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Pearson Air Museum Unveils New
Pan Am Clipper Ship Exhibit
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The
Pearson Air Museum is pleased to announce the opening of a new
exhibit, The Clipper’s In. This exciting new exhibit
provides a brief glimpse into the history of the Pan Am
trans-oceanic Clippers and the wide impact Clipper imagery had on
the Depression-era public. The collection is on loan from Vancouver
resident, Larry Weirather, author of the book The China Clipper,
Pan American Airways and Popular Culture.
At remote and exotic locales around the world, news that the Clipper
was in was sure to draw a crowd. For a brief period before the
United States’ entry into the Second World War, the Pan Am Clippers
evoked the mystique of luxury and romance in far away lands
unequalled in the annals of aviation. The glamour of the Clippers
quickly captured the imagination of the public and images of the
great flying boats soon appeared on all manner of products. Even
those who had never ventured near the oceans became intimately
familiar with the Pan Am Clippers.
Pearson Air
Museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 10am to 5pm.
Admission is $6 for adults, Seniors and Active Military with ID; $5
for Students ages 6-12; $3 for Pearson Air Museum members, and
children under 6 are free. Pearson Air Museum is located at 1115 E.
Fifth Street, within the Vancouver National Historic Reserve. |
