Airmail Pioneers

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Title

Airmail Pioneers

Subject

Air pilots
Postal service
Airplanes
United States. Post Office Department
Westover, Joe F.
Hallgren, W. A.
Jewell, Bobbie
Holbrook, Clyde
Nelson, T. P.
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974
Love, Phil R.

Description

Autographed collage of airmail pioneers: "Joe F. Westover," "W. A. Hallgren," "Bobbie Jewell," and "Clyde Holbrook." Other pictures include, "yesterday's plane," "today's plane," and other notable pilots "T. P. Nelson," "Charles Lindbergh," and "Phil R. Love." The United States Post Office first began experimenting with air mail flights in 1911. On verso: "W. G. Hallgren killed at Petersburg on mail flight, Springfield to Peoria."

Publisher

Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

Date

n.d.

Format

jpg

Language

en

Identifier

400323
Subject Vertical File Oversized

Original Format

commercial print
b&w
1

Physical Dimensions

28 x 36 cm