Dedication for Pan American Airways terminal in Miami

1929 – January 9: The official dedication ceremony was held for the new Pan American World Airways terminal in Miami. Pictured at the ceremony: Left to right: Bruce Gould of New York Evening Post; Colonel John A. Hambleton, Vice-president; Ruth Elder, aviatrix; William Mac Cracken; Amelia Earheart, aviatrix; Harry S. New, Postmaster General; and Irving Glover, assistant to the Postmaster General. Also in attendance was Charles Lindbergh, who later that day flew a Sikorsky S-38 on the inaugural flight to San Juan. Pan American Field handled 8,600 passengers and 20 tons of freight during its first year of operation.