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Early air mail service in New York City and Washington, D.C., and its twenty-fifth anniversary, 16 June 1943
| Content Provider | Library of Congress - Photographs |
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| Spatial Coverage | United States New York (State)--New York Washington (D.C.) |
| Description | 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. |
| File Format | JPG / JPEG |
| Language | English |
| Part of Series | Groups of Images (LOTs) |
| Requires | HTML5 supported browser |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Wilson, Woodrow,--1856-1924--Public appearances--Washington (D.C.) |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Chance, Merritt O. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Air mail service--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Firsts--United States--1910-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Air mail service--New York (State)--New York--1910-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Aeronautics--United States--1910-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Autogiros--American--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950. |
| Subject Domain (in LCSH) | Helicopters--American--Washington (D.C.)--1910-1950. |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
