Trade catalogs from Pan American Navigation Service

Date: 1900s

Company Name: Pan American Navigation Service

Place: North Holywood, California, United States

Topic (Romaine Term): Luggage; travel; travel services and traveling accessories (including trunks; briefcases; and other traveling accessories)Boats and ships (including marine hardware and supplies)Measuring; calculating and testing devicesMilitary equipment and supplies (including uniforms)Clocks and watches (including clock-making and watch-making equipment)Printing; publishing; paper and bookselling (including type specimens)Computers and computer equipmentRadios and radio equipmentAviation (aircraft; balloons; etc.)Scientific and optical instrumentsTopic: AeronauticsAirplanesAirshipsArmed Forces -- EquipmentBalloonsBoats and boatingBook industries and tradeBriefcasesCalculatorsClocks and watchesComputersLuggageMarine machineryMeasuring instrumentsMilitary suppliesMilitary uniformsOptical equipmentOptical instrumentsPrinting machinery and suppliesPublishers and publishingRadio supplies industryScientific apparatus and instrumentsShipsTravelWeighing instruments

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Record Id: SILNMAHTL_27995

Type Of Material: Trade catalogsTrade literature

Notes Content: Document is the 1945-46 issue of the "Special Navigational and Aeronautical Equipment for 1945-1946", a catalogue issued by Pan-American Navigation Service. According to a history printed on page 1 of the catalog, Pan American Navigation was established in 1938 as a bookstore and publishing house for the airline industry and airline personnel, with an emphasis on the training of pilots. By the mid-1940s, the company had begun to stock aeronautical equipment and supplies. Listed items include: Longines naviagation watches, navigational computers, star charts, plotting boards , plotters and dividers , course protractors , star finders , bubble sextants , collimeters , compasses , aviation sun glasses , navigation notebooks , log books ; texts on navigation , meteorology , aeronautical training , pilot ratings , flight instruction , instrument flying , parachute use , navigation , catography , naval officers guide , using a raft at sea , using military maps , using the radio , airplane design , propellers , aircraft hydraulics , aerodynamics and long range flight.Includes: Trade catalog, price lists and historiesBlack and white imagesPhysical Description: 1 piece; 1 box

Record Id: SILNMAHTL_27995

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