited in a promotional booklet, entitled Pan American Exposition Buffalo, 1901. In addition to text and black-and-white illustrations, the booklet features a series of 12 beautifully colored lithographs by noted artist Harry Fenn.  Born near London, England, in 1837, Fenn went on to become known for his landscape art, as well as his illustrations for such publications as Century Magazine and Harper’s Weekly .

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Charles Yeardley Turner’s New York City studio.  In the right background is an architectural mockup of the Electric Tower.

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It should be noted that Miss Adelaide Thorpe, the Assistant Director of Interior Decoration (the first of its kind at a world’s fair) added her own creative process to the architectural color palette laid down by the Director of Color, which would “relate as far as possible to the exhibits contained therein.” Miss Thorpe was Turner’s assistant for seven years prior to the Pan Am and though most men doubted her ability to carry out such work, her remarkable experience as an artist and a businesswoman quickly changed their tune. By May 8, 1901, Adelaide had 150 men working under her supervision to decorate the buildings in order to finish by Dedication Day on May 20.

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The Coming Storm by Winslow Homer.  Watercolor over graphite on wove paper.  This was one of several paintings exhibited by Homer at the Pan American Exposition.

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The fine arts exhibits at the Pan Am Exposition provided a showcase for local artists as well as those from around the country and the world, on a scale that eclipsed previous world’s fairs. The Pan Am’s Art Committee gathered works from more than 650 exhibitors in the United States alone. Almost 1600 pieces (mostly paintings) were displayed at the Fine Arts exhibit. It took an entire month to situate them properly. Many legends such as Henry O. Tanner, Maxfield Parrish, Albert Bierstadt, Maurice Prendergast and a personal favorite , Winslow  Homer , participated. For the exhibit, Homer submitted 21 original watercolors from his travels to Bermuda and The Bahamas. Today, they are considered some of his finest works.

Of the many Buffalo artists who participated, one female artist of note was Evelyn Rumsey Cary, who painted the iconic “Spirit of Niagara” for the exposition, reproductions of which remain popular sales items throughout Western New York. Cary was, in fact, one of many female artists exhibiting their works at the fair.  She was joined by talents like Mary Cassatt, Cecelia Beaux and several other incredible sculptors. At the 20th century’s onset, this kind of presence at a major international exposition was undoubtedly a significant achievement for women who were artists the world over. 

How fantastic would it be to be able to step back in time and see this momentous exhibition of art? It is unfortunate, indeed, that the Art Committee did not see photography as a worthy medium alongside traditional paintings. A gallery of photography in 1901 at an exposition of this magnitude would have been a very bold, progressive undertaking. But what a spectacle it would have been. It wasn’t until the “International Exhibition of Pictorial Photography” was held at the Albright in 1910 that an attempt was made to elevate it to an artform.

In its entirety, the fine arts exhibit, matched in scope by C.Y. Turner’s color scheme and A.J. Thorpe’s interior decorating, showed the world that American artists had just as much technique, talent and skill as those of the Old World in Europe and beyond. Those in charge of this curation were very confident they had achieved such a goal. Reginald Cleveland Coxe, president of the Buffalo Society of Artists, wrote;

We have been in a condition of pupilage till now, gathering in all the knowledge we could from every strong master of school. This exhibition will start a new era, where we will and can walk alone.

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The Temple of Music.  Lithograph by Harry Fenn, 1901.

Fast forward to the year 2021, which marks the 120 th anniversary of the spectacle.  The final moments of the Pan American Exposition of 1901 have long passed, and the grounds are sadly, with one exception, demolished. Of all the incredible architecture that stood on the site, only one permanent building remains: the New York State Building, prominently situated in Delaware Park, though other scattered fragments of the fair also survive. Designed by Buffalo architect George Cary (brother-in-law to Evelyn Rumsey Cary), the New York State Building was planned from the beginning to outlive the exposition.  In 1902, it became home to the Buffalo Historical Society, now The Buffalo History Museum.

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The New York State Building was the only structure built to outlive the Pan Am.  In 1902, it became home to the Buffalo Historical Society, now the Buffalo History Museum.  Lithograph by Harry Fenn, 1901.

A second contemporary structure stands not far from this sole Pan Am survivor, though it would not receive its first official visitor until after the exposition had ended.  In January 1900, the board of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy met to consider the question of how to present the arts at the coming world’s fair.  At that time, John Albright announced his intention of donating funds to establish a permanent gallery for the academy.  The resulting E.B. Green-designed Albright Art Gallery was to be the home for the fine arts exhibit at the Pan American Exposition, but delays in obtaining sufficient quantities of the high-quality marble specified for the project delayed completion until May 1905, a full four years after the opening of the Pan Am.  As a result, the art exhibited during the exposition was housed in a temporary brick and steel building, also funded by John Albright and designed by Green, sited near the modern location of the McMillan tennis courts.

As the 120 th anniversary of Buffalo’s world’s fair is observed, perhaps it is only appropriate that the gallery soon to be known as the Albright-Knox-Gundlach Art Museum is once again feverishly moving towards completion.  As in 1901, this epic renovation promises to ensure the prominence of art in Buffalo, maintaining, albeit in an evolved form, the vision of the academy a century ago.  But in the 21 st century, Buffalo’s first permanent gallery is joined by numerous other organizations, dedicated to the promotion of the area’s artistic talent, past and present.  Across the street, within site of the former Pan Am grounds, stands the Burchfield Penney Art Center. Just a short ride down Delaware Avenue (by trolley in 1901, by car in 2021), the repurposed Delaware Asbury Methodist church today is home to Hallwalls and Babeville, each continuing their own version of an artistic vision for the city and the region.  And the Buffalo Society of Artists, formed just a decade before the Pan Am, also continues to thrive in its mission to support local artistic endeavors, as do others too numerous to mention here.

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The Albright Art Gallery was to be the site for the exposition’s fine arts exhibit, but delays in securing the planned materials delayed its opening.  Instead, the fine arts exhibits were housed in a temporary structure, also funded by John Albright.  Lithograph by Harry Fenn, 1901.

In 1901, Buffalo’s Pan American Exposition was a reflection of the perceived importance of American art as well as an embodiment of the optimism of a city at the turn of a new century. 

Mary Brown Hartt wrote in the Buffalo Courier of 1901;

Incomparably the finest legacy of the experience will be an awakened civic consciousness. The rush and vigor of a thoroughly lively town are going to leave behind them a divine discontent with the old order of things. And that means civic regeneration.

Colorful, beautiful and awe-inspiring; Henry Fenn’s lithographs show us a grand exposition to be remembered for all time—proof that our immense wealth was not limited to grain and steel, but also included a rich American culture and exceptional artistic value. It could be said that the regional renaissance of recent years, as well as the sustained appreciation for the arts, are fitting tributes to the vision of the civic—and artistic—leadership of over a century ago.

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The Electric Tower. Lithograph by Harry Fenn, 1901.

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For nearly 130 years, this society has flourished as an independent organization dedicated to the promotion of local art and artists.

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We mark the two-year closing of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery's Elmwood Avenue facility with a retrospective on the institution's beginnings and physical evolution.

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While thought of for its acoustic splendor today, Kleinhans Music Hall served as a multi-faceted beacon of morale during the dark days of the Second World War.

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The interest in the place where TR’s presidency began ultimately led to the preservation of the Wilcox Mansion.

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Celebrating the Light, Color, and Architecture of the Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo 1901.

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Ed Trippe ’64 quoted in NYT about his experiences with Pan Am

Here is an excerpt from a New York Times article on the history of Pan Am. The excerpt features observations by Ed Trippe '64. The complete article follows the excerpt.

Edward S. Trippe, Juan Trippe’s son, recalled his first 14-hour flight to Europe on a DC-6, an airplane made by the Douglas Aircraft Company. “It was all first-class,” said Mr. Trippe, who is the chairman of the Pan Am Historical Foundation. “We slept in bunks we pulled down above our seats. It was a luxury event.”

It was in 1958, though, that his father and airline executives embarked on what would become the golden era of jet travel fueled, in large part, by new technology that made it possible to fly long stretches without having to refuel. In 1955, Pan Am purchased a number of Boeing 707s, the first commercially successful airliners to be manufactured. Mr. Trippe said his father wanted to open up international markets and lower airfares. “He wanted a new generation who were able to see where their ancestors were born,” Mr. Trippe said. “Pan Am had an international character. Its whole image was London, Hawaii, Africa, Japan, Rome. The advertising conjured up these images. You could go there.”

Mr. Trippe was on the 25th-anniversary flight. He said he remembered seeing the actress Maureen O’Hara, who later owned her own seaplane company, aboard the plane. “The jet age propelled us into a new era,” he said. “It shrunk the world.”

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Pan Am Remains Grounded. In Culture, That Is.

On oct. 26, 1958, the airline made a historic flight from new york to paris that helped usher in the jet age..

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October 26, 2019

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On Oct. 26, 1958, Pan American World Airways made the first commercial nonstop flight from New York to Paris. A marching band played John Philip Sousa as guests boarded the plane, where 111 passengers supped on cuisine from Maxim’s in Paris. Twenty-five years later, the airline commemorated the voyage by inviting celebrities like Eartha Kitt and the boxing champ Floyd Patterson to Paris in one of the original Boeing 707 jets. Once there, the crew was feted at a party.

Pan Am went out of business in 1991. But for many, it is still synonymous with luxury air travel. And while the 1958 journey was not the first trans-Atlantic flight by an airline, it was perhaps the most significant, according to news reports at the time. Pan Am helped usher in the era of commercial jet travel with daily flights to London and Paris that ultimately made it easy for tourists — not just wealthy patrons — to see the world.

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“It was a game changer,” said Gabriella Williams, a librarian at the University of Miami who oversees the digitization of one of the largest collections of Pan Am brochures, magazines, advertising, and financial reports. “More people could afford to get on planes. The dawn of the jet age implemented economy class.”

Pan Am’s status as a cultural icon persists nearly three decades after the airline collapsed under crushing debt. There are Pan Am items for sale on eBay, including travel bags, cutlery, and captain’s wings. It continues to be memorialized in television, movies, and documentaries. The Pan Am Historical Foundation offers travel tours to Morocco, Iran, and Egypt.

Ms. Williams said half the visits to the university’s special collections libraries, where the Pan Am catalog is housed, were from people interested in the airline.

“The brand, at one point, was the biggest in the world,” she said.

Pan Am flew its first international flight in October 1927, and went on to become the most recognizable American airline, known for elegant service, dashing pilots, and adventurous travel. Earlier that year, Pan Am’s founder, Juan T. Trippe, had merged three airlines to form the company after receiving a contract from the United States Postal Service to deliver mail between Key West, Fla., and Havana. Pan Am delivered 250 pounds of mail to Cuba on its first trip. Within a year, it would establish regular service to the island nation.

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Trippe had a flair for marketing and public relations. In 1928, he hired the pilot Charles Lindbergh, who had become world-famous a year earlier when he made the first solo nonstop flight between New York and Paris, as a consultant. Lindbergh was to explore new routes in South America, Europe, and Africa for the airline. By the early 1930s, Pan Am had expanded service throughout the Caribbean and Latin America.

Pan Am acquired China Airways Federal in 1933, which allowed the airline to expand into China. That year, Trippe, who was born in 1899 in Sea Bright, N.J., the son of an investment banker, was featured on the cover of Time . But air travel was expensive then, mostly for business executives and the well-to-do. Airlines sought to differentiate themselves with first-class service, not with low fares as airlines do nowadays. Consider this: The 1958 flight to Paris cost economy-class passengers $489.60, or about $4,350 today.

“They competed by who offered the most frills,” Ms. Williams said.

That meant a large part of the population was forced to stay home. Edward S. Trippe, Juan Trippe’s son, recalled his first 14-hour flight to Europe on a DC-6, an airplane made by the Douglas Aircraft Company. “It was all first-class,” said Mr. Trippe, who is the chairman of the Pan Am Historical Foundation. “We slept in bunks we pulled down above our seats. It was a luxury event.”

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It was in 1958, though, that his father and airline executives embarked on what would become the golden era of jet travel, fueled in large part by new technology that made it possible to fly long stretches without having to refuel. In 1955, Pan Am purchased a number of Boeing 707s, the first commercially successful airliners to be manufactured. Mr. Trippe said his father wanted to open up international markets and lower airfares.

“He wanted a new generation who were able to see where their ancestors were born,” Mr. Trippe said. “Pan Am had an international character. Its whole image was London, Hawaii, Africa, Japan, Rome. The advertising conjured up these images. You could go there.”

Pan Am was later beset by troubles. High fuel prices in the 1970s hobbled the industry. In 1988, a bomb exploded on a trans-Atlantic flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 259 people onboard. The company declared bankruptcy in 1991.

The flight on Oct. 26, 1958, took more than seven hours. It had been scheduled to continue on to Rome after Paris, but was canceled after the Italian government imposed a new surcharge on jet airfares, according to an article in The New York Times . Of the success of the New York-to-Paris flight, The Times said, “A long procession of commercial jet flights is lining up behind it.”

Mr. Trippe was on the 25th-anniversary flight. He said he remembered seeing the actress Maureen O’Hara, who later owned her own seaplane company, aboard the plane. “The jet age propelled us into a new era,” he said. “It shrunk the world.”

Darryl Strawberry resting comfortably after heart attack, according to New York Mets

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LAKE ST. LOUIS, Mo. (AP) — Former New York Mets and Yankees star Darryl Strawberry is recovering from a heart attack and is at SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital.

Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Tuesday that Strawberry was stricken Monday, a day before the eight-time All-Star’s 62nd birthday.

Strawberry posted a photo of himself at the hospital on Instagram  and wrote: “I am so happy and honored to report that all is well.”

“So thankful for the medical team and staff at St. Joseph West in Lake St. Louis for responding so quickly and bringing me through a stent-procedure that has brought my heart to total restoration!!!” Strawberry added.

Strawberry, who lives in O’Fallon, Missouri, is resting comfortably, Horwitz said.

The Mets will  retire Strawberry’s No. 18  on June 1, after retiring Dwight Gooden’s No. 16 on April 14. The pair led the team to the 1986 World Series title.

“We are looking forward to Straw’s speedy recovery and welcoming him for his number retirement ceremony on June 1,” Mets owner Steven Cohen and wife Alex said in a statement.

Strawberry was a seven-time All-Star during his time with the Mets from 1983-90, winning NL Rookie of the Year in 1983.

He hit .259 with 335 homers, 1,000 RBIs and 221 stolen bases in 17 seasons that also included time with the Los Angeles Dodgers (1991-93), San Francisco Giants (1994) and New York Yankees (1995-99). He was a part of three World Series championship teams with the Yankees.

Strawberry’s career was derailed by drug and alcohol issues, and also by colon cancer treatment that caused him to miss the 1998 World Series.

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