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