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“We felt the lure of Latin America the instant we boarded the Clipper." This 1947 Pan American advertisement shows woven textiles similar to those featured in our "Empowering Threads" exhibition. Have you ever been to Mexico or Guatemala? Image: Pan American World Airways advertisement, Saturday Evening Post, 1947. Gift of Barnaby Conrad III. 2001.038.164.027 This image was posted on October 31, 2017.

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