Editing Clipper (section)

==In popular culture==
The clipper legacy appears in collectible cards and in the name of [[Los Angeles Clippers|a basketball team]].

=== Sailing cards ===
[[File:Free trade.jpg|thumb|right|Clipper ship sailing card for the ''Free Trade'', printed by Nesbitt & Co., New York, early 1860s]]

Departures of clipper ships, mostly from New York and Boston to San Francisco, were advertised by clipper-ship sailing cards.  These cards, slightly larger than today's postcards, were produced by letterpress and wood engraving on coated card stock.  Most clipper cards were printed in the 1850s and 1860s, and represented the first pronounced use of color in American advertising art. Perhaps 3,500 cards survive.  With their rarity and importance as artifacts of nautical, Western, and printing history, clipper cards are valued by both private collectors and institutions.<ref>{{cite web
| url        = http://www.americanantiquarian.org/clippershipcards.htm
| title      = Clipper Ship Cards
| last       = Neale
| first      = Jane
| publisher  = American Antiquarian Society
| access-date = 2014-07-11
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131008132854/http://www.americanantiquarian.org/clippershipcards.htm
| archive-date= 2013-10-08
}}</ref>

=== Basketball team ===
The [[Los Angeles Clippers]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] take their name from the type of ship. After the [[Buffalo Braves]] moved to [[San Diego|San Diego, California]] in 1978, a contest was held to choose a new name. The winning name highlighted the city's connection with the clippers that frequented [[San Diego Bay]]. The team retained the name in its 1984 move to Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Behind The Name – Clippers |url=https://www.nba.com/clippers/news/behind_the_name.html |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=nba.com}}</ref>

=== Airliners ===
The airline [[Pan Am]] named its aircraft beginning with the word 'Clipper' and used Clipper as its callsign. This was intended to evoke an image of speed and glamour.
===Space probe===
The [[Europa Clipper]] is a NASA probe that is currently on a mission to explore [[Jupiter]] and its moons; it was launched in 2024 and is expected to reach Jupiter in 2030.