U.S. Marines Guard Air Mail Delivery, Los Angeles, California, 1926
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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
1926
Subject Date
1926
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.203
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6 in
Width: 8.25 in
Inscriptions
attached press release:
CREDIT-- HERBERT PHOTOS INC. / H27131 / MARINES ON THE JOB / Government officials are determined that there shall be no repetition of the recent New Jersey mail robbery. [...] U.S. Marines have been assigned [...]/ Two Marine guards on duty at the western terminus of the transcontinental air mail route in Los Angeles. (AA-E-BF)
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