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Pan American World Airways’ 1948 advertisement in the Saturday Evening Post promoted the luxury of Sleeperette service to Australia and New Zealand with a color illustration of a woman holding a koala. Always read the small print though: the first stop after leaving San Francisco is Hawaii! Have you ever been to Australia or New Zealand? Image: Pan American World Airways advertisement, Saturday Evening Post, 1948. Gift of Barnaby Conrad III. 2001.038.164.034 This image was posted on October 08, 2019.

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Pan American Airways. It is related to Pan American World Airways (the company) .