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The Pan American Airways Marine Air Terminal on Dinner Key in the Coconut Grove section of Miami, Florida, was considered a milestone of design in commercial aviation when it opened #onthisday 1934. The building served as Pan American Airways’s base for operations throughout the Caribbean, Central, and South America. As landplanes became more widely used, Pan American eventually moved all operations to its 36th Street airfield, now Miami International Airport. In 1954, the City of Miami converted the Dinner Key building into its City Hall, and the Pan American Airways winged-globe logo can still be found on the building’s façade. Image: Pan American Airways Seaplane Base, Dinner Key, Florida, 1930s. Gift of Marjorie Pease Wilson, in memory of Kathleen Hitchcock. 2013.149.041 This image was posted on March 25, 2017.

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