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"I know a man who lives in the Bay Area. He's 101 years old, still very sharp, and he was a flying boat captain for Pan American." Nothing is easy in this era of a pandemic. Among the challenges we addressed this past year is how to keep our growing oral history program moving forward during a time when face-to-face interviews aren't possible. Read about how our oral historian responded to the intriguing offer to interview a centenarian and how our programs, like those of so many others, continue to adapt to change. Link here and in bio: https://www.sfomuseum.org/about/blog/oral-history-interviews-during-pandemic photograph: Pan American Airways, Sikorsky S-42 "Antilles Clipper" c. 1938 SFO Museum Collection, Gift of the Captain John B. Russell Family 2012.149.0185 This image was posted on February 02, 2021.

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