Air Mail Sorting at Hadley Field, New York, 1925
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Artifact Overview
Regular air mail service in the United States started in 1918. Initial air mail stamps cost 24 cents -- eight times more than ground service. But those fees helped subsidize the development of America's airways. After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
1925
Subject Date
1925
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.195
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10.125 in
Inscriptions
attached press release:
OFFICIAL PHOTO U. S. AIR MAIL SERVICE / NEW YORK-CHICAGO AIR MAIL SERVICE / STARTING JULY 1, 1925 / Air mail being sorted at Hadley Field, New York terminal for Bellefonte, Pa, Cleveland and Bryan, Ohio, Chicago, Iowa City, Omaha, North Platte, Cheyenne, Rock Springs, Wyoming, Salt Lake City, Elko Nevada, and San Francisco, western terminal of transcontinental route.
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