USPS New York City,Washington,D.C.,16 June 1943

Early air mail service in New York City and Washington, D.C., and its twenty-fifth anniversary, 16 June 1943
Title: Early air mail service in New York City and Washington, D.C., and its twenty-fifth anniversary, 16 June 1943
Date Created/Published: 1918-1943.
Summary: Photographs show Postmaster Merritt O. Chance with the first sack of air mail; group portrait of six pilots; takeoff at Hempstead Field for first New York to Washington air mail trip and from Potomac Park for the first flight from Washington to New York, 1918; President Woodrow Wilson waiting for the plane's arrival. Also, ceremonies held twenty-five years later at the Washington National Airport, showing helicopter and Kellett autogiro, and an air mail pickup demonstration.
Notes:
LOT title devised by Library staff.
Images include captions.
This record contains unverified, old data from shelflist card, with subsequent revisions.
Transfer; Aeronautics Division; 1953.
Subjects:
Chance, Merritt O.
Wilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924--Public appearances--Washington (D.C.)
Aeronautics--United States--1910-1950.
Firsts--United States--1910-1950.
Air mail service--New York (State)--New York--1910-1950.
Air mail service--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950.
Autogiros--American--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950.
Helicopters--American--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950.
Group portraits--1910-1950.
Photographic prints--1910-1950.
Portrait photographs--1910-1950.
Bookmark /2003653210/
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