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Photograph of airmail hanger in North Platte, Nebraska

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:07:16 -0700

Date: c. 1924

Object number: A.2009-29

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: The Post Office Department operated the nation's first regularly scheduled airmail service. North Platte, Nebraska, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to San Francisco, California through Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Iowa City, Iowa; Omaha and North Platte, Nebraska;, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming; , Salt Lake City, Utah; and Elko and Reno, Nevada. The Department began using the North Platte airmail field on September 8, 1920. An airmail beacon stands to the left of the hangar and a truck marked "US Air Mail" is parked in front of the hanger. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Place: United States of America
Nebraska

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Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection

Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207527

Repository:National Postal Museum

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Photograph of airmail plane at Reno, Nevada

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:07:16 -0700

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Date: c. 1920

Object number: A.2009-33

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: Airmail employees transferring airmail bags from one de Havilland (DH-4B) aircraft to another at the Reno, Nevada airmail field. On September 8, 1920, the Post Office Department completed the western leg of the nation's transcontinental flyway. Mail was flown through Reno on its way between San Francisco, California and New York City, New York. The 1921 "Transcontinental Air Mail Pilot's Log of Distances, Landmarks, and Flying Directions" provided to all airmail employees described Reno's airmail field as follows: "The air mail field at Reno lies two miles west of the city. The main runway lies east and west. The field is marked by a T and wind indicator. And landing from four ways is unobstructed. Reno is 4,497 feet above sea level. Whenever possible it is advisable to leave the Reno field on the east-west runway, taking off to the east. A slight downgrade enables the ship to quickly obtain flying speed. Just beyond the east edge of the field the ground is extremely rough and there is a huge ditch here." National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Place: United States of America

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Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207532

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Photograph of airmail planes at Omaha, Nebraska

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:07:16 -0700

Smithsonian Institution posted a photo:

Date: c. 1924

Object number: A.2009-31

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: The Post Office Department constructed hangars for their use at this Omaha, Nebraska airmail field. Omaha was part of the transcontinental flyway between New York City, New York to San Francisco, California. A group of mail airplanes are parked in front of the main hangar. Most of the craft are de Havilland DH-4B airplanes, an airplane that was nicknamed the workhorse of the early airmail service. A Boeing B40 aircraft is parked at the far right of the photograph. Two Douglas M2 aircraft are parked next to each other at the far left of the photograph. These airplanes were among those built as part of a search by postal officials for a successor to the de Havilland. Few B40s or M2s were used for airmail service under the Department, but both airplanes were used in the late 1920s by commercial aviation companies. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Place: United States of America

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Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207529

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Photograph of airmail hanger at Iowa City, Iowa

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:07:16 -0700

Smithsonian Institution posted a photo:

Date: 1921

Object number: A.2009-27

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: Airmail field at Iowa City, Iowa, which was part of the Post Office Department's first regularly scheduled airmail service, was one of the stops along the service's transcontinental flyway. The flyway connected New York City, New York to San Francisco, California through Cleveland, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Iowa City and Des Moines, Iowa, Omaha and North Platte, Nebraska, Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Utah, and Elko and Reno, Nevada. The facility was constructed in 1918 and remains the oldest civil airport west of the Mississippi River that is still standing. National Postal Museum, Photographer: Unknown

Place: Iowa
United States of America

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Credit line: National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection

Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207525

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Photograph of airmail planes at Elko, Nevada

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:26:38 -0700

Smithsonian Institution posted a photo:

Date: c. 1920

Object number: A.2009-25

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: Elko, Nevada was part of the last leg of the Post Office Department's transcontinental route. The New York City to Omaha, Nebraska, portion of the route had been in operation since May 1920. On September 8, 1920, the rest of the route, from Omaha to San Francisco, California was opened for airmail flights. Pilots traveled from on the route from Omaha to North Platte, Nebraska; Cheyenne, Rawlins and Rock Springs, Wyoming; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Elko and Reno, Nevada before landing in San Francisco. The initial westbound trip was made at the speed of 80 miles per hour and completed without a forced landing. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Place: United States of America
Nevada

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Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL: www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207523

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Louisiana Purchase Exposition, United States National Museum Exhibit

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:50:34 -0700

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Description: At the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, Saint Louis, Missouri, 1904, Smithsonian Institution's United States National Museum exhibit includes the Langley Aerodrome, a model of a whale suspended from the ceiling, natural history exhibits, archaeological objects, and industrial machines. The Smithsonian coordinated all of the U.S. Government exhibits and prepared a display on its activities and collections for the exposition.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Cyanotype

Dimensions: 8 in x 10 in

Date: 1904

Repository: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Accession number: 2002-10619

JR-1B mail airplane designed by Standard Aircraft Corporation

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:29:36 -0700

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Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Culture: American

Geography: USA

Repository: National Postal Museum

Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection

Gift line: Gift of Benjamin Lipsner

Accession number: A.2008-11

Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194363

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Airmail Plane at Take Off

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:53:12 -0700

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Description: This is an image of an airplane taking off from the College Park, Maryland airfield for the first mail flight operated by the Post Office Department.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Culture: American

Geography: USA

Date: 1918

Collection: Benjamin Lipsner Collection

Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194256

Repository: National Postal Museum

Accession number: A.2006-4

Omaha, Nebraska Airmail Field

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Fri, 30 May 2008 09:26:13 -0700

Smithsonian Institution posted a photo:

Description: This is an image of an airmail plane in front of a hangar on the Omaha, Nebraska airmail field.

Creator/Photographer: Unidentified photographer

Medium: Black and white photographic print

Culture: American

Geography: USA

Date: 1927

Collection: U.S. Airmail Service

Repository: National Postal Museum

Accession number: A.2006-18

Persistent URL: arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=194270

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Photograph of airmail hanger at Rock Springs, Wyoming

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 06:07:16 -0700

Smithsonian Institution posted a photo:

Date: c. 1920

Object number: A.2009-34

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: The Rock Springs, Wyoming airmail field was a main stop on the Post Office Department's 2,680-mile-long transcontinental airmail flyway, positioned between airmail fields located at Salt Lake City, Utah and Rawlins, Wyoming. The western portion of the flyway was the last to become operational, with full transcontinental airmail service beginning on September 8, 1920. According to the 1921 "Transcontinental Air Mail Pilot's Log of Distances, Landmarks, and Flying Directions" provided to all airmail employees, the Rock Springs facility was described as: "The field is in the valley at the foot of Pilot Butte about 4 miles from Rock Springs. It is triangular in shape, the hangar being located in the apex. The surface of the field is good. The best approach is from the eastern side." National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Place: United States of America
Wyoming

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Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207531

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Photograph of airmail planes at Cleveland, Ohio

nobody@flickr.com (Smithsonian Institution) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:26:14 -0700

Smithsonian Institution posted a photo:

Date: 1921

Object number: A.2009-24

Medium: paper; photo-emulsion

Description: Cleveland, Ohio, was on the original airmail route between New York City, New York, and Chicago, Illinois, that began regular operations on May 15, 1919. In a set of directions for pilots by the Post Office Department published in February 1921, the Cleveland airmail field was described as "in East Cleveland between the two railroads that follow the lake shore. The field is near the edge of the city and near the edge of the freight yards of the New York Central. The field is distinctly marked by long cinder runway. The airmail hangar is in the southwest corner of the field. The Martin factory is in the northwest corner of the field." Pilots used the directions to help guide them from airfield to airfield at a time when pilots used landmarks to guide their way. National Postal Museum, Curatorial Photographic Collection Photographer: Unknown

Place: United States of America
Ohio

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Photographer: Unknown

Persistent URL:http://www.arago.si.edu/index.asp?con=2&cmd=1&id=207522

Repository:National Postal Museum

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