Air Mail Route Mappers, 1919
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Artifact Overview
The United States Post Office began regularly scheduled air mail service in 1918, with initial flights between New York City and Washington, D.C. Expanding the service meant surveying and mapping routes to additional cities. Pilots first navigated by visible landmarks, flying only in daylight. Lighted beacons, installed along established flight paths, later enabled night flights.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
07 January 1919
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
84.1.1629.212
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 4 in
Width: 5 in
Inscriptions
on back:
Air Mail Mappers 1/7/19 / Col. Castle / Lt. Proctor / ready to leave Bolling Filed for NY
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