First Regular Flight on Overnight Air Mail Route from New York to Chicago, July 1, 1925
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Artifact Overview
In 1924, with the success of experimental night operations and increasing business interest in next-day mail, the U.S. Air Mail Service announced plans to establish regular overnight flights between New York and Chicago. Preparations included mounting floodlights and searchlights at airfields and constructing a series of routing beacons and emergency landing fields along the route. The first official flights departed from both terminal cities on July 1, 1925.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
01 July 1925
Subject Date
01 July 1925
Creators
Place of Creation
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.205
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 6.5 in
Width: 8.5 in
Inscriptions
attached press release:
WATCH YOUR CREDIT---N 90340 "P & A PHOTO" / (Photo shows Pilot D.C. Smith being bid goodbye by L to R Percy D. Kirkman, Field Manager, Pilot J. D. Hill and Howard D. Ingalls, Field Sup't, Hadley Field, N.J.) / FIRST NIGHT AIR MAIL IN FLYING START / [...] as he was ready / to start his overnight flight to / Chicago, Wed July 1st in official / opening of overnight air mail service / route bewteen New York and Chicago. / NY & E 7-2-25
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