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The daughter of 33rd President, Harry S. Truman, Margaret Truman, stands by Juan Trippe in this black and white photograph to christen Pan American's “Clipper America” in the late 1940s. The ceremony of christening an aircraft is another maritime tradition adopted by the aviation industry. Women were specifically chosen to christen ships starting in the nineteenth century. #WomenInAviation #WomensHistoryMonth Pan American World Airways, Boeing 377 Stratocruiser “Clipper America” late 1940s SFO Museum Collection 1993.03.15
This image was posted on March 02, 2016.