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A Glimpse into the Past: A Pan American Airways Sikorsky Flying Boat Over the Washington Monument in the 1930s

A beautiful image of a Pan American Airways Sikorsky flying boat over the Washington Monument in the 1930s gives us a glimpse into the past. Source: Boston Public Library.
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Clearly this is not something that you’d see today. What a beautiful image, taken sometime in the 1930s.

Pan American Airways Sikorsky flying boat over Washington Monument

Source: Boston Public Library

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